Safety Culture Plus

New a short snipe for  a job interview?  Use this approach.  I am taking an on-line course and the first that we have to do is write an elevator pitch.  This is a great article with examples from Microsoft Office Online.

By Guy R. Powell

Has this ever happened to you?

• You’re in an elevator. The CEO of your hottest prospect is also in the elevator and realizes that he recognizes you. He says, "I was curious, tell me what you do again. I can’t remember." What do you say?
• You’re at a party. You just happen to run into the VP of the company you want to work for. You mention that you’re looking for a job, and then the VP says, "Glad to meet you. Tell me more about yourself!" How do you respond?

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3 steps to a great elevator pitch – Word – Microsoft Office Online

This article/website was sent to me via one my tweets.  This is an interesting read.

THE PROBLEM

“Accidents are just the price you pay for productivity”.  We heard this over and over again in the 1970’s, 80’s and even into the 90’s.   Fortunately, we seldom hear it today.  “Safety First” is now the most often heard mantra in industry around the world.  You would be hard pressed to find any successful company that does not have a “safety system” in place.    There has been a shift in “attitude” about safety in the workplace over the past 20+ years.  Safety was initially driven by pressure from outside the organization (i.e., economics, customers, governments).  Companies’ feared loss of customers, increased insurance premiums, and/or government penalties.  While there is still pressure from outside the organization to improve safety, we have also seen a major shift to a more intrinsic desire on the part of management to protect their people, their equipment and the environment because it is the right thing to do.  Over the past couple of decades these pressures have forced industry to take a closer look at safety and this has led to attempts to:

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