by David Sarkus | Apr 7, 2020 | safety culture, safety leadership, safety leadership safety influence safety culture safety coaching, safety speakers, safey leadership, Uncategorized
In March of 2011, a nuclear meltdown in Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant occurred during a 9.0 earthquake. Within a week, the Chinese government stopped approval of construction at more than 40% of its own nuclear energy sites, worldwide. Mutual Transparency and...
by David Sarkus | Jul 31, 2019 | motivational safety speaker, motivational safety speakers, safety, safety attitudes, safety coaching, Safety Culture, safety leadership, supervisor safety training
The knowledge gap within utilities, construction, and related industries is more of a growing concern than ever — especially when it comes to serious injuries and exposures. I often speak with clients about their need for trainable or experienced workers in...
by David Sarkus | Aug 13, 2018 | Safety Culture, safety leadership
I’ve often expressed my opinion regarding the question of “what should safety professionals want from their organizational leaders?” Most organizational leaders are relatively clear about what they desire from their safety staff, but shouldn’t these same leaders ask...
by David Sarkus | Mar 6, 2018 | Safety Culture
Dear Friend and Colleague, In your training, you should work toward impacting each of the three domains of attitude formation for your leaders and learners, so you can maximize the outcomes which ultimately impact their everyday actions as a leader. And your leaders...
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...
