Leadership

1. Leadership

Leadership is essential to a safety culture.

• The highest standards you expect of the staff are the least you would demonstrate yourself.
• By ignoring low standards, you Indicate that low standards are adequate, and they become the norm.
• Leadership is the communication of expected standards and actions by words, deeds, and silence.
• Remember, actions speak louder than words. You have to walk the talk to build and sustain a safety culture.

big idea

All the elements of the safety culture must be actively encouraged, recognized, and rewarded daily by managers to engage staff in safe behaviors to achieve a safety culture.

Authored by Cindy Ebner, MSN, RN, CPHRM, FASHRM

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