Managers are charged with the safety of the people in their organization. And among the most important things that managers can do to deliver on this charge is to support a safety culture. Even though most managers and supervisors care a great deal about safety, they can say and do things that can have unintended effects — often without knowing it.
In order to build (or strengthen) a safety culture, it’s helpful for managers to recognize pitfalls of leading in safety and understand how to remedy them.