Leading to Safety: How to Become a Strong Safety Leader
By Jerry Pounds
Jerry Pounds is Senior Vice President-International at Quality Safety Edge and publishes a blog on positive leadership.
Leadership gurus have made a fortune defining what leadership is because most men and women aspire to be identified as representative of the elevated stature associated with being a “leader.” Leaders have followers: leaders are purportedly charismatic and transformational. Managers have subordinates: managers are transactional and influence through the authority provided them.