Leadership is a virtue, not necessarily a title. Therefore, being an effective safety leader is not confined to just managing your company’s safety program. To be a better safety leader, you need to understand—and help integrate—safety into all aspects of the business: long-term plans, market positioning, values, goals and other organizational objectives. Safety needs to have a seat at the executive table, and it’s your goal as manager to determine how safety can contribute to other departments.

Key Takeaways: 

• Learn to work with, and listen to, the needs of other employees and departments.
• Discover  how to weave safety into the fold rather than operating as a standalone or siloed unit. 
• Use language and other communication techniques that help safety earn trust and respect of others.