May 30 2022
By: Shawn M. Galloway
"I'm not just Jason, the employee; I'm Jason, the person. If you care, help me with things more than just what I need to do to meet quota." 
I overheard this during a breakout discussion for a workshop I recently led. Participants discussed leadership's role in coaching by influencing performance and getting to know the individual employees and their capabilities. Jason was a manager within the client company and shared about a great leader, who had helped him improve as a person, not just in what he could do as an employee, to affect results in an area.
A coach's role is to help their individuals, team, or employees perform to the best of their ability, every time, everywhere. While leadership styles are situational, if leaders are great coaches, that is not a style. It is who they are. Do you know your people? What motivates and demotivates them? Who and what is important to them outside of work? If not, GTKYP - Get To Know Your People. As a leader, you are in the people business. If you don't embrace that, let someone else lead.
"The role of the CEO is to enable people to excel, help them discover their own wisdom, engage themselves entirely in their work, and accept responsibility for making change." — Vineet Nayar
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." — Simon Sine
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.
For more information, call +1.936.273.8700 or email info@ProActSafety.com.
