Table Of ContentLEAD Safety
Safety leadership has been riding the waves of general leadership theories
since the end of the last century. While this is not surprising – leadership is
leadership, right? – it also means research has been running into the same
issues as general leadership research. Because what is a good leader, or what
makes a good leader? Scholars have looked at ‘great men’ and successful
men. They have studied traits of important leaders, their attitudes, ethics,
morality. As hard as these things are to study, they are equally hard to com-
municate, or to train. So what about leadership behaviours? What do safety
leaders practically do? In this book you will find answers to these questions.
It basically boils down to: safety leaders LEAD. What this means or entails,
you will read in this book. The writers will lead you through LEAD with
examples, exercises and theory. Leading has never been simpler.
— Frank Guldenmund, Delft, the Netherlands
LEAD Safety
A Practical Handbook for Frontline
Supervisors and Safety Practitioners
Tristan William Casey
Mark Anthony Griffin
First edition published 2020
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Library of Congress Cataloging‑in‑Publication Data
Names: Casey, Tristan William, author. | Griffin, Mark Anthony, author.
Title: Lead safety : a practical handbook for frontline supervisors and
safety practitioners / Dr. Tristan William Casey and Prof. Mark Anthony Griffin.
Description: First edition. | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2020] | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020009244 (print) | LCCN 2020009245 (ebook) | ISBN
9780367861131 (paperback) | ISBN 9780367861148 (hardback) | ISBN
9781003016953 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Industrial safety--Management. | Leadership
Classification: LCC T55 .C367 2020 (print) | LCC T55 (ebook) | DDC
658.3/82--dc23
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Contents
Acknowledgements ...............................................................................................ix
Authors ....................................................................................................................xi
1 Why LEAD? .....................................................................................................1
Chapter Summary ...........................................................................................1
Reflection Questions ........................................................................................9
Practice Points ..................................................................................................9
References .........................................................................................................9
2 LEAD in a Nutshell ......................................................................................11
Chapter Summary .........................................................................................11
Reflection Questions ......................................................................................16
Practice Points ................................................................................................16
References .......................................................................................................17
3 Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going? .......................................19
Chapter Summary .........................................................................................19
A Brief History of Safety Leadership ..........................................................20
General Leadership and Safety ....................................................................22
Safety-Specific Transformational Leadership ............................................22
‘Vanilla’ Safety Leadership ...........................................................................23
Summing Up and Moving Forward ...........................................................24
Reflection Questions ......................................................................................26
Practice Points ................................................................................................27
References .......................................................................................................27
4 Matching Leadership to the Situation ......................................................29
Chapter Summary .........................................................................................29
Reflection Questions ......................................................................................34
Practice Points ................................................................................................34
References .......................................................................................................34
5 Safety as a Control Problem .......................................................................35
Chapter Summary .........................................................................................35
Reflection Questions ......................................................................................39
Practice Points ................................................................................................40
References .......................................................................................................40
6 Leverage – Getting Things Done ..............................................................41
Chapter Summary .........................................................................................41
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Reflection Questions ......................................................................................47
Practice Points ................................................................................................48
References .......................................................................................................48
7 Energise – Pursuing Opportunities ..........................................................49
Chapter Summary .........................................................................................49
Step 1: Establish the Topic .............................................................................54
Step 2: Create a Positive Vision of the Future ............................................54
Step 3: Designing the Path Forward ...........................................................54
Reflection Questions ......................................................................................55
Practice Points ................................................................................................55
References .......................................................................................................56
8 Adapt – Making Mistakes ..........................................................................57
Chapter Summary .........................................................................................57
Reflection Questions ......................................................................................61
Practice Points ................................................................................................61
References .......................................................................................................62
9 Defend – High Risk .....................................................................................63
Chapter Summary .........................................................................................63
Reflection Questions ......................................................................................67
Practice Points ................................................................................................68
References .......................................................................................................68
10 Safety Culture, Culture Safety, or Culture for Safety? .........................69
Chapter Summary .........................................................................................69
Reflection Questions ......................................................................................77
Practice Points ................................................................................................77
References .......................................................................................................78
11 National Culture and Safety Leadership .................................................79
Chapter Summary .........................................................................................79
Reflection Questions ......................................................................................81
Practice Points ................................................................................................82
References .......................................................................................................82
12 Leading Safety in the Future ......................................................................83
Chapter Summary .........................................................................................83
Reflection Questions ......................................................................................86
Practice Points ................................................................................................87
References .......................................................................................................87
Contents vii
Appendix 1: The LEAD Backstory ...................................................................89
Appendix 2: LEAD Case Study: A Training Implementation at
Teys Australia ................................................................................................91
Appendix 3: LEAD Case Study: Robust Risk Conversations at
a Water Services Company .........................................................................93
Appendix 4: Changing an Entire Industry .....................................................95
Index .......................................................................................................................97
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the Office of Industrial Relations for their ongoing
support for the development and dissemination of the LEAD model and
associated tools across industry, as well as the numerous businesses that
have provided access to their organisations to further our research program.
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