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Why Safety Professionals Are Like Salespeople—And Why It Matters Doctors spend over a decade mastering their craft. Lawyers invest 7–8 years in rigorous education. Engineers dedicate 4–6 years to specialized training. Yet, safety professionals are often expected to step into roles with little formal preparation, juggling technical expertise with the critical task of influencing others. In many ways, safety professionals are salespeople. We are not just practitioners of Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S); we are its disciples, charged with spreading the word and persuading others to prioritize it. Every day, we “sell” the importance of regulations, risk management, and proactive safety culture to management, supervisors, and frontline workers. But here’s the challenge: technical knowledge alone won’t close the deal. Without skills in coaching, communication, and persuasion, even the best-designed safety programs can fail to gain traction. A successful safety professional must master the art of influencing key stakeholders—convincing leaders to allocate resources, supervisors to model safe behavior, and workers to embrace safe practices. Safety isn’t just about compliance—it’s about buy-in. It’s about creating disciples of safety within every level of the organization. This requires a unique blend of regulatory knowledge, human behavior insight, and leadership skills. To my fellow safety professionals: we are not just compliance officers; we are advocates, teachers, and change-makers. Let’s hone our ability to “sell” the value of safety, and in doing so, protect the workers and workplaces that depend on us. What strategies have you used to spread the word about safety in your organization? How do you approach the challenge of influencing decision-makers and frontline workers alike? I’d love to hear your thoughts. #workplacesafety #leadership #sales #coninuingeducation

Managing safety vs. Leading safety 🚀 I have a friend called Austin who works in an electronics factory as a safety manager. One day, his GM walked into the warehouse and found that the housekeeping was a mess 😮 The GM hastened out of the warehouse and called my friend, "Austin, the warehouse has many safety problems. Can you come and fix it?" The GM then returned to his office. Austin went to the warehouse, spoke to the warehouse manager, and urged him to take the necessary actions. After the event, Austin was irked by the response of his GM. “He could have spoken to the warehouse manager directly. One sentence from him is more powerful than ten from me,” Austin remarked. “But he wanted to be a nice guy, and so he made me the bad guy.” While the GM often remarked that safety is important, his action sent the message that safety is the job of the safety manager—not him🙅🏻♂️ He also sent the message to the warehouse manager that poor housekeeping is tolerable—because silence means consent 🤐 This GM was managing safety, not leading it. This is how leading safety looks like: The GM steps forward and asks the warehouse manager, “Hey XX, the housekeeping standard here is unacceptable. What happened? ….How can I help?” Had he gone that way, the message received would have been completely different. And that's how leaders change culture—one person at a time, one conversation at a time. Such 'small' day-to-day interactions matter as much as those big company-wide decisions. #safetyculture #safetyleadership

Hiring for Attitude, Training for Skill 🤝 As a leader in the cleaning industry, I've learned that hiring the right people is crucial to our success 🌟. But what makes a candidate truly stand out? 🤔 For us, it's all about attitude 🙌. We can train anyone to clean, but we can't teach someone to have a positive attitude, be reliable, or have a strong work ethic 💪. When we hire for attitude, we're looking for people who: ✨ Are passionate about delivering exceptional service ✨ Are willing to learn and grow ✨ Are team players who support and uplift their colleagues Once we've found someone with the right attitude, we invest in training them for skill 📚. Our comprehensive training program covers everything from cleaning techniques to customer service, ensuring our team members have the knowledge and confidence to excel in their roles 🌈. By hiring for attitude and training for skill, we've built a team that's not only skilled and knowledgeable but also passionate, motivated, and dedicated to delivering exceptional results 💯. #HiringForAttitude #TrainingForSkill #CleaningIndustry #InfoClean #TeamBuilding #LeadershipLessons

This week, two employees can’t see the point to their jobs... "I work in the 'guest experience' department at a major retailer, and increasingly I feel like my job is a colossal waste of time. I spend a lot of it combing through product reviews and analyzing our customer satisfaction surveys, but the impression I get is that no one in management pays any attention to this information anyway. They just want to be able to say they’re studying it. If they do use it at all, typically it’s to justify whatever they were planning to do anyway. Don’t get me wrong, I like having a job. But I sincerely believe my time would be much better spent—and be more helpful to my supposed function—if I were doing something else, like actually talking to customers or the sales associates who have to deal with them. What do you think..?" – Name withheld "I’m the principal safety officer for a food production manufacturer. My primary responsibilities include equipment inspection and employee training, but a lot of what I do is fill out and file the necessary paperwork so that we can keep our various certifications. I get that this is critical to our business, and the safety of our employees and products. But some days it’s hard not to think that all the paper shuffling is pretty pointless given that I’m the only one who’s ever going to see it (unless we get sued). You know what would make things a lot safer? For me to walk around our facilities more and actually keep an eye on things…" – Name withheld Both of your jobs come perilously close, in my opinion, to what David Graeber, author of Bulls**t Jobs (2018), describes as “box ticking.” He defines such roles as follows: “[Box tickers] exist only or primarily to allow an organization to be able to claim it is doing something that, in fact, it is not doing.” (p. 45) To be sure, this characterization is more easily applied in that first instance. Although the information you generate is undoubtedly helpful, it appears it isn’t being put to any truly useful purpose. In the latter scenario, obviously your job is super critical to the well-being of your business, and your customers. Employee safety is important, as you recognize, as is your business’ continued compliance with the various regulations which govern it. It's simply unfortunate the process itself seems needlessly bureaucratic. What struck me most about both of your scenarios though, is your shared complaint that your time would be better spent doing something else...    (Read the full Q&A at https://lnkd.in/eSjntYjp. Subscribe, ask a question, or just leave a comment...) #jobadvice #workadvice #businessadvice #managementadvice

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Rafferty Wholesale is looking for some quality employees who will enjoy working for a fast pace, good paying company that offers excellent benefits. We are looking for a shipper / receiver. The position of a shipper / receiver does not require you to have a formal education. Most training occurs on the job where you can learn the company responsibilities and procedures. You need a general understanding of packaging and shipping duties, as well as a valid driver's license and forklift license. Prior operations experience is beneficial. You must also be organized as you handle paperwork, maintain inventory, record goods, stock materials, and review merchandise invoices. Other qualifications include time management, knowledge of industry safety standards and policies, basic math skills, and excellent communication. We are also looking for a safety coordinator. This person needs to be a good communicator. This job involves dealing with people at all levels of the organization. They will need to be able to get their message across clearly and effectively, both in person and in writing. Set Safety & Health as a Top Priority. Tell your workers that making sure they finish the day and go home safely is the way you do business. Assure them that you will work with them to find and fix any hazards that could injure them or make them sick. Lead by Example. Practice safe behaviors yourself and make safety part of your daily conversations with workers. Implement a Reporting System. Develop and communicate a simple procedure for workers to report any injuries, illnesses, incidents (including near misses/close calls), hazards, or safety and health concerns, without fear of retaliation. Include an option for reporting hazards or concerns anonymously – you might be surprised at what you learn. Provide Training. Train workers on how to identify and control hazards in the workplace. Use short-targeted safety training sessions as part of your training process. Tailgate meetings, weekly or even monthly safety meetings that are short can be the perfect way to introduce reminders on proper safe work practices. Conduct Inspections. Inspect the workplace with workers and ask them to identify any activity, piece of equipment, or material that concerns them. Please call 978.422.8130 to apply.