Dr. Josh Williams is a Partner with Propulo Consulting, a global management consulting firm specializing in operational excellence and safety culture improvement. For over 20 years Josh has partnered with clients around the world like the Marines, Pfizer, and NASA to improve safety culture and prevent serious injuries and fatalities. He is the author of Keeping People Safe: The Human Dynamics of Injury Prevention and co-editor of Keys to Behavior Based Safety with Dr. Scott Geller. Josh has more than 200 journal articles, book chapters, blogs, podcasts and conference presentations addressing innovative ways to maximize discretionary effort and keep people safe. He received the Cambridge Center National First Prize for his research on behavioral safety feedback and earned his Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Virginia Tech. josh.williams@propulo.com, www.propulo.com
There are many parallels between exceptional safety leadership and sports. It takes proper planning and execution to be a consistent winner. Great leadership is great leadership, regardless of the context. Here are some lessons learned from the sports world to improve your own safety leadership.
Although workplace incident rates have steadily declined by 28% over the last decade, rates for serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs) have remained virtually unchanged.
