Safety Space - Safety Leadership

Dan Powers

Believing in Zero and using practical safety leadership principles will not only benefit your career progression, but will help you in building a better, safer, more cohesive team. Join us to learn how to implement these leadership practices in your day-to-day responsibilities and the incredible impact they can have.

Episodes

  1. 12/17/2025

    Leading Every Day- Sharing is Scary

    In the final session of our current Safety Leadership conversation, we are going to look at the terrifying concept of sharing your goals with other people and how doing that can provide you with the accountability you need to make them into a reality.  This is where we put the entire thing into motion and start to make real strides in growing ourselves as safety-focused, genuine leaders.  Let's talk about that...

    8 min

  2. 12/12/2025

    Leading Every Day- How to Build a Habit

    You want to improve in the way that you lead your team... but how?  Building a habit is scientific process that can help you unlock a better you!  We will discuss your motivation to do it (The Trigger), the process we use to ingrain it (The Routine), the system we use to reinforce it (The Reward), and the scary concept of sharing your desire to build a habit with others (The Investment).  There's a lot to cover here, so let's talk about that...

    10 min

  3. 12/05/2025

    Leading Every Day- Tough Talk

    How do you go about having difficult conversations with folks without damaging the environment of open communication that you have been working so hard to build?  Using the insights we developed about emotional knowledge we discussed previously; we will focus on keeping it factual, honest, and truthful.  Helping people understand where you are coming from is the best way to connect and understand one another.  Let's talk about that...

    9 min

  4. 11/28/2025

    A Safe Cup of Coffee- Recognize and Speak Up

    Once again, we sit down with Chad Setera to discuss how to build a work culture that empowers your team to feel safe and secure in speaking up and speaking out when there is a safety concern to be addressed.  That type of culture requires trust, understanding, and two-way communication. We will discuss how to make that happen.  Join us for a cup...

    10 min

  5. 11/21/2025

    Leading Every Day- Setting Communication in (E)Motion

    How well you communicate with your team is a direct result of the emotions you display and the impact you intend to have on your team's performance.  How do you go about managing your emotions, biases, and judgements to ensure that you have the most meaningful and genuine communication with your team that you can.  Let's talk about that...

    11 min

  6. 11/14/2025

    Leading Every Day- Choose Your Ladder

    Today, we are talking about communication and the most effective way to gather the important information you need to lead your team.  Will you act from a position of judgement or from a position of understanding?  Let's ask the right questions while we talk about that...

    9 min

  7. 10/27/2025

    A Safe Cup of Coffee- Never Compromise on Safety

    In a new series, we are joined by Chad Setera to sit down and talk about what it means to build a lasting safety culture inside of a retail organization.  We find ourselves focused first and foremost on the idea that there is no compromising on safety if you want your team to buy into the message you are sharing.  Join us for a cup...

    8 min

  8. 10/07/2025

    Leading Every Day- Take 5

    How do you teach your team to evaluate risk and more importantly, how do help your team avoid those risks altogether?  We offer up some solutions and ways to make that happen.  Let's talk about it...

    14 min

  9. 09/30/2025

    Leading Every Day- The BIG Why?

    What is Safety Leadership? What makes you a safety leader? Who was the most impactful leader you have ever worked with, and why? How do you go about sharing your skills and knowledge with your team and how do help them grow as a result?  Let's talk about that...

    12 min
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Believing in Zero and using practical safety leadership principles will not only benefit your career progression, but will help you in building a better, safer, more cohesive team. Join us to learn how to implement these leadership practices in your day-to-day responsibilities and the incredible impact they can have.

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