Mastering Safety Leadership: How Front-Line Leadership Decision-Making Prevents Serious and Fatal Injuries

ByTom Krause

In 1979, my first safety improvement client told me, “We understand the engineering side, but we don’t understand the behavioral side.” Having studied behavioral analysis in graduate school, I welcomed the opportunity to address this problem. At that time, I didn’t know that Procter & Gamble was working on a similar initiative, or that Dr. Judy Komaki had just published an article on the application of behavioral science principles to safety. This work marked the beginning of what came to be known as behavior-based safety

Leading in Present Time

ByKym Bloomfield

Being present refers to focusing on being in the current “present” moment without any other noise taking place in the mind. More often than we realize, we are stuck between somewhere in the past and worrying about the future. We tend to drift off to someplace other than the conversation, task, or challenge in front…

Listening to Learn at Work: Research and Practical Application

ByKristen Bell

Read in Portuguese / Leia em português Introduction A primary skill in great leaders is the ability to cultivate strong positive relationships.  These relationships not only help people feel connected to the leader, the organization, and its mission, but also reinforce that they are supported, heard, and set up for success. Safety leaders who prioritize…

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What Is a Safety Improvement Strategy: Part 1

ByTom Krause

What Is a Safety Improvement Strategy and Why Do you Need One? It always surprises me when I see leading organizations who value safety lacking a comprehensive strategy to attain their objectives. The situation is usually something like this: “We are doing a lot to improve safety performance. Our leaders are serious about preventing Serious…

Should Your Organization Integrate Worker Safety and Patient Safety?

ByTom Krause

After many years of safety consulting with organizations of all kinds, including those in health and medical care, I’m struck by the division in healthcare between ‘patient safety’ and ‘worker safety’. In most healthcare organizations these two types of safety have separate staffing, metrics, prevention initiatives and systems, and overall leadership emphasis. I believe this…