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Responsibility Is Not A Right, It’s A Reward

“Responsibility is not a right, it’s a reward.” I attended a leadership conference in Mocksville, North Carolina last week at a church called Rescue House. The main speaker was Pastor Matt Hudson. One of his training topics was 7 Things Bosses Want to Say to Employees. I wrote them all down and will share a […]

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We Are In The “Safety” Business

There’s a story on the news today about cases of water falling from a pallet rack at a Sam’s on a four year old boy walking down the aisle.  The boy was carried from the store alert and crying.  We hope he is recovering well. The image of a spilled pallet of goods that fell […]

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Take Care Of Your Hands

If you work in one of our environments, you need to take care of your hands. I think it’s easier said than done. We have a record of injuries to prove it. We reach with our hands. It is automatic. We see something that needs moving or cleaning our impulse is to stick our hand […]

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Accidents Are A Sequence Of Circumstances

I heard this phrase from an expert discussing the Egyptian plane crash: “Accidents are a sequence of circumstances. Not an isolated event.”  A debate that occurs often is whether all accidents can be avoided. Certainly some are, one will say. Some accidents are a fluke. That’s why they call them accidents.  But, I think the […]

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