Alive and Well at the End of the Day, 2nd Edition

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Since its establishment in 2000, Paul D. Balmert and his colleagues at Balmert Consulting have helped improve safety leadership practices and safety performance for clients throughout the world and have been active in a wide range of industries including mining, manufacturing, maintenance and construction, oil and gas exploration, production, refining and distribution, chemical manufacturing, the paper industry, and power generation. Paul and his associates have taught safety leadership principles and practices to nearly 100,000 industrial leaders, from front‐line supervisors and safety committee members to company presidents, CEOs and board members. A highly effective communicator, Paul has spoken frequently in seminars and conferences. For two decades, he has published a newsletter, Managing Safety Performance News, that’s widely read and reprinted in industrial safety circles.

Prior to establishing Balmert Consulting, Paul acquired valuable experience and insight into the process of managing safety performance in a 30‐year career in chemical manufacturing, primarily with Union Carbide Corporation, in a variety of roles at the site, division and corporate office. He served as a line manager for 13 years, responsible for managing maintenance, shift production and distribution operations at the company’s largest manufacturing facility. In his career he also managed business support functions including human resources, operations training, emergency response, ...