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Safety Leadership

Upside Down Safety and Red Pen Safety Non-Leadership

April 26, 2025 by Dr Rob Long 29 Comments

Upside Down Safety and Red Pen Safety Non-Leadership This in an older article by Dr Rob Long, I recently published it on LinkedIn Pulse and its proven to be very popular so worthy of resurrection again here: A friend of mine who is the same age as I and who I have coached in safety and risk for … [Read more...] about Upside Down Safety and Red Pen Safety Non-Leadership

Filed Under: Risk Management, Robert Long, Safety Leadership Tagged With: formal qualifications, red pen safety, safety leadership

Silences in Safety

December 21, 2024 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

With the subtlety sledgehammer, Dr Rob Long knocks the unattainable, meaningless ideas and slogans like “Zero Harm” and “Safety First” right on the noggin! Read more of his articles here “Cultures that strategically know their silences are more sophisticated than cultures that fill the airwaves … [Read more...] about Silences in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Silences, Safety Leadership, Zero Harm Tagged With: language, negative messages, safety culture, safety slogan, silence in safety, Zero Harm

What is a Safety and Risk ‘Thinking Group’?

October 24, 2024 by Rob Sams 5 Comments

What is a Safety and Risk ‘Thinking Group’? When we take time out to critically think through, and challenge, the ‘norm’ in risk and safety, we open up our eyes, and importantly our minds, to new thinking and innovation when we use our imagination to better discern risk In my last post Some … [Read more...] about What is a Safety and Risk ‘Thinking Group’?

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, critical thinking, Humble Inquiry, Rob Sams, Safety Leadership, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: community, Safety, thinking group

Sesame Street Safety

October 11, 2024 by Dr Rob Long 4 Comments

Sesame Street Safety Sesame Street was first broadcast in 1969, a TV show aimed to help preschool children prepare for schooling, particularly in literacy and numeracy. As I presented to safety advisors this week at a conference I was stunned that no one in the room (all highly experienced safety … [Read more...] about Sesame Street Safety

Filed Under: Accidents and Incidents, Communication and Consultation, Risk Management, Robert Long, Safety Culture, Safety Humor, Safety Leadership Tagged With: conversation, HB327, Risk Management, sesame street

SAFETY TOPICS FOR MANAGEMENT MEETINGS

October 7, 2024 by Decebal Marin 1 Comment

Employee safety is the topic that must be permanently on the agenda of top managers. Below are some statements that can generate constructive discussions and align the management team to a common safety vision. Safety subjects to be discussed in your next management meeting: HAZARD. Under … [Read more...] about SAFETY TOPICS FOR MANAGEMENT MEETINGS

Filed Under: Safety Leadership Tagged With: safety meeting

The Things You Need To Know About Health and Safety Leadership

September 8, 2024 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

Reflection from the late GEORGE ROBOTHAM - See his other articles HERE This is probably one of the most significant pieces of work that I have published for sometime. I have been involved with its evolution for quite a while now and it has been peer reviewed of over 50 professionals and modified … [Read more...] about The Things You Need To Know About Health and Safety Leadership

Filed Under: George Robotham, Humble Inquiry, Safety Leadership Tagged With: health and safety, safety leadership

Visible Leadership in Safety

August 3, 2024 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Leadership cannot exist in isolation. Leadership has to be enacted, present and relational. Unless people see leadership and unless the leader envisions what it is to lead, no number of meetings in offices means much to people working at the coalface where high-risk occurs. Writing documents … [Read more...] about Visible Leadership in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Leadership Tagged With: humble inquiry, iCue

The Quest for Accreditation of Safety in Australia

July 18, 2024 by Dr Rob Long 19 Comments

Rightly or wrongly, “Safety” has become one of the most despised words in industry. The debate over accreditation of the Profession has been simmering for too long and now it is time to bring it to the boil! The Quest for Accreditation of Safety in Australia by Dr Rob Long I have been inundated … [Read more...] about The Quest for Accreditation of Safety in Australia

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Leadership, Safety Professional Tagged With: accreditation of safety, australia, safety monster, safety professional

Why good leaders make you feel safe

July 14, 2024 by Admin 2 Comments

Why good leaders make you feel safe A safe organisation is definitely not one that relies on rules, punishment, reporting, systems, procedures, checklists, injury measurement, hazard control, authority, error elimination and Zero Harm – how dare anybody call that “Culture”. Feeling safe and being … [Read more...] about Why good leaders make you feel safe

Filed Under: Safety Culture, Safety Leadership Tagged With: leadrs, Safety, trust, Zero Harm

You don’t Need to be a Hero to be a Safety Leader

June 24, 2024 by Rob Sams 3 Comments

You don’t Need to be a Hero to be a Safety Leader “When a meeting between two people truly takes place, when there is just you and me and we are interacting in a very real and honest way, dropping agendas and stepping into a wide space where the air is fresh and competitors become brothers and … [Read more...] about You don’t Need to be a Hero to be a Safety Leader

Filed Under: Rob Sams, Safety Leadership Tagged With: safety crusader, safety leadership, wayside chapel

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