Course Overview
Welcome to Module 12 of the 40 Under 40 Challenge!
Today’s module focuses on the theme of Health and Safety. We will be hearing from our Featured Speaker Mr. Marcus Francis, the Lead Consultant at Salus Consulting, which was started to provide Environmental Health and Safety Services to various sectors, including Water, Oil and Gas, Education, and Entertainment. Mr. Francis works closely with key Executives, Middle Management, and non-management stakeholders to design internationally compliant and innovative employee safety programs that prioritize employee safety on the job and reduce avoidable liabilities for stakeholders and companies. Marcus will discuss with us the importance of building a robust employee health and safety program and cultivating a safety-first work culture that rewards long-term benefits.
Course Learning Objectives
During this module, you will experience the following course objectives:
- To define and discuss the importance of health and safety in the workplace
- To discuss the strategic importance of health and safety to organizational success and long-term business performance
- To highlight factors that are critical when designing health and safety guidelines, policies, and best practices
- To identify and discuss effective measures organizations employ to mitigate health and safety liabilities
Please click here to go to the Pre-Module Reading Assignment.
Let’s dive in!
Module Activity
The below questions are for you to reflect on the information provided in this module and to think about how you can affect change in your organization. Please review the questions and be prepared to share your responses at our weekly recap.
- Based on what you heard in this module, on a scale of 1-5 (1 being very poor and 5 being excellent), how would you rate your organization’s commitment to employee health and safety?
- If there was one thing you could do today that would drastically improve your organization’s approach to health and safety in the workplace, what would it be? Why?.
- What recommendations would you make to a room of executives who are prepared to invest some resources toward developing a robust employee health and safety program? Think about some of the recommendations provided in the module.
- If you were reassigned and your new job role and key responsibilities now involve researching employee health and safety best practices and then designing a program of your own, where might you start? Which agencies might be best suited to provide you with the information you need? Mr. Francis gave some recommendations in the module.
- As you reflect on the module, what changes can you champion at your organization that would make health and safety a priority? Write down 5 things you can start doing today toward that end.
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