Ten Characteristics that Distinguish Great Safety Organizations: What Leaders Do to Make Them Real

摘要

After years of studying organizations that have achieved a level of greatness in safety, we have distilled ten characteristics that distinguish them from others. Among these characteristics, great safety organizations have clarity of vision, integrated understanding of the motivations of employees at every level, and engagement of all employees. What do these characteristics tell us about safety functioning in general-and the activities needed to achieve safety greatness in particular? Fundamentally, the traits of great safety organizations are created by leaders who understand organizational culture and what their particular role in creating it consists of. These leaders focus on exposures rather than injuries, and know their personal relationship to the working interface. These leaders also practice behaviors that turn safety vision into safety practice at every level.