Safety Leadership: What Makes a Great Leader
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Safety leadership is the key ingredient to the safety success in an organization. When a leader is able to make his expectations clear, provide support, and foster a safety culture within a company, they significantly improve its safety performance.
How to Become a Great Safety Leader
Are you the Leader?
All leaders have certain qualities that make them effective. These qualities include:
- Commitment
- Confidence
- Empathy
- Clarity
Commitment goes a long way as a leader. When you are committed to safety regulations, you follow them. When you follow them, you pose as an example for employees to follow.
The commitment you show to your employees helps them see that safety is important and they seek you as the authority. Capturing this authority is how a leader becomes the one that can direct employees to the right things to do.
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