It’s another insightful conversation this week as Colin talks to Phil Redmond of the Institute Of Quarrying and formerly Hanson Aggregates, and who is now with Lehigh Hanson, and whose role is to make sure the company is the best it can possibly be. As such, Phil is supremely knowledgeable about health and safety issues, as well as other concerns and issues that can often hold a company back in terms of progress.

In the second part of their fascinating conversation, Phil and Colin discuss credibility, trust, competence, how to eradicate some of the more significant workplace hazards, and the cultural differences between Phil’s UK and US business life.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• It’s incredibly important to create an environment where people feel comfortable enough to ask for change. Only by embracing the voices that we have trusted to keep our business running, can we truly effect positive change. 

 

• When dissecting the aftermath of a problem, we need to identify the root cause of what went wrong. It could be training, a personal issue, lack of understanding, or an interpretation issue. Only then can we decide upon accountability.

 

• Change is coming swiftly these days, and it’s for the better. Even things like road safety for workers has been drastically improved.

 

• Advances in safety have been rapid. Advances in health, too, are vital, and can only really move forward through constant collaboration and communication.

 

• Phil notes that the positivity in the same industry in the US, and the “can do” nature of the workers and the industry there, are the main things that he would choose to import to the UK if he got the chance.

BEST MOMENTS

’You have to listen to what the business is asking for’

‘We are where we are, but it’s about where we’re going to go with it’

‘I never use the word “blame”'

‘Listening is more important than talking most of the time’

‘We can always learn'   

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Interesting Health And Safety Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/training-competency-creating-effective-plan-process/id1467771449?i=1000452692837 

Phil Redmond LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-redmond-b6136927/?originalSubdomain=uk

Lehigh Hanson - https://www.lehighhanson.com 

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).