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Caring and safety cultures

April 3, 2018

Recently, I did some health and safety “due diligence” consulting work for a client who wanted to acquire a small, 65-employee business. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting with supervisors and employees and touring the facility and was struck by two important findings: this small company didn’t have much by way of written programs that supported health and safety regulatory compliance AND it had a remarkably good safety record -- one that much larger companies would envy.

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.

What you can learn from Alabama football coach Nick Saban’s people skills

David Sarkus MS, CSP

January 14, 2016

Coach Nick Saban just won another NCAA Football Championship and may soon be regarded as the greatest college football coach of all-time. He‘s now won four championships at the University of Alabama and one at Louisiana State University. That’s a pretty big deal!

The Popeye Principle and your safety information

Don’t overload or confuse your intended audience

David Sarkus MS, CSP

December 17, 2015

As a child, I loved watching the cartoon show and character, Popeye. Most memorable are the fits Popeye would take when he lost patience with someone or was frustrated by something. But before he took extreme action, he'd typically say, in his own peculiar way, “Enoughs is enoughs and I can’t takes it no more!”

The ethics of saying NO

Thea Dunmire JD-CIH-CSP

August 5, 2015

Yesterday, I was contemplating my “to do” list trying to figure out how I was going to get everything done. I soon realized it was not possible – there simply were not enough hours available to do it all.

New Year’s resolutions for safety pros

Phil La Duke

January 6, 2015

This time of year makes the best of us reflective and after doing some soul searching and reflecting I came up with a short list of things I think we as professionals can do to be even more effective:

7 tips to ignite positivity at home, work and play

January 21, 2014

As we all strive to meet our new year's resolutions, being positive plays a major role in our success. "We strive to strengthen, develop and increase healthy functional relationships at home, work and play. The goal of positive psychology is to reduce unhealthy negativity and to increase overall well-being and flourishing relationships," says Positive Psychology expert Sherry Blair.

Do people really care about job safety?

No, says Phil LaDuke

Phil La Duke

November 20, 2013

Scott Geller professes to” prefer to be optimistic and humanistic, believing that the silent majority does care about the safety and health of others, and wants to do the right thing."

People DO care about safety and the well-being of others

E. Scott Geller

November 19, 2013

I prefer to be optimistic and humanistic, believing that the silent majority does care about the safety and health of others, and wants to do the right thing. Consider for example the large numbers of people reacting to tragedies from shootings in airports and educational settings to catastrophes from climate change.

ISHN exclusive interview at NSC with Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III (Part 1)

American companies are “over-managed and under-led”

October 30, 2012

Monday morning October 22 at the National Safety Congress in Orlando, we had the opportunity for an exclusive one-on-one, sit-down interview with Chesley Sullenberger III. Captain “Sully” successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River with no loss of life after its initial climb out of New York City on January 15, 2009, was disabled due to striking a flock of Canada geese.