Safety Meeting Starters (SMS) June 2013

Safety Meeting Starters (SMS)
June 2013
Happy June! - -Safety Meeting Starters (SMS) is your FREE resources aimed to help you have
more effective tailgates, job briefings, and safety meetings. SMS features all types of safety
information for all types of industries including an Involved Safety Meeting Activity (ISMS), idea
for Safety Awareness Items, links to over fifty safety related articles, tools for safety pros, and
more. Feel free to route and share within your organization and network. Also, encourage your
fellow supervisors, managers and safety leaders to sign up to receive SMS. One may sign up at;
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Utility Special! After Hurricane Sandy, I put together a set of job briefing stories utilities could
use each morning before their crews went to work; stories to help raise safety awareness. With
the recent tornados across all of the mid-west, I wanted to include that ‘kit’ here again. While it
still references Hurricane Sandy, you can modify it to fit your storm or need. Work Safe!
http://www.safestrat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Storm-Safety-Briefings_Sandy-
2012_Rev-1.pdf
Thanks again and Remember, no one gets hurt today! God Bless, Matt.
Why Wait for Safety Meeting Starters, instead get real time safety information through Matt’s
Twitter feed. Follow Matt in June and receive a code for 50% off any one book in Matt’s
collection (find Matt’s books here http://www.safestrat.com/review-and-order-safety-books/)
and follow Matt on Twitter from this link: https://twitter.com/Safestrat or @safestrat.
About Matt… Matt Forck is a board-certified Safety Professional (CSP) and former Journey
Lineworker in the hazardous field of electrical line work (JLW). Matt’s recent innovations
include the development of the Safety Committee MAP process, a systematic process for safety
committee success, and the Informal Leader Program aimed at engaging the true safety leaders
within any organization. Matt has published nearly 100 safety articles and written seven books
including his latest release, What Safety Leaders Do. He is a frequent
speaker at national and regional safety conferences and leads corporate
sponsored safety, motivational and culture building keynote
presentations. You may contact Matt through his website,
www.safestrat.com. SMS are a FREE monthly newsletter to the safety
community.
Matt Forck, CSP, JLW | www.safestrat.com | 573.999.7981

SMS-Powerful Information for a RESULTS driven safety culture!
Matt Forck | www.safestrat.com | (573) 999-7981
Safety Strategies…for LIFE!
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S.A.F.E. (See Accidents Forever Eliminated) at Work
- A Motivational Safety Column!
Keep Going for Safety
Larry Walters of Los Angeles is one of the few to contend for the Darwin Awards and live to tell
the tale. "I have fulfilled my 20-year dream," said Walters, a former truck driver for a company
that makes TV commercials. "I'm staying on the ground. I've proved the thing works."
Larry's boyhood dream was to fly. But fates conspired to keep him from his dream. He joined
the Air Force, but his poor eyesight disqualified him from the job of pilot. After he was
discharged from the military, he sat in his backyard watching jets fly overhead.
He hatched his weather balloon scheme while sitting outside in his "extremely comfortable"
Sears lawn chair. He purchased 45 weather balloons from an Army-Navy surplus store, tied
them to his tethered lawn chair, dubbed the Inspiration I, and filled the 4' diameter balloons
with helium. Then he strapped himself into his lawn chair with some sandwiches, Miller Lite,
and a pellet gun. He figured he would pop a few of the many balloons when it was time to
descend.
Larry's plan was to sever the anchor and lazily float up to a height of about 30 feet above his
back yard, where he would enjoy a few hours of flight before coming back down. But things
didn't work out quite as Larry planned.
When his friends cut the cord anchoring the lawn chair to his Jeep, he did not float lazily up to
30 feet. Instead, he streaked into the L.A. sky as if shot from a cannon, pulled by the lift of 42
helium balloons holding 33 cubic feet of helium each. He didn't level off at 100 feet, nor did he
level off at 1000 feet. After climbing and climbing, he leveled off at 16,000 feet.
At that height he felt he couldn't risk shooting any of the balloons, lest he unbalance the load
and really find himself in trouble. So he stayed there, drifting cold and frightened with his beer
and sandwiches, for more than 14 hours. He crossed the primary approach corridor of LAX,
where Trans World Airlines and Delta Airlines pilots radioed in reports of the strange sight.
Eventually he gathered the nerve to shoot a few balloons, and slowly descended. The hanging
tethers tangled and caught in a power line, blacking out a Long Beach neighborhood for 20
minutes. Larry climbed to safety, where he was arrested by waiting members of the LAPD. As
he was led away in handcuffs, a reporter dispatched to cover the daring rescue asked him why
he had done it. Larry replied nonchalantly, "A man can't just sit around."

