Two Consultants on Leadership: Who is Responsible for Safety?

Who owns safety inside your organization? Your senior leaders might point to the front line and say something like, “Safety is ultimately the responsibility of the worker; it’s their life at risk.” Frontline workers might point upward and say senior leaders own safety. Operations might point to the safety department and vice versa. Without agreement on who is ultimately responsible for safety, incidents and near misses often lead to finger-pointing. And, with no one to drive change inside the organization, people tend to find fault instead of working together to learn, develop, and implement timely solutions. Watch as Judy Agnew and Bryan Shelton discuss.

Learn more: Read the blog by Bryan Shelton on this topic.