Join Gabe and James as they discuss the importance of understanding business as it affects the resources safety professionals need to be successful. The intersection is the beginning of our series as we explore how to use business to improve safety.
Women in Safety Overcoming the Barriers — Sondra Lavoie Part 3 || Client Side Chats
In our 3rd and last Client Side Chat series, James chats with Sondra Lavoie, CSP, ASP, CHST, on Women in Safety: the barriers and how to overcome them. In this episode, Sondra discusses some of the biases uniquely faced by women in safety, setting up boundaries, and saying “yes and” as a way of saying no. Sondra discusses her success such as getting out into the field to overcome perceptions and being viewed as a safety professional: fair and as an equal. Sondra also discusses the workforce and organizational cultures and how they need to change. Check out this episode to learn about the challenges women in safety face and how everyone can help make the workplace fair.