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June, 2008
Defanging the D Word, Part 2 of 3
“How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if he had taken a poll in the land of Israel? What would have happened to the Reformation if Martin Luther had taken a poll? It isn’t polls or public opinion of the moment that [...]
SafetyXChange Contest
Thanks to all of you who shared your moments of interview embarrassment. Here were the best of the entries. All of the following descriptions are in the member’s own words, edited slightly. We also added the subheads.
FIRST PRIZE
If the Shoe Fits. . .
This actually happened to my identical twin, but it’s so funny, I had [...]
How to Break the Cycle, Part 1 of 2
“I don’t know what happened. I’ve been doing this job for 20 years and I’ve never gotten hurt.”
If I had a dollar for every time an injured employee told me that, I’d be a rich man. The truth is, we almost always get hurt because of something that doesn’t happen very often. Things don’t break [...]
RTW and Nonstandard Work Schedules, Part 1 of 2
When workers get hurt on the job, the company’s first priority is to help them recover. Of course, the company also has an interest in getting injured workers back to work as soon as possible-ideally to the same job and schedule as before. Unfortunately, this goal often proves unrealistic, especially for workers who worked unusually [...]
Defanging the D Word, Part 1 of 3
“He who lives without discipline dies without honor.”
–Icelandic proverb
Discipline has gotten a bad rap. In the workplace setting, those who decry discipline include both the administrators who should be dishing it out and representatives of employees who should be receiving it. The end result is that discipline often doesn’t get imposed even when it’s richly [...]
What to Ask Your Interviewer
The interview process is stereotyped as an interrogation in which the interviewer hammers away at the interviewee with a relentless stream of questions. This is utter nonsense. Sure, some interviewers may unfold like this. But the truly great interview – whether on the phone or in person – is a process of mutual exploration and [...]
From Negative to Positive with 10 Simple Reminders
Sometimes I’m guilty of wallowing in pessimism, courtesy in part to seeing the darker side of humanity through 20 plus years as a journalist. But at a recent safety conference, I had the opportunity to listen to author Kevin Burns share his 10 attitude adjustment pointers. Now I’d love to say this presentation completely changed [...]
Cost Control and Risk of Liability
As a CEO myself, it’s my responsibility to make sure the company is getting adequate return on investment (ROI) on the money it spends. That includes safety. Although companies would have to invest some money in safety just to say they’ve done it, if ROI is too low they’ll seek to minimize their investment.
The Impact [...]
What IAQ Is and How to Address It, Part 1 of 3
I was in a construction company office the other day and didn’t know which was worse: the smell of the cigarettes or the smell of the chemicals. Both were horrible. “Oh, it’s always like that,” the secretary responded when I pointed out the odor. “It’s just part of the construction industry.” I was shocked. Nobody [...]
A Case Study
Last week, SafetyXChange published the final installment of a series on how standards established by non-governmental organizations such as the American National Standards Institute which are supposed to be voluntary sometimes end up becoming part of the law. A Canadian government environmental official who read the story relayed the following case study. Because the official [...]
