Adam L. Bates, MS, MBA

Adam L. Bates is an innovative, results-oriented Environmental, Health, Safety and Security Leader with a successful record of developing and executing robust global business strategies at leading companies including Honeywell, Owens Corning, Daido Metal, Inteva Products, and Cooper Tire & Rubber Company. Click here to find him on Linkedin.

Best Practices

Character over culture: A different perspective in 3 phases

Adam L. Bates, MS, MBA

May 13, 2020

Over my career I’ve had the learning experiences of being told I will not succeed and that I am not good enough to lead. While I see those comments as motivation, my real motivation is to have an impact/legacy on my profession for my family and leave a vision for the next generation.

Shift EHS from numbers to names

Focus on people for sustainable success

Adam L. Bates, MS, MBA

February 4, 2020

A management system has a place within how we can operate to eliminate variation from the processes that impact the operations of a business. Many commonly known management systems are implemented by EHS and risk management professionals.

Chasing zero: Don’t forget the names behind the safety numbers

Adam L. Bates, MS, MBA

June 5, 2019

Why my role exists, to me, is that it is simply for the people. The people I get to work with and for each day. When it’s about names, not numbers, there is a True North that continues to direct my vision of what World Class truly looks like.

Creating an employee-centric safety culture

You need ownership, training and safety as a value

Adam L. Bates, MS, MBA

October 9, 2018

What I call a “True North Safety Culture” is the point at which an organization aligns to a value and goal of eliminating risk(s)/injuries within an organization, and also aligns mission/vision statements to this goal.

Leading by values, not priorities

Adam L. Bates, MS, MBA

March 13, 2018

To be a professional in the Environmental, Occupational Health, Safety and Security Career field is not something to be taken lightly. Professionals in this career field have to have a caring mentality about them. I personally am very lucky to love what I do for a career and take it very personally. I truly believe that it is possible for a culture to exist where people do not get injured by simply going into their profession.