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by Eric Michrowski
Real leaders leave a legacy. They capture the hearts and minds of their teams. Their origin story puts the safety and wellbeing of their people first. Great companies ubiquitously have safe yet productive operations. For those companies, Safety is an investment, not a cost for the C-Suite. It’s a real topic of daily focus. The SAFETY GURU with host Eric Michrowski, a globally recognized Ops & Safety Guru, public speaker and author explores through leader interviews how to leave a safety legacy. Your legacy success story begins now.
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- 1 weeks ago34 min
Episode 166 - Safety as a Business Advantage: Making Safety Happen Through Leadership and Ownership with Brian Fielkow
What does it take to make safety a true business advantage? We’re excited to welcome back Brian Fielkow, business leader, board director, advisor, and author, for another insightful conversation on The Safety Guru to explore safety as a compelling business proposition and a strategic priority. Drawing on insights from his latest book, Making Safety Happen: The Roadmap to a Safe, Productive & Profitable Business, Brian discusses the critical role boards and senior leaders play in shaping safety culture through their actions and visible commitment. He shares how employee engagement and ownership grow from an emotional connection to safety, supported by clear processes and expectations. Brian reinforces a powerful message: production means little if people are getting hurt along the way. From learning from incidents and managing production pressures to celebrating successes and moving beyond blame and compliance, Brian highlights how trust and vulnerability create the foundation for meaningful safety improvements. He also explores how technology can be leveraged as a tool for coaching and learning to strengthen safety culture in high-hazard industries. Tune in to discover how leaders can build trust, strengthen employee ownership, and create a culture where safety, quality, and productivity can coexist. Learn how to turn safety into a true business advantage and make safety happen across your organization! About the Guest: Brian Fielkow is a business leader, board director, and advisor recognized for transforming how organizations manage safety, risk, and performance. He leads a national team that helps thousands of companies strengthen culture, improve safety outcomes, and drive profitable growth across high-consequence industries. A sought-after international speaker, he is known for translating safety leadership into practical business strategy. For more information: https://brianfielkow.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago26 min
Episode 165 - Weightlifting Lessons for Safer Work: Five Cues for Safer Lifting and Recovery with Guy Onley
We are excited to welcome Guy Onley, founder of The Onsite Coach, for a lively and informative conversation exploring how weightlifting principles can be applied to workplace safety to help people lift smarter, move safer, recover better, and ultimately stay safer at work. Drawing on his extensive gym coaching experience, Guy brings a fresh perspective on how proven weightlifting techniques can support safer lifting and better movement while helping to reduce the risk of workplace injuries. Guy shares exclusive insights into his five key cues for safer lifting and highlights the important role of recovery and mobility in injury prevention. He also explores how shifting culture and mindset, combined with ongoing training and reinforcement, can help organizations build safer, more effective, and sustainable lifting practices. Packed with practical tips for safer lifting and movement, post-work recovery, and injury prevention, this episode offers valuable takeaways for anyone looking to improve safety in physically demanding and safety-critical environments. Don’t miss this energetic and engaging conversation on applying weightlifting lessons to create safer, healthier, and more sustainable workplaces! About the Guest: Guy Onley is the founder of The Onsite Coach, a manual handling and injury prevention business working with mining, construction, and manufacturing crews nationwide. After seven years delivering hands-on training on mine sites, Guy built his own methodology from the ground up. Grounded in weightlifting biomechanics and real trade experience rather than the generic "bend your knees" advice that passes for manual handling training across the industry. Through The Onsite Coach, he helps HSE teams and mine managers build practical injury prevention into the culture of a site, allowing workers to enjoy a better retirement - Un Broken. For more information: https://www.theonsitecoach.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Oct 1, 202644 min
Episode 164 - A Systems Approach to Risk Management: Identifying Risk Before It Happens with Dr. Lianne Lefsrud
Join us for another insightful episode with returning guest Dr. Lianne Lefsrud, a seasoned risk management expert and Risk, Innovation & Sustainability Chair (RISC) in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta. Following her previous episode on “Safety Through Design,” Dr. Lefsrud dives deeper into a systems approach to risk management, highlighting the importance of building safety into the system and recognizing how effective risk management can create capacity, strengthen resilience, enhance productivity, and contribute to operational excellence across your organization. Dr. Lefsrud explores systems thinking and why viewing risk through a broader, more holistic organizational lens can help leaders better understand the conditions and interactions that influence safety and performance, enabling more informed decision-making. She emphasizes the importance of moving beyond a reactive mindset and integrating risk management into everyday operations and culture, offering practical insights on recognizing critical connections across the system, empowering