This week, Colin talks to safety consultant, Mark Stallard, the founder and operator of Safety Horizon, one of the leading providers of health and safety training, supporting businesses across the South-West of England.

Colin and Mark discuss the importance of “selling” health and safety instead of policing the concept, moving back into normality after the effects of the pandemic and what that means for safety in general, and how to be the most effective leader you can be.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• We can engage people to do more in safety is we “sell” instead of “police”. If we sell the benefits, then people will actively try to adhere, going above and beyond to be the best.
• As we move back into normality, it’s useful to examine each of our processes, and drop the ones that make no sense. There areopportunities for efficiency everywhere. We must seek them out.
• The people at the sharp end of the business are acutely aware of all of the safety risks, and how they can be improved. A good leader will consult and investigate with them effectively, instead of leading blindly.
• Checks and balances can help when it comes to metrics and measurement, but these processes must also be refined in order to reach the essence of what really matters. There can be far too much extraneous material when it comes to measures.

BEST MOMENTS

‘It’s all about decision-making and how you can influence people’

‘We’ll adapt, we’ll modify, because that’s what we do. We’re professionals and we’re leaders in our field’

‘Coaching and mentoring is going to be important, moving forward, as we evolve’

‘Let’s focus on the key stuff. It’s getting that dialogue. The more people that talk about it, the more chance of getting some improvement'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Interesting Health & Safety Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/vn/podcast/the-interesting-health-safety-podcast/id1467771449  

Safety Horizon - https://www.safetyhorizonsw.com

Mark Stallard LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/markrstallard/?originalSubdomain=uk

ABOUT THE HOST

Colin Nottage

‘Making health and safety as important as everything else we do.’

This is the belief that Colin is passionate about and through his consultancy Influential Management Group (IMG) is able to spread into industry. Colin works at a strategic level with company owners and board members. He helps business leaders establish and achieve their health and safety ambitions.

He has developed a number of leading competency improvement programmes that are delivered across industry and his strengths are his ability to take a practical approach to problem-solving and being able to liaise at all levels within an organisation.

Colin also runs a company that vets contractors online and a network that develops and support H&S consultancies to become better businesses.

Colin chairs the Construction Dust Partnership, an industry collaboration directly involving many organisations, including the Health and Safety Executive.

He is a Post Graduate Tutor at Strathclyde University and a highly sought-after health and safety speaker and trainer. He has a Post Graduate Certificate in Safety and Risk management, an engineering degree and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).