The jump from peer to the person who owns the result is the hardest move in safety. These books help, and they are worth reading for anyone in safety who leads people, not only the new supervisor.
No License to Lead: The journey into the supervisor role is about the day you stop being one of the crew and start owning the result when the file looks fine and the job does not. It is not an EHS manual. It is written for every supervisor who owns a crew, and for the safety professionals, managers, and leaders who coach them.
Communication and authority at every level: intent, authority, voice, translation, learning. Read it when someone has to stop an unsafe job without turning the stop into a punishment. Safe on Purpose on Amazon.
Twenty-one practices of safety leadership, used one at a time as leader standard work. The Principles on Amazon.
The craft of leading work: presence, questions, and holding the standard when it is inconvenient.
For a free start, the Green Flags field guide covers what it looks like to be a leader people can trust. More reading lists: books for operations managers and psychological safety for supervisors.
No License to Lead by Ryan L. Rinehart. It covers the move from peer to the person who owns the result, and it is useful for anyone in safety who coaches new leaders.
No. They are for everyone in safety who leads people: supervisors, safety professionals, managers, and executives.
Safe on Purpose for authority and stopping work, The Principles for leader standard work, and Balmert's Alive and Well at the End of the Day for the daily craft.
Ryan L. Rinehart
EHS Concepts. The Ways of Safety. Keep your people whole.
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