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NexusHSE Principals Lisa Brooks and Frank. Szopinski CIH CSP will be at National Safety Council Congress in Orlando next week! They will be leading sessions on Human and Organizational Performance #HOP, Ergonomics #ergo, and Serious Injury & Fatality (SIF) Prevention #SIFprevention and are looking forward to seeing many friends and colleagues! We’d love to connect and catch up with you! Give Frank. a call at 202-235-2962 or Lisa a ring at 202-240-1589! We are looking for friends! 🤣

Is your organization aware of the unnecessary expenses it incurs? 🔥 💰 🔥 It's alarming, indeed! YIKES! Why would you traverse the nation, pay conference fees and then pay additional fees on top of those to learn about SIF prevention and elimination? We're puzzled too. 😁 Our sessions, however, are complimentary for invited guests and included for our partners. Consider an alternative: join NexusHSE and our partners for "Preventing and Eliminating Serious Injuries and Fatalities - Engagement Based Field Strategies" on September 25, from 11:30 am to 1 pm EST. Danny Landis, CSP and Matt Garner, CSP will be sharing their journey towards world-class performance, with ample time for discussion and insights from all our partners on their SIF prevention endeavors. Why limit yourself to passive listening in a crowded room when personalized conversations await? Come join us, armed with your questions and insights. Register here: https://lnkd.in/em8aXx_c

🚨 Collaboration Opportunity, C2 Time in September? 🚨 It's like that hit album that never stops delivering 🎵. We are so #blessed to have this community! 💪 If you appreciated the legal insights from Heather MacDougall, Esq. and CSP and Trever Neuroth, JD, ASP, consider joining us for "Engagement-Based Field Strategies - Preventing and Eliminating SIFs" featuring two nationally recognized HSE Leaders, Danny Landis, CSP and Matt Garner, CSP. They will explore the opportunities and challenges of achieving world-class performance in their organizations. 💪 The session will offer an extended discussion and direct Q&A with partners, so come with your curiosity and questions. With a collective HSE experience spanning centuries, there's sure to be someone who can assist, and we guarantee you'll learn something new (unless you choose not to 🙁). Should you have a scheduling conflict with other HSE events, consider prioritizing this one. You won't regret it. Register here: https://lnkd.in/em8aXx_c

NexusHSE is excited for the invitation to present at the Safety on The Edge Global Forum in 2025. We get to see our great friends Todd Conklin, John Howard, Laurie Shelby, CIH, CSP, Corrie Pitzer, and many others! If you haven't already registered, great line-up of speakers on tap. Stop by and say hello if you want to talk some #HOP or #OperationalExcellence. What's working at your organization? #HOP #safetydifferently #EHS #Safety

#Grateful for the discussion with Heather MacDougall, Esq. and CSP and Trever Neuroth, JD, ASP on the current state of comings and goings of legal #EHS. NexusHSE is fortunate and thankful for their partnership. We discussed the pros and cons of a federal workable heat stress standard, the impacts of Loper and maybe a future Auer, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Security Exchange Commission (SEC) rules, what physical therapy may be under the recent Occupational Safety and Health Administration memo, and many other topics. It was great one on one Q and A. "You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with - Jim Rohn" is what John Fischer said during the session beginning and we had some really talented people participate! We appreciate his moderation, and he kept the conversation on such a relatable level. Thank you John. Our EHS Legal IQ went way 📈 - all thanks to our presenters and attendees! These are collaborations we hope you won't miss. We believe these NexusHSE discussions and opportunities don't exist which is why we created the company in the first place 😁

💡 ⁉ Illuminati ⁉ 💡 Not sure about that .... but sharing is the reason we created NexusHSE and we are humbled by the comments from Jason Kunz and Perry Logan during the recent My Big Safety Challenge Board of Certified Safety Professionals about our former roles. If you want to learn more about how we are connecting leading companies to collaborate and humbly share / learn EHS, drop us a line and let us be of service. (www.nexushse.com) Stay tuned for a "hold the date" for our September 25th Collaboration Community (C2) highlighting "how to" eliminate and reduce significant injuries and fatalities with successful companies both large and small. No lectures just open discussions with time for all your questions. We would love to have you and your curiosity. #keeplearning #improvementalways #humility #EHS Video Credit - BCSP and My Big Safety Challenge via YouTube

As we celebrate #LaborDay at NexusHSE, we reflect on the economic and societal achievements of American workers past and present. This holiday was created when labor activists pushed to be recognized for the many contributions workers have made to America’s strength, prosperity, and well-being. Let us not forget those drivers to the country's well-being and the #safety necessary to sustain our workforce excellence. "“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." - Theodore Roosevelt #HappyLaborDay from NexusHSE

🚨 BIG NEWS! Scott Madar Joins NexusHSE🚨 We are excited to announce a new member to the Nexus HSE team.  He is familiar to many of you and has been patiently waiting for the right opportunity to join a world-class team. He looks forward to reconnecting with old colleagues and getting to know new ones. Before joining Nexus HSE, Scott served as the managing member of ORCHSE Strategies, prior to the acquisition by the National Safety Council, where he served as the Director of the NSC Networks for nearly 3 years. Scott has over 30 years of health and safety experience gained during his time working in consulting, organized labor, and state OSHA. Please feel free to reach out to Scott at scott.madar@nexushse.com, or 1.202.930.5961. 

Good to know the right people...that's what NexusHSE is all about. Collaboration is key!

🙁 As turmoil exists 📉 in the marketplace, how can EHS leaders prepare for a visit from management consultant "friends"? Here are 3 points to consider now 👇 Organizations get pressure to quickly respond when markets or reports fluctuate (inflation, geopolitical/global disruption). This leads to a call for external cost or reorganization "help". Many organizations do not leverage internal expertise when the board or shareholders call actions because "known" consultants provide both a form of cover and board members may have used them in the past. Three things you need to know and what to do now: 1. The management consultant was not hired because your organization believes there are no opportunities. Kind of obvious but understand the management consultant will be looking at industry benchmarks and analyzing your resources vs others in your industry. It doesn't matter if you have better performance (unless you're driving revenue), this is a cost v cost and resource v resource exercise. What you can do - utilize your network to determine staffing and budget levels. Get into a group such as NexusHSE so you can have one on one conversations with your industry peers. This will enable you to understand what the benchmark is and how/why you are different. Without this knowledge, you won't be able to negotiate effectively. You will have to take all consultant information at face value, kind of like flying blind. 2. Most management consultant contracts are savings based. The revenue escalators to the consultant are a function (usually 3%-7%) of total cost savings. This means more savings = more consultant revenue. What you can do - keep a log or inventory of cost savings. This should include cost avoidance, cost savings, and revenue creation. Any direct cost savings can serve as an offering back to the consultant in lieu of resources eliminated. Help them arrive at the conclusion as their own versus saying you "created" this. 3. There is almost a ZERO possibility of "no impacts" if your group is in scope for the financial or operational review. Determine your non-negotiable positions and understand that can't be everything. What you can do - As a leader you should always have a continuous improvement mindset. Even if you don't tweak your organization YOY, you should be thinking how to optimize or expand in a way that generates cost avoidance or savings. This could be the central v decentral model or the internal work v consultant work execution, etc. Understanding this will allow you to be effective at where and what you can eliminate/adjust. Bonus Item - Remember these are not your personal friends, they have a singular mission. Optimize and reduce costs, that is how they get paid. They can have great knowledge and experience, but you know your business too. Treat this as a business transaction not friendship. Good luck. No reason to walk the path alone, feel free to reach out to NexusHSE anytime for assistance.