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The Federal Aviation Administration was not amused. Safety Inspector Neal Savoy said, "We
know he broke some part of the Federal Aviation Act, and as soon as we decide which part it is,
a charge will be filed." (1982-source unknown)
I can’t make this stuff up…it happened! Sometimes in our work, ‘crazy’ things can happen too.
When these things occur, our health and well-being will be determined by the safety rules we
chose to follow, the PPE we wear, the procedures adhered to, etc. Work safe today so later you
can laugh at any weird and odd event that may have affected your safety.
©2013-SafeStrat, LLC-All Rights Reserved
Start Each Job Right!
Tailgate-101 Proven Stories to Begin Each Job Strong and Finish
Safe!
In July, 2008, the tower industry was stunned by its seventh
tragedy in as many months-this time a fatal fall in Florida. The
National Association of Tower Erectors immediately called a
‘stand down.’ During a nation-wide conference call with over 320
of its members Don Doty, the Chairman, said, “Setting the tone of
the day with a safety meeting will keep safety procedures fresh in
everyone’s minds. We want to make sure everyone goes home
safe at the end of the day, and five minutes could make all the
difference.” In other words-hold tailgates! Tailgates have been
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Use these 101 Motivational Safety Stories to enhance a tailgate,
safety meeting or training session. These stories can be shared
before a tailgate session to open the minds of the participants
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Safety Tidbits—the most information packed pages in safety!
Quote of the month: (The website Addicted 2 Success published life lessons we should all know by
the age of 50. Below are some of my favorites, you can review them all from this link;
addicted2success.com/success-advice/50-life-lessons-that-every-person-should-know-by-the-
age-of-50).
50 Life Lessons
1. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
2. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
3. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in
touch.
4. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.
5. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.
6. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours
back.
7. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
8. The best is yet to come.
9. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
10.If you don’t ask, you don’t get.
Safety, Leadership and Management Resources from June:
Safety and Management News from Safestrat’s Twitter Feed - - why wait for the end of the
month Safety Meeting Starters when you can get near real time safety updates from my Twitter
feed! Join today; https://twitter.com/Safestrat or @safestrat.
Update on 5 alarm fire and names of killed and injuried firefighters. Pray for them and
their familes. http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=22472147 …
Really?! Man accidentally shoots himself in Casey's General Store parking lot
http://www.abc17news.com/news/man-accidentally-shoots-himself-in-caseys-general-
store-parking-lot/-/18421100/20367438/-/10s6rbd/-/index.html …

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For you next tailgate! Worker hurt by falling
tree...http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/crime/x514114568/Preston-first-
selectman-s-accident-being-probed-by-OSHA …
Missouri woman mourns the loss of her husband, speaks to reporter;
http://www.abc17news.com/news/mexico-missouri-woman-mourns-the-loss-of-her-
husband/-/18421100/20353712/-/oewn4vz/-/index.html …
Worker killed at Home Depot distribution center http://m.abc17news.com/news/home-
depot-employee-killed-at-mexico-mo-distribution-center/-/19167438/20334670/-
/hfakxoz/-/index.html …
OSHA Investigating Industrial Accident that Killed 22-Year Old;
http://www.kiiitv.com/story/22441319/osha-investigating-industrial-accident-that-
killed-22-year-old …
Man dead in Mississauga industrial accident :
http://www.citynews.ca/2013/05/26/man-dead-in-mississauga-industrial-
accident/#.UaPgw88fuIY.twitter … via @CityNews
City pays $100,000 in court settlement for injured worker
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/City+pays+court+settlement+injured+worker/8368015/
story.html …
A lesson in planning and communicating - - Worker killed by falling steel beam -
http://nzh.tw/10884003
More safety investigators urged after electrocution http://cbc.sh/AMWZ4gO
“No job should cost a person's life because of an employer's failure to properly
protect...workers,” http://ehstoday.com/osha/following-investigation-worker-fall-and-
death-osha-cites-phoenix-industrial-cleaning …
How about this for Tuesday's Tailgate/Safety Meeting...Communication? Trains collide &
destroy overpass; http://news.yahoo.com/mo-highway-buckles-rail-cars-hit-overpass-
225548953.html …
Company where worker was hurt in cement mixer has OSHA fines
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/company-where-worker-was-hurt-in-
cement-mixer-has-osha-fines-b9918333z1-208802801.html …
OSHA Investigates Death At Simplot Fertilizer Plant http://bit.ly/10U9Hgl via @KBSX915

