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Safety Leadership: Enabler, Excuse or Doing Harm?

March 2, 2017 by Admin 1 Comment

Latest must read by WHS Lawyer Greg Smith – first published here Safety Leadership: Enabler, Excuse or Doing Harm? I do not think that there is any serious view suggesting that “leadership” is not … [Read more...] about Safety Leadership: Enabler, Excuse or Doing Harm?

Filed Under: Humble Inquiry, Safety Leadership Tagged With: safety leadership

Where is Safety Leadership Headed?

July 23, 2016 by Admin 8 Comments

The Pain of Reporting…article by Paul Nieuwoudt (first published here: http://leadership-observer.com/index.php/blog/where-is-safety-leadership-headed) – raises some interesting questions about our … [Read more...] about Where is Safety Leadership Headed?

Filed Under: Humble Inquiry, Investigation, Safety Leadership, Safety Statistics, Wicked Problems Tagged With: non-conformances, safety leadership

The All Knowing Perfect Safety Specialist

November 16, 2015 by Admin 30 Comments

The All Knowing Perfect Safety Specialist By James Parkinson from www.safety-consultant.com.au Just for the record, someone challenged me to write this. It’s just great to have a mentor and they do … [Read more...] about The All Knowing Perfect Safety Specialist

Filed Under: Safety Leadership Tagged With: perfection, safety leadership, safety specialist

Safety Leadership

September 19, 2015 by Dr Rob Long 1 Comment

Safety Leadership is not the Basics – 20 Suggestions of Where to Start A very popular one from the archives When you do a search on the internet for 'safety leadership' the first hit that comes up … [Read more...] about Safety Leadership

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Leadership, Zero Harm Tagged With: safety basics, safety leadership, where to start, Zero Harm

The Future for Safety Professionals and Leaders

July 21, 2015 by Admin 2 Comments

Just found this interesting article Posted by Marie-Claire Ross - HERE Other similar resources: Advice for New and Aspiring Safety Professionals Skills, Advice and Tips for Experienced … [Read more...] about The Future for Safety Professionals and Leaders

Filed Under: Safety Leadership, Safety Professional Tagged With: safety leadership, safety professional

The Hero Myth in Modern Management

July 20, 2015 by Admin Leave a Comment

A terrific essay by one of my fellow Students undertaking Graduate Certificate in The Psychology of Risk at ACU – published with permission What is the ‘Hero Myth’? How is this Evident in Modern … [Read more...] about The Hero Myth in Modern Management

Filed Under: Safety Leadership, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: hero myth, management, safety leadership

Upside Down Safety and Red Pen Safety Non-Leadership

February 21, 2015 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 … [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

Quirky Things That Work When Trying To Help Others

January 12, 2015 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

Quirky things that work when trying to help others With the current safety theme trending toward HELPING (see Safety as a Helping Profession and I was just trying to help), I thought it timely to … [Read more...] about Quirky Things That Work When Trying To Help Others

Filed Under: George Robotham, Robert Long, Safety Professional Tagged With: health and safety, help, helping, mentor, problem solving, safety leadership, safety professional, Safety Reflections, safety training

Complexity and safety

October 16, 2014 by George Robotham 3 Comments

Complexity and Safety Popular discussion topic at the moment – republished guest post by the late George Robotham Introduction Early in my safety career it became obvious to me that safety is about … [Read more...] about Complexity and safety

Filed Under: George Robotham, Safety Leadership Tagged With: complexity, Safety, safety leadership, Safety Overkill

The Things You Need To Know About Health and Safety Leadership

July 9, 2014 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 … [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

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