Abstract
The positive safety culture at work sites is a buzzword today. Safety culture is the business strategy, and without leadership’s active involvement, this is not possible to achieve. The focus of this paper is to describe and simplify the leadership attributes as the strategic drive of executing safety culture for the benefit of the industry. Some salient features discussed are safety criticalities, the role of reward and recognition in safety culture, safety culture management: a ritual or a reality, change in safety culture is possible by employees’ involvement, safety culture and transformational leaders, presence of top management at the site for safety culture, top management re-orientation for safety culture, profit-oriented organisations and safety culture, a test of 100 per cent safety culture, safety culture sensitivity, under which conditions, safety culture rules are bypassed/deviated in order to meet projects results, balancing positive safety culture with consequences management, environment focus, and safety culture observations. This paper serves the literature reviews, case briefs, and experiences of field experts/practitioners and highlights how leaders’ attributes deliver change through the safety of cultural intervention through their leadership’s commitment, passion, and time.
Keywords: Leadership, Attributes, Corporate, Safety, Culture
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