employees, and fostering continuous learning. Tune in to explore how an effective systems approach to risk management can strengthen safety while driving productivity, efficiency, quality, learning, and innovation within your organization. Join us! About the Guest: Dr. Lianne Lefsrud, PEng (CEO), is the Risk, Innovation & Sustainability Chair (RISC) at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Alberta, where she leads interdisciplinary research and teaching in risk management. She has analyzed decades of incident data in diverse, high-hazard industries like hydrogen, mining, construction, railroading, and bioengineering. With a PhD in Strategic Management and Organization, and over 25 years of experience in operations, regulatory affairs, and strategy advising to governments and senior leaders, she brings a unique systems-level approach to risk management. For more information: https://insightrisksystems.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Sep 17, 202629 min
Episode 163 - Servant Leadership in Safety: Building Community in the Workplace with David Sarkus
What can we learn from servant leadership in safety? “Servant leadership has such great breadth and depth in terms of establishing a great philosophical and applied foundation for greater learning and performance in safety.” In this energetic and engaging episode, we welcome David Sarkus, Chief Servant Leader and Founder of David Sarkus International Inc., who explores what servant leadership truly means in the context of safety and how it can transform safety culture by building a strong sense of community in the workplace. David introduces the Five Dimensions of Community and shares how safety leaders can foster greater belonging, trust, and connection through caring, listening, and meaningful relationships, creating an environment where people feel valued, heard, supported, and committed to protecting one another. He also explores the concept of the “risk ceiling,” revealing why organizations can plateau in their safety journey and the profound impact this can have on long-term safety success. Don’t miss this episode filled with actionable strategies to implement servant leadership to strengthen community, build trust, and enhance safety performance across your organization. Tune in now! About the Guest: David J. Sarkus, MS, CSP, is the Chief Servant Leader and Founder of David Sarkus International Inc., a leading health and safety management consulting and training firm. David is a motivational safety speaker who delivers keynotes, training, and consulting in various industries. With more than 30 years of experience, he has successfully applied strategies and tactics across a wide range of work environments to achieve measurable and sustainable improvements in safety performance. He has proven that these results can be scalable and sustainable. David holds master’s degrees in Safety Management and Organizational Psychology and has been recognized by ISHN as one of the “Top 50 Leaders” in the field. He is also the author of five books and more than 100 evidence-based articles and works with some of the world’s leading organizations to advance sustainable excellence in safety. For more Information: https://davidsarkus.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Sep 3, 202637 min
Episode 162 - Proactive Risk Management: The Board's Role in Safety Leadership with Dr Mark Taylor
In this compelling episode, Dr Mark Taylor, a leading industrial psychologist and founder of Behavico Ltd, joins us to explore the board’s role in safety leadership and how proactive risk management can help transform safety culture into a strategic organizational advantage. Dr Taylor explains the complex relationship between safety culture, human behavior, and the systemic conditions that shape safety outcomes. He discusses the factors that contribute to incidents and how organizations can move beyond reactive approaches to recognize and act on early warning signs before conditions escalate into serious events. He also highlights the dangers of over-relying on certain lagging indicators and shares valuable insights on governance, leadership, and effective risk management to help build safer organizations and strengthen safety performance. This episode is packed with solid research, real-world examples, and practical strategies, offering a thought-provoking perspective on how boards and executives can strengthen safety culture and build a more proactive and resilient organization. Don’t miss it! About the Guest: Dr Mark Taylor is a leading practitioner in industrial psychology and founder of Behavico Ltd, a specialist boutique consultancy focused on safety, human factors, and organisational resilience in high-hazard industries. He has held executive leadership roles, advised boards and executive teams, and helped transform safety performance across numerous organisations. He contributed to crowd safety for the London Olympic Games and serves as a Board member of the Tripod Foundation, supporting the advancement of incident investigation and organisational learning to help organisations prevent major accidents. For more Information: https://behavico.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Aug 20, 202625 min
Episode 161 - Managing Psychosocial Risks to Build Safer Workplaces with Kylie Long
