What is the ‘Hero Myth’? How is this Evident in Modern Management and Leadership Discourse? Unit 2 Essay – Graduate Certificate in the Psychology of Risk, Australian Catholic University. Lecturer: Dr Robert Long By: Andrew Thornhill Introduction The hero myth, appearing in writing since … [Read more...] about The Hero Myth in Modern Management
safety leadership
Safety Leadership: Enabler, Excuse or Doing Harm?
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 an important, if not the most important driver of safety performance. One of the main findings from … [Read more...] about Safety Leadership: Enabler, Excuse or Doing Harm?
Where is Safety Leadership Headed?
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 current approach to our safety management and incident reporting systems. More of Paul’s … [Read more...] about Where is Safety Leadership Headed?
The All Knowing Perfect Safety Specialist
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 not know how much they are mentoring me or if they even know they are my mentor. Thanks. I was on a … [Read more...] about The All Knowing Perfect Safety Specialist
Safety Leadership
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 is a QLD Government handout, a ‘toolkit for safety leadership’ Can you imagine what the zero harm … [Read more...] about Safety Leadership
The Future for Safety Professionals and Leaders
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 Safety Leaders The Future for the Safety Professional In the Industrial age, factories in the … [Read more...] about The Future for Safety Professionals and Leaders
Upside Down Safety and Red Pen Safety Non-Leadership
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
Quirky Things That Work When Trying To Help Others
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 republish this post by the late George Robotham who wrote this a few years ago with some input … [Read more...] about Quirky Things That Work When Trying To Help Others
Complexity and safety
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 the people and not about the things and artefacts. It is not about the safety management systems, … [Read more...] about Complexity and safety
The Things You Need To Know About Health and Safety Leadership
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