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Lots of services this weekend for storm survivors across OK. Follow @redcrossokc or
visit http://newsroom.redcross.org/ for specific sites.
Construction Worker Killed Identified; OSHA Investigating - Evanston, IL Patch
http://evanston.patch.com/articles/construction-worker-killed-in-evanston-identified-
osha-investigating …
Oh lord... RT @NewsBreaker: BREAKING: The I-5 Bridge over the Skagit River in WA
state has collapsed. Cars are in the water - @komonews
Need Safety Meeting or Tailgate Material? Maybe this will help; Alert and Oriented
Times Four http://soa.li/8050wic
Outdoor workers: Protecting Yourself in the Sun
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3166/osha3166.html … #OSHA Publication
University of Oklahoma will be opening housing for displaced families. if you know
someone in need call 405-325-2511 #kocowx #Moore
Worker killed after falling from roof of four story building in Halifax
http://www.ohscanada.com/news/worker-killed-after-falling-from-roof-of-four-storey-
building-in-halifax/1002297713/ …
Message from the Chair of NAOSH Week, Dawn Perrin
http://csseblog.org/2013/05/05/message-from-the-chair-of-naosh-week-dawn-
perrin/ …
Worker in tuna plant trapped and cooked to
death...http://www.dailydemocrat.com/business/ci_23207635/comany-cited-after-
worker-cooked-death-industrial-oven …
OSHA investigates roof collapse: http://www.4029tv.com/news/arkansas/first-
responders-on-scene-of-church-roof-collapse-in-jethro-ark/-/8897494/20070962/-
/rxp8j9z/-/index.html …
Trains collide, 60 injured. http://news.yahoo.com/conn-commuter-trains-collide-60-
hospitals-015217741.html …
Stay Safe in the Summer Sun
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm352255.htm …
Want a Leadership Culture? Try This. http://leadchangegroup.com/want-a-leadership-
culture-try-this/ …

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The Changing Organization of Work and the Safety and Health of Working People
http://go.usa.gov/26tR Pub 2002-116 - Follow @NIOSH-WSD
Fun story for a safety meeting...always have a plan--Firefighters rescue cop rescuing a
cat http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/firefighters-rescue-cop-tree-trying-rescue-
cat-questions-143304363.html …
Worker killed after falling from roof of four storey building in Halifax
http://www.ohscanada.com/news/worker-killed-after-falling-from-roof-of-four-storey-
building-in-halifax/1002297713/ …
Jefferson sawmill faces $79K in OSHA fines
http://www.mainebiz.biz/article/20130507/NEWS0101/130509970 …
Great message Dawn! RT @CSSE: Message from the Chair of NAOSH Week, Dawn Perrin
http://buff.ly/11MmQu4
Another reason to work safe...mom! A shout out thank you and appreciation to all
moms on this special day. Happy Mothers Day.
Important for safety...preparing for critical conversations.
http://leaderchat.org/2013/05/09/preparing-for-a-challenging-conversation/ …
FOX35Melissa: Sad story on skydiver in DeLand who falls to his death. FAA investigating
later today #fox35 http://dlvr.it/3Ldnjz
May is National Electrical Safety Month. Protect yourself from electric shock with these
quick tips. - http://ow.ly/kKvk0
A Zephyrhills man has invented a 'Quiet Zone' device that prevents texting while driving
http://wfts.tv/YA3Xvt
Algoma Tubes Inc. Fined $70,000 After Workers Injured
http://news.ontario.ca/mol/en/2013/05/algoma-tubes-inc-fined-70000-after-workers-
injured.html …
Safety Of Young Workers http://tinyurl.com/chlb3vx
6 components of a great corporate culture http://s.hbr.org/10eLrFB
Walking for families of workplace tragedy
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/Walking+families+workplace+tragedy/83417
90/story.html …