Don’t miss the latest episode of The Safety Guru! Join us as Kylie Long, a seasoned expert in workplace health and safety, explores the critical role of managing psychosocial risks to build safer workplaces. She provides a practical guide for leaders to better understand psychosocial risks, their business impacts, and how they can be effectively managed across organizations. Kylie explores the psychosocial risks that can impact workers’ mental health, including the importance of identifying and addressing aspects of work design and management that may cause harm. She also dives into the significant financial and cultural impacts psychosocial risks and injuries can have on organizations, from burnout, high turnover, and absenteeism to broader impacts on workplace culture and performance. Learn practical strategies for overcoming leadership challenges, managing psychosocial risks, and creating sustainable improvements. Tune in for valuable takeaways on strengthening psychosocial safety in your organization, building safer, more supportive workplaces, and enhancing overall performance and well-being. Listen now! About the Guest: Kylie Long is passionate about creating safe, healthy, and thriving workplaces where people feel valued, supported, and empowered to perform at their best. As the Founder of Support & Safety Solutions, Kylie brings over 20 years of experience in work health and safety, psychosocial risk management, and workplace wellbeing across industries including resources, mining, construction, healthcare, rail, manufacturing, education, and government. Her career began as a Registered Nurse, where she saw firsthand how health, leadership, and culture shape safety outcomes. That experience now underpins her consulting approach, helping organizations go beyond compliance to build workplaces where people genuinely feel safe, respected, and engaged. Kylie is known for her calm, strategic, and people-centered approach, as well as her ability to translate complex work health, safety, and wellbeing requirements into clear, actionable steps that make sense in real workplaces. For more Information: www.supportsafetysolutions.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Aug 6, 202632 min
Episode 160 - Ergonomics Meets Human Factors: Building Safer, Smarter Workplaces with Dr. Era Poddar
In this week’s episode of The Safety Guru, we’re joined by Dr. Era Poddar, who shares her extensive expertise in ergonomics and human factors to explore what these principles are, why they matter, and how organizations can proactively integrate them into workplace design to transform safety outcomes, boost productivity, and build safer, smarter workplaces. She discusses the wide-ranging benefits of integrating these principles, including better decision-making, reduced cognitive load for employees, fewer errors, a lower risk of serious injuries and fatalities, and measurable returns on investment (ROI) through improvements in quality, productivity, and overall safety performance. This insightful discussion also highlights how leaders can champion ergonomic improvements, leverage emerging technologies that are reshaping workplace design, and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Tune in to discover how ergonomics and human factors work together to build safer, healthier, and more productive organizations. Don’t miss this episode! About the Guest: Dr. Era Poddar is a Canadian Certified Professional Ergonomist (CCPE) and safety specialist, with broad international experience across North America, the Middle East, and Asia. With more than twenty years in consulting, coaching, training, and research related to ergonomics, human factors, workplace accommodation, and safety, Dr. Poddar helps organizations meet goals in health and safety, ergonomics, and MSI control. Her expertise covers industry, academia, corporate, and government sectors. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Ergonomics, a NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (practical applications), and a mini-executive MBA from the Sauder School of Business, UBC. For more Information: https://ergoera.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Jul 23, 202635 min
Episode 159 - The Power of Coaching: Building Safety Habits That Create Lasting Impact with Dr. Nicholas Weatherly
Join us for a compelling conversation with Dr. Nicholas Weatherly, CEO of Deliberate Coaching International and a seasoned expert in applying the science of behavior to safety, leadership, and performance systems. In this episode, Dr. Nic explores the power of coaching, how to bring it into your organization, and how leaders can use it to drive meaningful and lasting change. He explains how small, consistent coaching interactions build safer habits, strengthen teams, and create a culture where people are set up for success. Discover why the safer path is the best path, how intentional coaching conversations drive meaningful behavior change, and why habit formation is essential to improving safety culture across an organization. Dr. Nic also shares practical coaching strategies leaders can apply immediately, including the power of asking open-ended questions, having brief but purposeful conversations, and consistently reinforcing positive behaviors. Tune in to discover how intentional, consistent coaching can transform safety culture one behavior at a time! About the Guest: Dr. Nicholas Weatherly is an internationally recognized leader in the application of the science of behavior to safety, leadership, and performance systems and serves as CEO of Deliberate Coaching International, where he and his team use behavioral strategies to drive culture change and improve organizational and safety performance. With over 25 years of experience in behavior-analytic safety, leadership, and coaching, he has led and advised organizations across industries worldwide, including manufacturing, energy, construction, and healthcare, helping transform safety cultures, align performance systems, and improve critical business and safety outcomes. For more Information: http://www.deliberatecoaching.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Real leaders leave a legacy. They capture the hearts and minds of their teams. Their origin story puts the safety and wellbeing of their people first. Great companies ubiquitously have safe yet productive operations. For those companies, Safety is an investment, not a cost for the C-Suite. It’s a real topic of daily focus. The SAFETY GURU with host Eric Michrowski, a globally recognized Ops & Safety Guru, public speaker and author explores through leader interviews how to leave a safety legacy. Your legacy success story begins now.
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