Home » Topics » Safety Leadership

Safety Leadership
RSS

Achieving and sustaining an injury-free workplace demands strong leadership. In this monthly column, experts from global consulting firm DEKRA share their point of view on what leaders need to know to guide their organizations to safety excellence.

ARTICLES

Safety Leadership: Driving in the safe brain lane

March 25, 2018

Larry R. Russell

One Comment

Have you ever arrived at work and found yourself unable to recall the details of your drive? Larry R. Russell, principal consultant for the Brain-Centric Reliability System at DEKRA Organizational Safety & Reliability, discusses this and other “brain-centered hazards” that stand in the way of us being safer drivers.

Safety Leadership: It’s time for a revolution in behavior-based safety

February 25, 2018

Susan Murphy

5 Comments

“Safety – and the issues surrounding it – is far different from when behavior-based safety first came onto the scene,” says Susan Murphy from DEKRA Insight, who presents five principles for creating a modern injury-reduction system.

Safety Leadership: Tipping point: Inoculating against critical performance errors

January 28, 2018

David Musgrave

No Comments

“Many organizations have not yet installed effective measures that actually get people thinking and executing correctly when it really counts,” says DEKRA Insight’s David Musgrave, who discusses new neuroscience-based ways to keep employees safe and unplanned events at bay.

Safety Leadership: The secrets to keeping workers safe on short-term projects

December 19, 2017

Jim Spigener

No Comments

“The new year can bring additional short-duration or evolving work projects and, with them, a heap of unique obstacles to safety,” says Jim Spigener from DEKRA Insight, who shares “a better way to increase the behavioral reliability” at these worksites.

Safety Leadership: The risks with routine

November 25, 2017

Susan L. Koen and Jill Wiltfong

No Comments

Jill Wiltfong from DEKRA Insight speaks with Dr. Susan Koen – an expert on human reliability, workplace fatigue and high-performing work systems – about why performing the same tasks time and time again can contribute to failure to recognize changes and the associated risks.

Safety Leadership: The value of observational safety feedback

October 29, 2017

Gennifer Lyon

One Comment

What did DEKRA Insight learn when it partnered with a researcher to understand what aspects of the observation process had the greatest impact on safety performance? Gennifer Lyon explains.

Safety Leadership: Using safety experience to build sustainability

September 24, 2017

Jill Wiltfong

No Comments

Jill Wiltfong from DEKRA Insight says EHS professionals are often tapped to head up sustainability efforts because “We’re good (or should be) at these things.” She offers five steps for developing a comprehensive approach to sustainability.

Safety Leadership: What you need to know about the coming robot revolution

August 27, 2017

Stefan Rutten and Jill Wiltfong

One Comment

"There’s no doubt the factory as we know it today is changing radically, and the effect on workplace safety with be huge," notes DEKRA Insight's Jill Wiltfong, who talks with colleague Stefan Rutten from DEKRA Certification.