by David Sarkus | Dec 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking about workplace complacency and injuries a lot the last few weeks. Maybe because we are in the holiday season and injuries around this time of year are emotionally devastating. It seems that really bad accidents are highlighted by the extreme...
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 | Nov 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
I was rushed and thrown off just a bit from my normal travel routine — flying to a keynote event in French Lick, Indiana. For one, I normally leave my packed bags in the hallway, just outside of my bedroom. But the night before, I decided to carry my...
by David Sarkus | Jun 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
In my early 20s, I was working as a laborer on a construction site when I heard a story about a worker who jumped into a trench without appropriate protection. He was suffocated and crushed within minutes. I was also told about another worker who was seriously...
by David Sarkus | Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Hey you!” I hated hearing those words, shouted toward me from a big burly guy named, Hog Jaws! That’s right, Hog Jaws! That was my construction foreman’s name on a summer job at a mine prep plant near Wheeling, West Virginia. Hog Jaws wasn’t very likeable, but I...
by David Sarkus | Oct 11, 2018 | culture, safety leadership, safety leadership safety influence safety culture safety coaching, Uncategorized
Twenty-five years ago, as a young safety professional, I struggled to find a set of leadership practices I could call my own. In 1996, I wrote about many of the leadership practices I was already using but found more clearly established in servant leadership (Sarkus,...