February 28 2022
By: Shawn M. Galloway
If you averaged workforce responses from a question to ascertain what the vision of safety excellence is, how well would it align with the average response from management or executive leadership? Would you find unity or division? Even with the best intentions, and a tremendous amount of leveraged discretionary effort, a large group will never arrive at excellence when what excellence looks like or how it is defined is not aligned throughout the organization. 
If you aren't on the same page, that is precisely where to start — get on the same page.
Once the vision is defined, the organization needs to assess where they are today before creating a strategic plan to align the group and make the vision a reality. It all starts with a clear, concise and group-owned vision, not assessing the current state. If creating this future-state vision is a difficulty, then work on maturing the safety excellence thinking of the leadership team so they can think differently and perhaps a bit more audaciously.
"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." — Lewis Carroll
"People support what they help create." W. Edwards Deming
Shawn M. Galloway is the CEO of ProAct Safety and an advisor to leading organizations across all major industries. With over twenty years of experience in safety systems, strategy, culture, leadership, and employee engagement, he is a trusted advisor, keynote speaker, and expert witness.
He is the author of several bestselling books and has multiple regular columns in leading magazines, with over 400 articles and 100 videos to his credit. He also created the first safety podcast, Safety Culture Excellence, with over 800 episodes. Shawn has received numerous prestigious accolades and has been featured in Power 101 Leaders of the EHS World, Top 50 People Who Most Influenced EHS, Top 40 Rising Stars, Top 11 Health and Safety Influencers, and Top 10 Speakers.
He serves on the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council and the Fast Company Executive Board. He has appeared as a guest on Bloomberg, Fox News, The Daily Mail, Dubai One, U.S. News & World Report, Sirius Business Radio, Wharton Business Daily, and leading safety magazines and podcasts, reinforcing his status as an authority in the field of safety excellence.
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