Leading in Present Time
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…
Why Safety Procedures Don’t Always Lead to Safe Behaviors
For most of the last 70 years or so safety leaders have emphasized the importance of safety-related behavior. On the surface, it seems obvious that their approach is the right way to think about it. Following a safety breach, the line of questioning centers around why the incident happened. And the answer usually comes down…
Listening to Learn at Work: Research and Practical Application
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…
Culture Sustains Performance
An Excerpt from 7 Insights Into Safety Leadership This is an excerpt from Chapter 4 of Tom Krause and Kristen Bell’s book “7 Insights into Safety Leadership.“ We’ve never met a leader that didn’t want a better culture for their organization. Statements like, “we need to change the culture,” are heard every day in the…
4 Questions Board Members Should Ask About Safety Culture
It was 1993 and Paul O’Neill was attending his first board meeting as a Director at one of the largest companies in the world. Just as the meeting was coming to a close, O’Neill asked, “Where is the safety report?” As the story goes, no safety report was planned but the question had profound effects. It set the company on the path to creating safety excellence and embedding safety as a cultural value. Board member influence can do that — uniquely — and it saves lives while creating business value.
5 Essential Building Blocks for Improving Organizational Culture
Few leaders can honestly say they know how to create, maintain, and enhance their culture. At the same time, the success of a culture change effort depends on the degree to which leaders understand and relate their own decisions, behaviors, and thought processes to the culture itself. The most challenging part of culture change is…
