Sometimes, a plurality is enough - a majority isn't needed. We all want to believe that in voting, the majority will be the winner. But when you have more than two parties involved, more than two candidates, all with their own viable platforms, it's very difficult to imagine any one of them getting more than [...]
Maintaining and manufacturing safety is a full-time job virtually anywhere. But when there is a single piece of machinery that can cause a tremendous amount of human damage, safety professionals like us need to pay attention. And it happens to be a tool that is common machinery, maintaining and manufacturing many notable risks to human [...]
Believe it or not, safety does not sound cool to the younger generation. Chances are decent that the word "safety" might be spoken around teenagers, but what they hear is "parents controlling your every move so you stay alive, which means we do nothing fun." Those of us who have or have had to raise [...]
Robert Pater is nothing if not a warrior for good safety leadership. He is someone who has clearly made this his life's work, and he has been pretty reliable in making informative articles in Professional Safety magazine, as well as in books, discussing the power and need for leadership when it comes to sound occupational health [...]
I know I have a very smart readership here, so this is not a news flsh to anyone, but leadership is something that is not found in a certain type of person. That is, you won't find leaders in certain offices, or of a certain height or gender or experience level. Leadership is a characteristic. It [...]
It is the new year, and I hope to goodness the first resolution you have is not to be reading this with a hangover. Would hate to see one resolution fall by the wayside so soon. In the hopes that you have that resolution still in place, here is hoping that you not only have [...]
The reality is hitting. In some ways I really don't want it to end. It has been very good to me. I feel so comfortable about it and so positive, that I am uncertain about the future. I don't know what to expect. What, 2016? Oh, you thought I was feeling uncertain about the new year? [...]
First of all, Marry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy Holidays to everyone. I wish you and yours the safest of holidays over this next week and beyond. I appreciate very much all of your support of me and this blog, and my gratitude for my readers, friends and clients is too innumerable to mention. I [...]
This Christmas, a lump of coal takes on a whole new meaning. First off, it might be seen as a good present, as coal prices are going up in the wake of stories out of the United States about environmental regulations putting massive restrictions of coal mines and coal-fired power plants - so much so that [...]
We struggle with our own New Year's resolutions, but it doesn't always mean we can't offer advice about resolutions for others. Yes, we are those types of people. (Not really. Maybe.) As our friends at the ASSE and Professional Safety magazine have been ending 2015 with some brief articles giving us tips and reminders about safety heading [...]
