Relationships are the foundation of high performance organizations. Meaningful safety conversations are the medium to build the trust and respect needed to develop those relationships. My latest publication co-authored with Neil Samuels looks at the cultural and social barriers that prevent us from having these important conversations. You may download it at http://www.asse.org/assets/1/7/022_032_F1Car_0115Z.pdf “Drift” and “weak…

Defining relationship based safety is important to gaining its acceptance. Basically it is the path to improving collaboration and coordination between individuals and across functions through the establishment of shared goals, trust and mutual respect. Too often supervisors react to the idea of building relationships as a “fluffy” activity that takes away from the real…

Our course on Women in Safety Leadership will focus on the strengths that women bring to safety leadership. Women in the safety profession see themselves as leaders. Carrillo & Associates launched a survey to determine if  women saw themselves as leaders. The answer was YES! We all know how important employee engagement is to safety…

Relationship Based Safety: Moving Beyond Culture and Behavior by Rosa Carrillo, MSOD was published in the ASSE Safety Professional December 2012 issue. In collaboration with Cary Usrey of Predictive Solutions, this article will be broken down into a six part series and published on Cary’s Blog. Ms. Carrillo will explain the concept of Relationship Based Safety…

Do Women Who Work in Safety, Health and Environment Consider Themselves Leaders?Our survey with Women in SH&E said, “yes!” Survey completed by Carrillo & Associates on Oct 12, 2013. Authors, Cheryl Archer, Kelly Bernish and Rosa A. Carrillo. The purpose of this survey was to inquire into the self-perception of women in Safety, Health and…

  Companies are moving towards integrating safety into business and team based environments as a way to inject safety into every aspect of the way work is done. They don’t want safety to be seen as a separate function. Many managers believe that the basis of a good safety culture is a workforce willing to…

Is safety communication one of the weak points in your safety culture? There are ways to measure and improve it. But first, what are the important elements of safety communication in the workplace? When we talk about effective communication in a strong safety culture, what kind of picture comes into our mind? Do you see…

Safety Culture in High Hazard Environments Part II: Nuclear Safety Culture with Comment from Edgar Schein Not everyone feels the term “safety culture” or “nuclear safety culture” helps in the goal to avoid failure.  They point out that a well-led and managed organization seems not only profitable but safe as well. Why add language that…