Judy Agnew is Senior Vice President, Safety Solutions, Aubrey Daniels International. For more on developing critical skills of frontline supervisors, read A Supervisor’s Guide to Safety Leadership available at aubreydaniels.com. Agnew is co-author of “Safe By Accident? Take the Luck out of Safety: Leadership Practices that Build a Sustainable Safety Culture.”
Behavior Based Safety (BBS) has improved safety for thousands of organizations. But a BBS process that focuses too heavily or exclusively on the frontline is not an optimal solution.