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R. N. Knowles & Associates Inc. - March, 2011
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We help people---(teams and organizations)---

    to reach rational solutions to complex problems while simultaneously building the social connections and emotional energy and commitment to quickly and effectively get the best results.

    If you want your team, organization, or business to move forward quickly and achieve your key initiatives---with clarity, coherence and collaborative success--please call us.

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    This month's issue is dedicated to SAFETY Leadership!

Congratulations to the American Society of Safety Engineers as this year, 2011, marks their 100th Anniversary of dedicated service to protecting people, property, and the environment. This year their annual safety (SHE) conference will be held in Chicago, IL in June--providing fundamental and advanced sessions over a range of topics that include regulatory compliance, hazard identification and control, safety management, risk management, fire protection, the environment and workplace health---underscoring the importance and need for good safety programs and performance.

SAFETY IS A LEADERSHIP PROCESS! The Safety Question we pose is this: What makes a Safety Leader an effective, authentic Safety Leader? What ensures that a Safety Leader has the courage and commitment to change, build, and sustain a given workplace's safety culture? On what principles does he/she stand? On what will he/she not compromise?

We invite your input! Dialog with us! Let us know what you think! Email Dick Knowles at rnknowles@aol.com or call him at 716-622-6467.


Our Safety Leadership Process success is not limited to work in the US. As recently as February, 2011 we applied our safety leadership processes in several different Australian companies with great success. Look for more information on this in our next newsletter.
This month's Professional Safety magazine (March 2011) includes a great article on Safety Management (by Thomas A. Smith). Can you relate to this?

"If the problem (safety concern) is systemic, yet workers are blamed, management will lose their respect now and in the future. In addition, if nothing has been done to fix the system that allowed the mistake to occur, that means something similar can occur......We have met the enemy and he is us!"

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SAFETY LEADERSHIP:

The Principle: "I don't have a right to make my living where it is okay for you to get hurt." ~Richard N Knowles, Belle, WV

The leadership of safety is a key focus in our leadership work. Over 95% of all injuries and incidents are the result of the actions of people. So reducing unsafe behaviors is the path to reducing injuries and incidents. Our processes quickly generate alignment, focus and energy producing visible, easily measured results through the reduction of unsafe acts; this is the path to reducing injuries and results.

SAFETY LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS: We engage the workforce in this practical, hands-on approach which enables the people to see their actual safety behaviors, helps them to co-create and reach rational solutions to their safety issues and supports them as they move forward to doing the real work of building a safer workplace. Often, the participants quickly see how to apply the ideas and skills learned in these workshops to other parts of their business resulting in broadly based , sustainable business improvements.


We use proprietary, proven processes to accomplish this in these 1-2 day workshops. Over 150 of these Safety Leadership Workshops have been successfully run in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand in the last 10 years. When Management and Safety Leaders credibly support this work, the injury and incident rates drop to significantly lower levels and the new performance is sustainable.

THE BUSINESS CASE: Since an average OSHA Recordable Injury costs between $25,000 and $30,000, a rapid reduction in injuries results in significant improvements in earnings as well as in employee morale and dedication. Those organizations, who build on the workshops we lead, use the maps we've developed together, and actively support the safety teams and their discussions see rapid improvements in the organization's safety performance - often achieving over a 50% reduction in injury frequency rates in just a few months.

"I don't have a right to make my living where it is okay for you to get hurt." Richard N. Knowles


Richard N. Knowles & Associates Inc.