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Trench Collapse takes life - - OSHA Investigates Fayetteville Construction Death
http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=803472 …
I'm the Boss! Why Should I Care If You Like Me? http://flip.it/nKyMy
Excavation Safety Reminder! OSHA fines company for violation;
http://leader.mainelymediallc.com/news/2013-05-
03/Community_News/Excavation_violation_results_in_fine.html …
"Five years later, Navarro was dead. The 37-year-old’s lungs had bled out." Rising
concern in poultry plants
http://seattletimes.com/html/health/2020862149_poultrychemicalsxml.html …
23 year old Bemidji mill worker dies when catwalk falls
http://www.startribune.com/local/205261321.html …
Short cuts tolerated & workers put at risk during post-Hurricane Sandy cleanup
http://soa.li/in577VK
Houston manufacturing plant cited by OSHA for failing to protect workers
http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/pasadena/news/houston-manufacturing-plant-
cited-by-osha-for-failing-to-protect/article_7fe76517-9588-5b92-8294-
24657db97b22.html#.UYUVqEjWmHA.twitter … via @ScoopHouston
Fatigue management – getting a better night’s sleep http://tinyurl.com/bwa7qmj
Five people injured after explosion at Magna plant in Newmarket, Ont. (The Canadian
Press) http://flip.it/8RchB
Truck loses trailer in Mississauga overpass crash http://flip.it/KF6UV
Worker dies in lumber mill fall
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/04/29/accident/worker-dies-in-
lumber-mill-fall … via @mprnews
Interesting article on influence. I like the concept of an influence score!
http://hbr.org/2013/05/what-would-ashton-do-and-does-it-
matter/ar/1?utm_campaign=Socialflow&utm_source=Socialflow&utm_medium=Tweet
…
Worker #healthandsafety hazards: falls from heights http://bit.ly/i7L6uz
Oregon Worker Dies After Falling Into Meat Grinder - Food Safety News
http://dlvr.it/3Jj7BJ

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SAI - - Safety Awareness Items
(ideas to get raise your team’s awareness!
Coca-Cola Have Safety and a Smile.
Commemorative
Coin
Print a coin each year with the annual safety slogan
and date. Coins are carried in one’s pocket as a
constant reminder that safety is a value carried first
within.
Compass Know Where You Are!
Cook Book Safety is not Just a Flavor of the Day. (This works
well if employees will bring in a favorite recipe. Bring
the book to a local print shop for printing).
Cooler Every Tool Has a Job or Put At-Risk Acts on Ice.
The Untapped Secret To Selling Safety -And 401½ Tangible Items Guaranteed To
Help Make That Sale! - - How well do you sell safety? The truth is that we are at
the mercy of our ability to sell, no matter how “tight” the presentation.
Regardless of our education or the facts surrounding an issue, we are still in a
position where we have to make the sale in order for a positive change to take
place. And, the better we are at selling, the greater our results. The fact of the
matter is that there are secrets to selling…even selling safety. One such previously
untapped secret is revealed here and your safety results will never be the same!
“Matt’s passion for safety continues to shine through as he drives to inspire us to
be the best we can be” wrote Bill Dampf, safety professional with three decades
of experience. “Through this latest effort, he provides us with hundreds of ways
to promote safety awareness to our employees. Although keeping our workers
safe is always a challenge, this simple approach to helping us sell safety can be a
tool that all of us can use.” Price: $11.99 - - AND use this discount code to save
$2..00 per book, B9F5UNDN. Order from this link;
https://www.createspace.com/3421798.

