Just home from Dryden, attended a conference on Entreprenueship. It was interesting to talk and meet with small and large businessmen and women and consultants in other and similar fields.
Talked with a President of a trucking company which has successfully set up themselves to met the ISO standards. This is a good idea and will open her company up to new contracts from organizations that require this standard among their bidders.
I am all for bringing our work standards up, the only difficulty I have is that too many times, the senior management 'buys in' but the workforce and middle management do not.
Leadership is everything, if the senior management allow themselves to get to busy focused on the bottomline or meeting deadlines the first thing to go (especially in smaller organizations) will be the safety rules... we're all in a hurry and the job needs to get done, the order needs to be met, etc etc.
Safety management needs to be on the front boiler for all senior managers and owners. When I was talking with this woman president, I mentioned that I have taught various course's on sites where the attendee's had no idea who I was, (just a "WHMIS", "First Aid" or "whatever") instructor. I try to always utilize the companies safety policy in any training. When workers body language speaks, it speaks volumes.
You should regularly question your employees confidentially as to what they truely thing of your safety record and act on the deficiencies, most do not cost money just time. Serious accidents have a habit of being under the radar until they strike.
It was enjoyable to talk with a CEO who was dedicated to her workforce and organization. js
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