by David Sarkus | Feb 19, 2018 | motivational safety speaker, motivational safety speakers, Safety Culture, safety speakers, safey leadership, supervisor safety training, supervisors
Expectations often say more about the leader than the follower. Various forms of research suggest that when leaders have higher types of expectations for their followers, those followers often live up to their expectations. In contrast, when a leader’s expectations...
by David Sarkus | Dec 19, 2017 | Safety Culture
When I speak to leaders, I often tell a story related to GE’s former CEO, Jack Welch. Although Welch was known to be a challenging taskmaster, he knew the importance of spending quality time with his workforce or “wallowing with his people.” Seemingly, he was big on...
by David Sarkus | Oct 31, 2017 | motivational safety speaker, motivational safety speakers, safety, safety attitudes, safety coaching, safety consultants, Safety Culture, safety leadership safety influence safety culture safety coaching, safety speakers, safey leadership, supervisor safety training, West Virginia University
More than 30 years ago, one of my mentors in the graduate safety program at West Virginia University provided an insight that I continue to embrace. It guides much of my thinking and my actions, still today. C. Everett Marcum, often espoused his foundational belief...
by David Sarkus | Oct 5, 2017 | Safety Culture
Dear Friend and Colleague, Many of you likely have a well written vision statement for safety or at least some form of it. However, is that vision regularly expressed through your senior leaders? The most important aspects of your vision occur through the expression...
by David Sarkus | Sep 21, 2017 | safety attitudes, safety coaching, safety consultants, Safety Culture, safety leadership, safety leadership safety influence safety culture safety coaching
I really love the reality show Undercover Boss but I have to watch it alone because I often become a little weepy! I’ve gotten much softer with age. You probably know what generally happens in each show. A company executive plants himself in his own organization in...