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ISMA-Involved Safety Meeting Activity
Activity: ‘Have to’ versus ‘Get to’
Estimated Time: 15 Minutes
Materials Needed: Note cards and pen.
Reference materials: See ISMA below:
The ISMA:
With the group working as individuals or divided into small groups of two to four, have
them write down all of the things they have to do on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
The list is long, give them seven minutes for this ‘have to’ list. If you need to add time to
the activity you can discuss this ‘have to’ list as a group, if not, move to the take-a-ways.
The Take-a-ways:
The words, ‘have to’ are used as much as any other words in our language. Yet, using
this phrase denotes a lie and places us in victim status as if we have no choice in the
matter.
If you want to change your life, stop using ‘I have to’ and begin to say, ‘I get to.’ We all
have choice in all that we do, our actions are our choice and we are lucky, in most
respects, to have the money to ‘get to’ pay bills or the health to ‘get to’ walk the trash to
the curb. On the top of the card, ask each to write, ‘I get to’ as a reminder that we act
from choice.
Finally, remember all of that safety stuff we ‘have to follow?’ It too falls into the category
of ‘I get to.’ We can choose to be safe and healthy or not…just like all of the other stuff
we “get’ to do…
Want 101 ISMAs?
Check out ISMA (Involved Safety Meeting Activities—101Ways to Get
Your People In Involved! at Matt’s website;
http://www.safestrat.com/review-and-order-safety-books/

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SPOT-M –(Safety Picture of the Month)
“Out of Service Sticker?”
What equipment is on your shelf or in your truck
that needs to be tagged, ‘out of service!’
Choose in favor of your safety!
Send me your pics and if we use them in SMS you receive a free book! Send to matt@safestrat.com.

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Tools for Pros!
Leading with Chaos…and it is all Chaos!
Four steps to help you lead in times of confusion, pressure and disorder
Leading with chaos is not about using confusion and turmoil in an attempt to get results.
Instead, it is a simple recognition that often work life is chaotic. Recognizing chaos, the
challenges and opportunities it brings and then leading alongside it, will help both your career
and your team get results! Let me explain.
I just finished a three month long project and my life while working on this project can best be
described as ‘chaos!’ Weeks easily stretched from sixty to seventy to eighty hours or more.
Conference calls beginning at 7:00AM on Sunday mornings. Saturday afternoons spent
preparing an unexpected memo for a senior manager or outlining key objectives for the next
week. Excusing myself and stepping out of a family function, a movie with the kids or even a
special night out with my wife to respond to a an urgent phone call or email. The pace was
frantic, demanding and exhausting and the dynamics often perplexing and disorderly.
Chances are, in the last year or two a work related project has engrossed you too. When it
does, life within this project can best be described as ‘chaos.’ Whether you were on a team
working feverishly against a drop-dead date to publish the annual shareholder report, a utility
company working twenty hour days per day for weeks on end to restore power to hundreds of
thousands of people after a major storm or power plant outage, hustling to meet a deadline to
put a new product on line, working to get a piece of vital equipment back in service or a project
critical to you and your company’s success the dynamics within these projects are generally the
same.
In addition to endless hours of work, emails, conference calls and meetings at all hours of the
day and night, there are other dynamics that are difficult to get ones arms around. Often, in
these settings, there are multiple teams, vendors, consultants and companies all working
together to meet objectives. These teams come with different cultures, norms and
communication styles and time zones. There are organization structures, charts and multiple
leaders all of whom need to be updated and informed. There are rank and file teammates who
all have different bosses, objectives, compensation toward the goal and alliances. Within these
teams there can be competing goals and timelines, where one team is willing to sacrifice your
goal to meet theirs. Chaos, by definition, is said to be a state of disorder and confusion. It is
further described with words like ‘unbounded’ or ‘formless.’ Chaos seems to be a perfect word
to describe these work projects.
I might also note that with today’s life style of smart phones, world markets, 24/7 news cycles
and business demands, the thin line between work and home life, some believe it is all chaos!

