“Hope breeds effort”
Owning your own business: a dream to most and a reality to few. The hope from being a business owner are the positive trappings that come with success; however, there are many pitfalls along the way that require effort to overcome. The same can be said for building and managing a safety process. Safety requires executing similar business effort to attain success. Hope turns efforts into reality.
Business entrepreneurs don’t start a business simply to show up and maintain the status quo; rather, they drive for innovation: a different way of doing things.
Business and safety: many times the two clash; however, when the ideas of prevention are aligned with business focus, they become action.
While businesses have processes and procedures to accomplish the tasks that assure results, its leadership in allowing a positive culture to thrive that drives success. Positive cultures are safe cultures not only set by a safe work environment, they are set by people feeling it’s safe to bring up the tough things, not just what’s going right. Actions that demonstrate respect, trust, and value for each person’s contribution creates and sustains a great culture both in good times and bad.