The safety industry is properly intentioned in that they want to stop all incidents and injuries from happening again. Safety leaders and their programs intend to figure out what went wrong and fix it, fix the specific thing that went wrong, and make sure it does not happen again. This is the traditional side of […]
Good Intensions Are Not Science Read More »
Personality assessments are tools that help gain insight into how people function and enhance their capability to reach their potential (optimal functioning). Personality functioning is an area of study that focuses on understanding how individuals become the best that they can be as well as how they may achieve their full potential. Every person has
Personality Functioning Read More »
The authoritarian leader becomes a bottleneck to their success and achieving the desired results because their focus is on control, not the vision of the organization. This type of leader is weakened and becomes petty and pathetic. The use of authority works in the opposite of discretionary effort. Authoritarian leaders have the wrong focus. They
Authoritarian Leaders Are Bottlenecks To Performance Read More »
A leader does not always have the level of power or depth of influence needed for a given situation or circumstance, and this creates complex problems. When a leader lacks leadership (influence), they rely on authority. Authoritative leadership works in some contexts (e.g., military, police), with checks and balances. However, authoritative leadership runs the risk
Leader = Position, Leadership = Influence Read More »
The bottom-line profits, financial goals, the market, customers, employees, and the board of directors pull leaders in the direction they want and need. The pressure to get things done and get results motivates a leader to capitalize on every possible opportunity in the marketplace. The pressure of business is what strains a leader’s leadership. Referent
Suppression, Power, and Transparency Read More »
The bottom-line profits, financial goals, the market, customers, employees, and the board of directors pull leaders in the direction they want and need. The pressure to get things done and get results motivates a leader to capitalize on every possible opportunity in the marketplace. The pressure of business is what strains a leader’s leadership. Referent
The Risk Of Authoritarian Leadership Read More »
The function of leadership is the most persuasive influence in any organization. A leader is someone who has a title and bears a responsibility to do a thing. Leadership is influence. Leadership is about the ability to influence others to accomplish the goals of the organization. Leading with authority is dangerous because it is a
Leading With Authority Is Dangerous Leadership Read More »
Safety leaders are significantly influenced by business leaders and driven by the fact that they want to avoid being financially penalized with OSHA recordables. This is not wrong in and of itself, but unfortunately, what happens is that safety leaders try to apply business methodologies to human aspects of work, and these methodologies do not
Safety Leader Competency: Influencing People To Perform Read More »
The focus of safety leaders is safety. Safety leaders tend to see safety in terms of policy, defined processes, process control, solutions, and continuous improvement. They often use methodologies like Quality, Lean, Six Sigma, and Culture of Excellence which are solid business methodologies that seek to find out the root issue of a problem and
The Focus Of Safety Leaders Read More »
The focus of business leaders is business. Business requires aligning talent with the company’s organizational purpose, driving performance in all sectors of the business, and ultimately delivering profitability to the board, and employees. Business leaders focus on compliance with the federal government and providing a service at a price point that is profitable yet affordable to
Business Leaders Focus On Business Read More »
