Items Tagged with 'Safety leadership'

Jim Spigener from DEKRA Insight shares 11 leadership characteristics that he says the best performers in safety practice consistently.

Don Groover from DEKRA Insight explains why asking for help is the “most powerful way to change your behavior.”

Washington – Scott Angelle is the new director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the federal agency announced May 22. His appointment was effective May 23.

Don Groover from DEKRA Insight explores why “the longer we perform an at-risk behavior without a negative outcome, the more we’re convinced that we’re not going to get hurt by that behavior.”

Washington – R. Alexander Acosta is the new Secretary of Labor, after the Senate confirmed him April 27 in a bipartisan vote of 60-38.

Don Groover from DEKRA Insight explains why “being close to safety compliant is not the same as being safety compliant.”

Washington – Ryan Hill will be director of NIOSH’s Western States Division beginning May 1, NIOSH announced April 18.

Washington – The Chemical Safety Board has been in communication with Congress since being targeted for elimination in the Trump administration’s budget blueprint, and the agency is planning additional consultations in the future, agency Chairperson Vanessa A. Sutherland said April 13 during a CSB public meeting.

Washington – Secretary of Labor nominee R. Alexander Acosta is nearing full Senate confirmation after the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted March 30 to advance his nomination.

Jim Spigener from DEKRA Insight discusses how, as oil prices make a comeback, "leaders who don't get in front of the upswing and include safety in the rebuild will likely find themselves in a losing game of catch-up."