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Achieving and sustaining an injury-free workplace demands strong leadership. In this monthly column, experts from global consulting firm DEKRA share their point of view on what leaders need to know to guide their organizations to safety excellence.

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Safety Leadership: Getting engagement right

July 27, 2014

Patrick McCorry

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When leaders first engage safety in a real way, they are often surprised by what they learn. Safety is more complex than they thought, more tied to operational excellence, more indicative of the health of the organization, and so on.

Safety Leadership: Critical conversations: Talking about exposure

July 1, 2014

Ryan Roark and Jacque Stack Cooney

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In a perfect world, safety would be easy. Leaders would look at past incidents, identify how to avoid them and make sure everyone followed the rules. But real life is not so simple. The workplace is always changing – making it critical that employees be able to detect and respond to real-time changes in risk.

Safety Leadership: Casting a safety shadow

June 1, 2014

Colin Duncan

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As safety leaders, we focus on helping our organizations become and stay safe. We strive to understand the exposures employees face and find ways of systematically reducing them. We pride ourselves on building cultures that won’t tolerate risk, and developing leaders who carry that mission forward every day.

Safety Leadership: Why executive education will be critical in the talent-shortage era

May 1, 2014

Michael D. Mangan

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Three years ago, the first baby boomers reached retirement age, officially launching the demographic shift that will change the workforce as we know it. But it is not just a shortage of people that is driving change; it is a shortage of skills.

Safety Leadership: Create safety accountability: Overcoming the ‘discipline dilemma’

April 1, 2014

Michael Hajaistron

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Discipline is a critical component of high-functioning safety systems. Used in the right way, discipline establishes an organization’s commitment to safety by enforcing the rules and procedures designed to keep people safe.

Safety Leadership: Why don’t employees follow the rules?

March 1, 2014

Dennis Jackson

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Getting employees to follow the rules – even those that keep them safe – is more difficult than simply having the desire to avoid injuries. Culture, leadership, organizational systems and other factors make up a complex system that interacts with, influences and guides workplace behavior.

Safety Leadership: Making better decisions for serious injury prevention

February 1, 2014

Martin Dean

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Safety leaders routinely make decisions about exposures. Worker exposures to serious injury and fatality events present a particular problem.

Safety Leadership: The journey ahead: Where we need to focus now

January 1, 2014

Colin Duncan

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As another year begins, safety leaders have much to be proud of. Across industry, organizations are enjoying record-low injury rates, a place for safety on the agenda and greater safety literacy across more employees than ever before.

Safety Leadership: Three ways health and safety can lead sustainability

December 1, 2013

Colin Duncan and Michael F. Henderek

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From recycling and renewable energy to community investment and ethical sourcing, sustainability efforts have become a significant part of many company strategies.

Safety Leadership: Protecting a changing workforce: Four things organizations are telling us

November 1, 2013

Patrick McCorry

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Today’s changing workforce presents new variables that have the potential to undermine safety performance if not properly understood.

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