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Building a Deeper Relationship between Operations and Safety
The purpose of this article is to challenge the traditional relationship between senior operations leaders and leaders in the safety function, using the risk matrix as an exemplar and catalyst for change. We contend the traditional relationship has the operations leader delegating pivotal safety decisions to their safety counterparts. The lack of involvement contributes to…
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Organizational Decision Making for Safety: Part 2
When we think about the sheer numbers of decisions made by leaders the task of improving them all seems quite daunting. The study identified a subset of decisions which had the greatest impact on 60 serious and fatal events. This article outlines an improvement strategy for organizations based on the findings.
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What does it take to be an effective EHS leader?
Executives don’t select people outside EHS to lead the EHS function for no reason. They do it because they need a sufficient level of skill, knowledge, and attributes to play at the necessary level. Organizations that attain real safety excellence are aware of this issue and taking active steps to address it.
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Why End Meetings with Safety
Most of our clients make a great effort to start meetings in a meaningful way with respect to safety. Many enjoy collecting relevant safety topics for easy reference at the beginning of meetings, and we’ve seen countless humorous videos that illustrate critical risks and risk reduction activities. We’ve admired highly engaged employees who talk about the…
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How to Transform Business Results by Getting Safety Right First
The connection between safety and business performance comes down to creating the conditions for organizational success—and it just so happens that safety is the perfect platform to support that collaborative effort.
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The Case for Safety
Big visions require resources. In a world where resources are limited, safety leaders need to be able to demonstrate why their investment is not just the right thing for the workforce, it’s the best thing for the business.
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VIDEO: What is a Meaningful Safety Conversation?
What is a meaningful safety conversation? In this video, I define what a meaningful safety conversation is. I describe why it’s important. Having a genuine dialogue – not a safety speech – helps you create great relationships with your employees! It gives you positive influence! Watch to learn more about this important tool in safety leadership.
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Should Your Organization Integrate Worker Safety and Patient Safety?
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…
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VIDEO: The Critical Importance of Safety Leadership
In this video, Dr. Tom Krause discusses one of the most critical insights into safety leadership: Leaders who commit themselves to safety will transform organizational performance. He also gives examples of ways that organizations can instill this way of thinking into the safety aspect of every day business. Learn more about our approach to safety…
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