What really is your role as a supervisor, a manager or even a front-line safety person? Knowing that role and accepting it can dramatically increase your effectiveness, help to overcome complacency and build teams who care about each other.
How did you get to where you are? And who were the people who you depended on to help? The answers to those questions can help you become a better safety leader.
If you want better participation and engagement at safety meetings, then there are four things you should be talking about at your meetings. Are you talking about them yet?
Be safe. There are a host of reasons why you will want to stop saying it - including that it’s a terrible safety message and it’s nearly impossible to do.
Have you ever said out loud (or secretly wished) that senior management would openly show their support for safety so that the team would perform better in safety? Well, it turns out that you don’t need their help. Here’s what to do instead.