Falling In Love with Safety, w/ Don Standridge, Corporate Safety Manager of Mohawk Industries

Could you imagine being the safety manager for a company that is the biggest player in its industry on the entire planet? Well, meet Don Standridge. He’s the Corporate Safety Manager at Mohawk Industries, the largest provider of flooring in the world. Mohawk is a massive company. Could you imagine managing safety across so many departments? In this episode, Don and Apolonia Rockwell discuss: * How Don moved from marketing to safety. In a nutshell: One of Don’s colleagues recognized that, as a marketing guy, he was a great “cheerleader” for his company. That colleague saw transferable skills in Don that could apply to safety. * How Behavior-based safety (BBS). * Falling in love with safety—because, ultimately, safety is about helping people. * Helping people have “a-ha!” moments where they say something like: “Oh, I know now why I should wear safety glasses.” * The difficulties of making “safety stick.” * How Don and Mohawk Industries rolled out a “Stop and THINK” program. The acronym THINK stands for: T – TRAIN yourself to look for the hazard or risk in every task. H – HONE your understanding of the job or task. I – IDENTIFY the hazard. N – NEVER sacrifice safety for speed. K – KEEP others safe. Thanks so much to Don Standridge for being a guest! Connect with Don: https://www.linkedin.com/in/don-standridge-86280070/. Find out more about Mohawk Industries: https://mohawkind.com. Apolonia Rockwell is the Founder and CEO of True Safety Services and True Safety University. Learn more about “The True Safety Podcast with Apolonia Rockwell”: https://www.truesafetyservices.com/podcast. Subscribe to Apolonia Rockwell’s YouTube channel (where we also post her podcasts): http://bit.ly/subscribe-Apolonia-Rockwell-YouTube. True Safety Services is Colorado’s #1 provider in safety training and safety management services. Learn more about True Safety Services: https://www.truesafetyservices.com. Connect with True Safety Services: * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/true-safety-services. * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/truesafetyservices. * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truesafetyservices. * Twitter: https://twitter.com/true_safety. This episode was produced by Story On Media & Marketing: https://www.successwithstories.com.