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Chaos in our work life and within projects is here to stay. Yet another interesting dynamic of
chaos is that leadership is both more important for results and at the same time more absent
than ever. In chaos, teams put up walls, silos, and both individual and team energy drains.
When this happens people will naturally become less flexible, their communication circle
shrinks and they are generally less tolerant and understanding. Leadership across the entire
project defaults to a ‘check the box’ attitude with individual teams sharing less information.
Chaos needs leadership! In chaos there is opportunity for you to lead right beside it. In so doing
you will better support your team, the project and your personal growth and development.
Here are five thoughts on leading in chaos.
Remember Why! There is a legendary story involving Herb Kelleher, the founder of the
Southwest Airlines company, that can help us remember why we do what we do. The story
starts with one of Kellerher’s senior vice presidents bursting into his office. The senior VP
immediately explains to Kellerher that there is a major problem. At issue is the fact that a
number of competing airlines are offering a lite dinner on the Los Angeles to Los Vegas flight
and projections are indicating this trend might cause SW to lose market share to these other
companies. The senior VP was suggesting that SW immediately add the same feature to their
flights. The story goes that Kelleher listened intently then responded with something like this,
“Does adding this meal make us the lowest cost airline?” The answer was simply no. So, no
meal added, problem solved, end of discussion.
The point is that you and your team are not the project, and you are not the chaos. You work to
provide something greater…that is the ‘why.’ SW strives to provide the lowest cost. Medical
providers save lives. Utilities provide life and light. Financial institutions provide college to
teens through savings programs. In the midst of chaos however the why is often forgotten. A
dynamic of chaos is that small things, like a meal provided by a competing company, become
big deals. Leading in chaos means continuous focus on the bigger picture…the why.
Organize Blue Chips! Often, if I am conducting a full day or multi day seminar, I will end the
session with the blue chip activity. Two participants will stand with their backs to a table as the
rest of the participants gather around to cheer on these two volunteers. When I say the word,
they will turn and begin to pick up discs. After about ten seconds I will yell stop. What generally
happens is that the participants will turn around and immediate start picking up chips, the ones
that are closest to them. What they fail to realize is that there are three different color chips,
white, red and blue. When they turn around, the white chips are right in front of them and
there are lots of white chips, so they focus their entire time picking out these chips. What they
don’t realize is that white chips have a value of one, red chips have a value of ten while blue
chips have a value of 1,000! In a recent session, I asked a participant why he didn’t pick up blue
chips, he said, “I didn’t even see blue chips!” He was totally focused just on those chips
immediately in front of him.
The game is a solid reflection of life in chaos. After days or weeks of ‘chaos’ we get in the habit
of simply getting things done, and done quickly (grabbing chips) without stopping to think of
the value of that activity. In chaos, the work load can be overwhelming but not all tasks bring

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the same value to the project. Spend time each day, and then before the start of each week, to
outline blue chips - - activities that bring great value. This could be a simple coaching session
with a direct report, a key meeting, or interaction with the CEO. Whatever the blue chip,
capture it and make sure it gets completed. Leading with blue chips means the important things
are getting done and energy is spent where it is most valuable.
Live above the line. The dynamics of chaos are interesting. In chaos, silos become stronger, not
weaker. Sharing and volunteering happens less often, not more. People are actually less
flexible, and less understanding. Because of these dynamics, and others associated with chaos,
people can often lean on emotion to enforce their point, not fact. And, people will more
frequently dip below the line. It is important for you as a leader to always stay above the line.
Below the line is personal attack, leading with emotion, not fact, masterminding and second
guessing decisions after the fact, hanging in a clique and not sharing outside of the circle. What
living above the line means is that you are professional; you lead with fact and do not let
emotions carry your tone, attitude or response.
Energy. Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz in their insightful book The Power of Full Engagement:
Managing Energy, Not Time, is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal addressed
the importance of energy. They wrote, “Energy, not time, is the fundamental currency of high
performance.” They also said, “Leaders are the stewards of organizational energy!”
Chaos will drain both your team’s energy and your energy. When energy is low, your quality of
thinking is lower, your communication is less effective and you have less of an ability to
understand other opinions. When working in chaos be mindful of the importance of energy and
continually gauge both your personal energy and your team’s energy. Find ways to infuse your
team with energy, and have strategies to keep your energy high too.
In closing, remember, “When nothing is sure, everything is possible” (Margaret Drabble). In
today’s work world, you will find yourself working with chaos sooner not later. The core
question is, will you be in a position to lead with chaos. Your team, and your career, need you
to be ready.
Matt Forck, CSP and JLW, is a keynote speaker supporting clients in over ten countries; assisting
in key areas of worker safety, leadership, accountability and cultural improvement. You can
learn more about Matt and sign up for his free safety materials through his website,
www.safestrat.com. You can follow Matt on Twitter @safestrat.

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