EDITORIAL COMMENTS: A case of arrested development
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing — the familiar stages of committee development from B.W. Tuckman — came to mind in looking over results of our reader survey on safety committees (see page 14). Most committees used by our readers are well past the Forming and Storming phases. On average, they’ve been around for at least a decade, many longer.
The maturity of many safety committees says something about the safety and health profession as a whole. When we surveyed several thousand readers on career plans last year, nearly one in three said they were nearing retirement.