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Jason Starke, Ph.D.
Feb 11, 20223 min read
Servant Leadership and Safety Citizenship Behavior: Are they Related?
The implementation of a safety management system (SMS) is challenging for any organization, but obtaining and maintaining employee...
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Briana Lynch
Jan 10, 20222 min read
Connecting Safety & Sustainability
Your Organization’s Impact on Our Planet and Future Generations There are many different motivations behind those who are passionate...
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Mark Myers
Dec 8, 20215 min read
7 Questions to Help You Create Great Safety Objectives
A colleague gifted me a great book: “Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen” by Dan Heath. Heath’s book is based on the...
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Kate Johnpeer
Nov 18, 20213 min read
Spotlight on the Standdown
Has your organization encountered an accident, incident, or an event where those involved came too close to experiencing an accident or...
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Todd Thomas
Nov 1, 20213 min read
Do You Have A Plan?
All organizations need an Emergency Response Plan (ERP). Why? It is all about planning your response before an accident or incident...
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Kate Johnpeer
Oct 18, 20212 min read
Are You Risk Blind?
If you have a Safety Management System in place in your organization, do you feel you have the risks you deal with under control? Are you...
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Kate Johnpeer
Aug 24, 20213 min read
Are You a Safety Leader?
Does your name come to mind when you read the words “safety leader”? Safety leadership is a role that any professional in...
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Jason Starke, Ph.D.
Aug 3, 20215 min read
Measuring for Success: How’s your SPIs and SPTs?
The use of safety performance indicators (SPI), safety performance targets (SPT) and their connection to safety objectives tends to be a...
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Mark Myers
Jun 23, 20214 min read
Humble Inquiry: Are You Asking the Right Questions?
An excellent organization is one that can nimbly execute its strategy while continually learning from itself. Its structure is designed...
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Kate Johnpeer
Jun 14, 20214 min read
Safety Citizenship Behavior and Its Affect on Aviation at Every Level
Aviation is a unique business because our thoughts and actions can provide safe passage from one place to another or can result in...
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Kate Johnpeer
May 11, 20213 min read
Virtual Leadership: 5 Tips to Leading Remotely
2020 and 2021 are years that have revolutionized the workplace. More organizations have individuals working remotely than ever before....
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Todd Thomas
Apr 19, 20214 min read
Manuals - A Critical SMS Element
One of the major tenants of your SMS is the Safety Policy. Your employees need to know how to accomplish their assigned tasks in a safe...
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Kate Johnpeer
Mar 16, 20213 min read
Runway Incursions: What to Watch For
To state the obvious, aircraft don’t just fly, they move along the ground making ground operations a large piece of aviation safety....
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Todd Thomas
Mar 4, 20213 min read
The Safety Family
For those of us who work in safety, we often refer to ourselves as a “family” of safety professionals. There is good reason for that. ...
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Mark Myers
Feb 9, 20213 min read
SMS Policy Review: Is Your Safety Culture Adaptable, Flexible, and Resilient?
As the early months of 2021 unfold, this is a gentle reminder that it is time to dust off the SMS manual and perform your company’s...
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Todd Thomas
Jan 20, 20213 min read
Changing the Expectations for Your Safety Meetings
Raise your hand if you have ever rolled your eyes when you got an email announcing your companies next safety meeting. I see a lot of...
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Jason Starke, Ph.D.
Jan 8, 20214 min read
Organizational Pathogens
In any given organization, there always seems to be that so-called “bad apple”. This is the individual who is consistently difficult,...
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Briana Lynch
Dec 21, 20202 min read
The Flight Before Christmas
‘Twas the flight before Christmas, when all through the cabin; The lights flickered on for seat belts to fasten. The passengers nestled...
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Todd Thomas
Dec 16, 20205 min read
A Day in the Life
On occasion people have asked me what it was like leading the safety effort at a Part 121 airline. I tell them that it is certainly a...
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Mark Myers
Nov 17, 20206 min read
An Effective IEP Can be the Most Powerful Change Management Tool You Have
Need to gain ground quickly in changing your safety culture? Transform your internal evaluation program (IEP) into a highly effective...
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