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This week, Brad Giles, Past-President of ASSP, joins James discussing how to prevent the drain on talent for the safety profession. Brad presents a multiple approach to solving this problem including colleges and universities as well as workforce development. At the core of the issue is the need for safety professionals and what is driving it, which is no longer “because they are required.” Leadership is what is needed in safety professionals, which includes communication skills as well as being visionary. Enjoy this episode as it will help safety professionals know need and direction for their future.

This week we present Part 2 of a two part series with Shaun MacDonald. James and Shaun discuss different solutions to ORC, Organized Retail Crime, and keeping customers and employees safe. While some aspects of loss prevention appear frustrating, Shaun reminds us why retailers do what they do in preventing injuries should an ORC occur in their stores. In this short clip, the focus always remains about the safety of people.

This week we present a two-part series with Shaun MacDonald. James and Shaun discuss ORC, Organized Retail Crime, and keeping customers and employees safe. While some aspects of injury prevention appear frustrating, Shaun reminds us why retailers do what they do in preventing injuries should an ORC occur in their stores. Shaun also discusses some of the actions retailers are taking to help prevent this kind of crime; however, the focus is always about the safety of people. Enjoy part 1 this week and be ready for part 2 next week.

Join James as he chats with Brad Herda in part 2 of an Owner’s View of Safety. In this Client Side Chat, Brad provides a valuable perspective for any safety professional: understanding how the business owner looks at safety helps safety leaders to understand business perspectives and influence in a way that ensures not only safety within the organization, it helps the business thrive. Brad is a certified business coach and CEO of Vision Forward Business Solutions dedicated to supporting blue/collar business owners through all business life cycle phases; Launch, Growth, Maturity, and Exit. They focus on blue-collar businesses and supporters of those industries.

Join James as he chats with Brad Herda on the Owner’s View of Safety. In this Client Side Chat, Brad provides a valuable perspective for any safety professional: understanding how the business owner looks at safety helps safety leaders to understand business perspectives and influence in a way that ensures not only safety within the organization, it helps the business thrive. Brad is a certified business coach and CEO of Vision Forward Business Solutions dedicated to supporting blue/collar business owners through all business life cycle phases; Launch, Growth, Maturity, and Exit. They focus on blue-collar businesses and supporters of those industries.

Join James as he discusses how small achievements add up to great successes for safety. In this two-part series, Joel discusses his experiences with successes and how working to get several wins added up to overall positive achievements. Joel is an American Society of Safety Professionals Fellow and an accomplished, professional teacher, and he’s influenced many safety professionals who are successful in their careers today.

Join James as he discusses how small achievements add up to great successes for safety. In this two-part series, Joel discusses his experiences with successes and how working to get several wins added up to overall positive achievements. Joel is an American Society of Safety Professionals Fellow and an accomplished, professional teacher, and he’s influenced many safety professionals who are successful in their careers today.

Join James as he chats with Christine Sullivan, SVP Risk Control Director at Sompo International and most recent Past-President for the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), as we discuss how we get to where we want to be in safety. As Christine states, it’s a journey and how important diversity is in moving things forward: changes are made through inclusion and steps. Christine and James also discuss DEI as a business driver and how safety fits within. Christine also chats a bit about her tenure in ASSP and the joys of being a volunteer leader, including how ASSP works and what you get back from being a volunteer leader.

Join James as he talks with safety professional Jewuan Long, CSP, owner of JL Consulting, as he discusses what it’s like to be an experienced safety professional starting a new business. Together they discuss some of the considerations for starting a new business because it’s “all you” to make it work. Jewuan points out how it’s a challenge to balance a family with demands of serving clients and traversing the various regulatory requirements for being in business for yourself.

In this episode, James has a wonderful conversation with Brent Knight, CSP, Intuitive Safety Solutions, Inc. as they discuss how safety professional success isn’t the work of one person; rather, it’s many who provide guidance and thought as mentors throughout out each other’s careers. Mentorship can be informal or formal, and Brent discusses this with James focusing on ASSP as a great place to meet others, network, and using examples of how he is helping others and how others are helping him.