Sep 12, 2019
In this episode, we meet Liz Nicol, Co-Founder Safetyworks and Board Member on Leading Safety Change, 20 years of business ownership and how to get on a board.
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Liz is Co-owner and Director of SafetyWorks Group, one of Australia’s foremost providers of safety culture change solutions for performance improvement.
She is a non-executive Director of Uniting and committee member of Hunter Region Committee of the AICD.
Liz is an experienced executive and non-executive director, who is determined to improve the lives of others, particularly in the area of safety and wellbeing, and those who are vulnerable in our community.
She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, previous Chair of Leapfrog Ability, and Board member of St Philips Christian Education Foundation.
In this episode we talk about:
- How she got into the industry and the experience she has gained in 20 years of business ownership;
- Leading Safety Change, developing a chronic sense of unease and where leaders get it wrong;
- Why metrics are not useful if they don’t drive the behaviours that align to your business strategy and vision; and
- How to get on a board and how to make the most of non-executive positions.
Connecting with Liz Nicol
You can reach Liz on LinkedIn and via email.
Books and resources mentioned in the episode
- Safe By Accident - by Aubrey Daniels and Judy Agnew
- Radical Candour - by Kim Scott
- Setting the Tone from the Top - by Melinda Muth and Bob Selden (AICD)
- Deepwater Horizon (movie)