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Why bad things happen to good companies

June 26, 2013

On Wednesday morning at ASSE’s Safety 2013 in Las Vegas a vexing, long-standing irritant to safety professionals is addressed by Canadian consultant Corrie Pitzer -- why safe organizations fail. Pitzer calls it “drifting into disaster.”

Good strategy / bad strategy: Business tips for safety pros

Dave Johnson

June 25, 2013

A business strategy guru, Richard Rumelt, is the opening session keynoter to kick of Day 2 of ASSE’s Safety 2013, Wednesday, June 26, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

A tale of transformational leadership

Story of a culture of caring

Dave Johnson

June 24, 2013

ASSE’s Safety 2013 features a number of educational sessions on the topic of leadership. None probably will be looked forward to more than the session tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon on “Transformational Leadership - A Key Element in the Journey to World Class.” Transformational Leadership is a fancy term, but the presentation here is real world, involving

Transforming leaders drive excellence

Dr. Richard Fulwiler

June 7, 2013

Take just a minute to reflect on what you believe are the characteristics that describe a transformational leader, and by the same token take another minute to reflect on the characteristics that describe a transactional leader.

Gain enterprise-wide acceptance of initiatives

Dan O'Brien, CSP

June 7, 2013

My church has what they call a “Glocal” approach to ministries.

You must be a curator to access & sell your knowledge & expertise

James Roughton Nathan Crutchfield

June 7, 2013

To enhance your value to any organization, one must become a “curator” that can identify, select, qualify, and organize essential information.

Five ways managers undermine culture

Scott Stricoff

Don Groover

June 7, 2013

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.

Face-to-face connections lead to employee engagement

Brian Galonek

June 7, 2013

This article will focus on the first pillar — employee engagement — a fundamental necessity without which safety improvements are difficult at best and a good safety culture is virtually impossible.