Empower Your Employees With Situational Awareness
Content Warning: This episode includes sensitive information about mental health conditions and suicide. If you or someone you know need support at any time, please call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Situational awareness is the ability to analyze, identify, and take action to prevent bad things from happening. While commonly associated with active shooter scenarios, situational awareness empowers employees to recognize and respond to all kinds of threats that organizations face today — from cyber-attacks to the warning signs of suicide. It’s a skill that simultaneously pays dividends in organizational safety and develops exceptional interpersonal skills in your employees.
As Founder and President of Paratus Group, Retired Colonel Brian Searcy coaches organizations of all sizes and industries through a program uniquely crafted to improve safety and security through situational awareness.
Brian joins the show this week to explain:
- The key to developing habits, behaviors, and mindsets of situational awareness
- The critical skills needed to become situationally aware
- How to recognize and respond to warning signs in the workplace
- How to ensure situational awareness resonates with all employees
The Employee Safety Podcast is hosted by Peter Steinfeld, SVP of Safety Solutions at AlertMedia.
You can find this interview and many more by following The Employee Safety Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or subscribing here.
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