We’ve spent Part I and Part II of this series exploring the typical relationship we have to safety––i.e., either safe or unsafe––and why that binary understanding is not helpful. Instead, I encourage a gradient approach [...]
IT'S ALL ABOUT PEOPLE. When Chevron CEO John Watson retired he offered some wise parting words. In a post on LinkedIn earlier this month, Watson wrote that it took him some time to realize “that [...]
Are you a fan of the Leadership Development News podcast? I had the distinct honor of sitting down with hosts Dr. Relly Nadler, a master level certified executive coach, psychologist, corporate leadership, and team trainer; [...]
I help my clients produce unprecedented performance in their organizations, often in safety. Safety is a challenge because many leaders relate to safety in a way that actually impedes protecting their people and operations. Their [...]
A friend recently forwarded an excellent BuzzFeedNEWS article to me about an oil company whose “executives are struggling to ‘reset’ the company’s safety culture.” I won’t come out and say the name of the company––their [...]
“We have the best safety statistics in our industry; we just kill someone from time to time.” Throughout my career, I’ve heard variations of that statement from too many executives to count. They weren’t heartless [...]
We’ve come to the eighth and final installment in our safety series. Over the past two months, I’ve recounted conversations I had with Bob, a good operations manager in a chemical plant where we both [...]
We’ve spent the past two months exploring workplace safety here on the All-In Blog, and this week brings the seventh in the series. My hope is that many of you reading can relate to Bob, [...]
The last month here at the All-In Blog has been devoted to conversations I once had with Bob, a hard-working operations manager of a chemical plant that employed us both. I told Bob that those [...]
Over the last month, I’ve been writing about workplace safety here on the All-In Blog––specifically, how we get it so wrong. Years ago, I had ongoing conversations with Bob, a smart operations manager for a [...]
