Leading and Learning Through Safety
Do you want to engage your culture? Safety is the first step to creating the motivation needed for people to perform their best. Each day, we have the chance to lead our teams and learn more about our people through an understanding of our safety climate. Through looking at current issues in HSE, we chat about creating cultural value through safety. Your host is Dr. Mark French, CSP, SPHR aka The Safety Dude.
Episodes
191 episodes
Episode 188: Safety Success
This episode of Leading and Learning Through Safety shares a rare and inspiring safety success story from rural Kentucky. A 68-year-old farmer became trapped in soybeans inside a grain bin — a dangerous, permit-required confined space....
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Episode 187: Hazards and Risk
In this episode of Leading and Learning Through Safety, Dr. Mark French explores the tragic consequences of neglecting workplace safety through the lens of a devastating explosion at a biofuels plant in Nebraska. The explosion killed a...
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Episode 186: Training for All
In this episode of the Leading and Learning Through Safety podcast, Dr. Mark French revisits the foundational topic of adult learning in the workplace, particularly in the context of safety training. He reflects on his own journey from...
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Episode 185: Safety and Security
In this episode of the Leading and Learning Through Safety podcast, Dr. Mark French explores the increasingly blurred lines between safety and security, especially for field teams working in unpredictable public environments. Reflectin...
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Episode 184: Getting Rest
In this episode of the Leading and Learning Through Safety podcast, Dr. Mark French explores the critical link between psychological safety, rest, and physical safety in the workplace. Traditionally, safety professionals begin with phy...
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Episode 183: Going Beyond
In this episode of the Leading and Learning Through Safety podcast, Dr. Mark French explores the contrast between managing people the easy way versus the right way. Sparked by a discussion with a fellow safety professional and the medi...
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Episode 183: Summer Hits
In this episode of the Leading and Learning Through Safety podcast, Dr. Mark French highlights the urgent need for proactive summer safety measures. As temperatures across the U.S. reach dangerous highs, several tragic workplace fatali...
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Episode 182: Summer Time.
The episode of the Leading and Learning Through Safety podcast, hosted by Dr. Mark French, centers on the pressing issue of summer safety, particularly heat stress and seasonal workplace hazards. Dr. French emphasizes the growing conce...
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Episode 181: Leadership Onboarding
In this episode, Dr. Mark French explores the importance of onboarding new safety professionals through a leadership-focused lens. Reflecting on his experience guiding a newly hired safety team member, he emphasizes that onboarding should go be...
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Episode 180: The Language of Safety
This episode of the Leading and Learning Through Safety podcast, hosted by Dr. Mark French, explores the use of euphemisms in leadership communication. Inspired by a recent article from the Journal of Applied Psychology, Dr. F...
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Episode 179: Listen More
In this episode, Dr. Mark French dives deeper into the psychology of listening, reflecting on how powerful it is to be truly heard—and the responsibility that comes with listening effectively. He explores how our personal biases, dist...
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Episode 178: Listen to Hear
In this episode of the Leading and Learning Through Safety podcast, Dr. Mark French explores the critical role of listening in leadership, particularly within safety-focused environments. The episode opens with a reflection on how genu...
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Episode 177 - TN Safety Recap
🎙️ Podcast Summary: Tennessee Safety Conference Recap & Lessons in LeadershipIn this episode, Dr. Mark French reflects on his experience at the Tennessee Safety Conference, highlighting both inspiring takeaways and sobe...
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Episode 176: KY Legislation
A podcast discussion led by Dr. Mark French about new safety legislation moving through the Kentucky House. The conversation centers on two key legislative changes:State Plan Reversal: Kentucky’s OSHA program is under threat ...
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Episode 175: Bridging the Gap
The podcast episode from "Leading and Learning Through Safety" hosted by Dr. Mark French focuses on the significance of ethics and values in safety leadership. Dr. French discusses how companies often face a disconnect between stated values and...
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Episode 174 - Ethical Decision Making
The podcast episode discusses the relationship between ethical decision-making and workplace safety. Hosted by Dr. Mark French, the episode explores how distance from the work environment affects ethical judgment in safety-related decisions.
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Episode 173 - Mental Health and Safety
In this episode of Leading and Learning Through Safety, Dr. Mark French explores mental health as a workplace issue, sparked by a Professional Safety Journal article on mental health and suicide in construction. He emphasizes ...
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Episode 172 - Abolishing OSHA
The podcast episode discusses a legislative proposal to abolish OSHA, introduced by an Arizona Congressman who argues that workplace safety should be managed by states and private employers rather than the federal government. However, similar e...
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Episode 171 - Managing Change
This episode focuses on managing organizational change, particularly in the context of safety. Key points include:Nature of Change: Change is inevitable and often disruptive. Effective leadership is crucial in managing, imple...
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Episode 170 - Preventing All Injuries
This week's podcast focuses on workplace safety, particularly on whether all accidents and injuries are preventable. Key points include:Safety Philosophy:Initially, Dr. French believed all injuries could be prevented,...
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Episode 169 - 2025 Predictions
The episode discusses anticipated trends in 2025 across leadership, HR, safety, and psychology. Key points include:Shift in Hiring Practices: A move from valuing degrees to prioritizing skills, with organizations increasingly...
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Episode 168 - Welcoming the New Year
OSHA’s Top 10 Cited Violations for 2024:Frequent safety issues such as fall protection, hazard communication, ladders, respiratory protection, lockout/tagout, powered industrial trucks, scaffolding, PPE, and machine guarding....
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Episode 167 - Going Beyond
The podcast episode focuses on a catastrophic explosion at a food additive manufacturing site in Louisville, Kentucky. The explosion was attributed to the failure of a ventilation system on a cooker, leading to overheating, overpressurization, ...
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