J3 Safety Leadership - Philosophy

Today’s transportation system has unique complexities and challenges in regulatory oversight, employment practices, global supply chain disruptions, automation and technology integration, the implementation of a successful safety program and creation of a safety culture is within your leadership control - it is a choice. Build a safety culture through effective decision-making across the 3 P’s of Safety - Policy, Procedure, and Practice, by your most important P… your People.

Building a safety culture does not happen alone, it requires commitment, communication, and collaboration in developing the policies, procedures, and practices in your safety roadmap. Which comes first safety culture or regulatory compliance? Both? Neither? Regulatory compliance does not create a safety culture, but a safety culture does advance regulatory compliance. Arguably a safety culture ensures the tools exist to promote making the right decisions from the Driver’s Seat to the C-Suite.

Leading People

Successful leaders instill trust through honesty, behavior that is predictable, and clarity on direction and expectations. Employees have confidence in a leader when the leader can be counted upon for consistent behavior and action. Leaders inspire with clear vision and hopefulness for the future. We will help you set your 3P’s to lead your organization and team in the creation of a strong safety culture.

Leading Change

Successful leaders are skilled in change management. With the ever evolving transportation system, managing change has never been more important. We will help you build your safety culture by:

  • Developing clear directives that simplify complicated regulations;

  • Defining performance standards aligned with your safety vision;

  • Explaining why standards are important, and how they promote accountability for everyone;

  • Creating strategies to communicate your safety procedures, technology integration, and reinforce your safety culture.

We will help you strengthen your 3P’s in driving change and ensuring your safety culture remains strong with your People.

Results Driven

Success requires results. An effective leader is results driven in all aspects of the organization — ensuring both a healthy balance sheet and safety driven operation. Defining performance expectations and conducting thorough analysis in determining the root cause of a failed outcome are necessary to establish accountability and build a sustainable safety culture. Our focus is on helping you develop the right policies, proper procedures, and repeatable practices evaluated by key performance measures in aligning your organization’s success in driving safety results.

Governmental & Stakeholder Relations

A collaborative environment is critical to a leader’s success. A diversity of ideas brings value in efficiency, builds greater understanding, and promotes effective problem solving. The challenges in today’s competitive transportation market demand collaborative relationships within an organization’s workforce and externally with stakeholders to ensure success. Unlike a company’s secret formula, a sharing of safety ideas and solutions benefits everyone from employees, competitors, regulatory enforcement agencies, and the general public because it is about saving lives! We will help you build collaborative strategies with your team and stakeholders in your 3P’s.

Policies & Procedures

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) are more than 600 pages (depending on the size of the book) and the Hazardous Material Regulations (HMRs) are, well lets just agree many more pages. While technology and automation have streamlined many aspects of a company’s regulatory compliance scheme, it is critical your safety program have clear policies with well defined procedures that make sense, are aligned, and easy to follow, track, and make course corrections. When documented and communicated effectively, each employee should understand their responsibility, along with how their job function aligns within your overall safety program and reinforces your safety culture. We will help you define the what, why, and how the 3P’s not only achieve safety compliance but build your safety culture.

Risk Mitigation

Whether you are managing a few or hundreds of drivers, you need to minimize your liability and risk with a comprehensive safety strategy. Reviewing your safety performance data, policies, procedures, and practices, as well as your operational management controls will identify gaps, where we will help you create or strengthen your 3P’s in building your comprehensive strategy and safety culture.

TRANSPORTATION SAFETY CULTURE