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.
JSA – Matt Herron Part 2 || Client Side Chats
In part two of our five-part series with Matt Heron, MS, PE, CSP, CPE, Lead Safety Engineer at the Southwest Research Institute, we discuss the use of the JSA as an interactive tool for keeping safety in the forefront. The key in getting uptake on using the JSA is making it easily accessible and easy to use. Integrating the JSA into the work process makes it part of the job and ensures it does not remain static.