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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…

Maslow’s hierarchy taught us that we are motivated first and foremost by the need for food and shelter, then safety, and third the need for relationship or belonging. Neuroscience has changed that. Our need for relationship is at the same level as food and shelter. We have been focused on behavior and culture, and have…