Episode 28 - 2/22/23  Ron joins the podcast to share how he drives both safety and engagement in the manufacturing environment through a focused and designed strategy. We also dive into Ron’s systems for helping solve one of the #1 areas of improvement for every company > communication coaching! It’s a great conversation with lots of actionable insights to take away so jump in and have a listen!    Noted in Podcast:  HR HOTSAUCE “Favorite song to bring you out of a funk playlist” :  Gonna Fly Now (Rocky Theme Song)   What Ron is listening to:  Never Split the Difference, Chris Voss YouTube, Mastering Negotiation w- Chris Voss Atomic Habits, James Clear (esp chapter 2!) GROW Coaching Model   Our Guest, Ron Alexander  Ron Alexander is a board-certified safety professional with over 50 years' experience in developing and managing safety programs in a variety of environments - for companies having a few dozen employees to those having thousands of employees.  His employment experience includes heavy industry, nuclear, secondary metals, explosives, and light manufacturing.  Additionally, he has performed safety consulting work at or for many or our national laboratories as well as some fortune 500 companies.  Mr. Alexander is a co-recipient of the Secretary of Energy’s “Award of Excellence” for innovations in radiation shielding design as well as Vice-President Al Gore’s “Hammer Award” for making government work better and cost less.    LinkedIn: Ron Alexander  Youtube: Ron Alexander   ron@thesafetytribe.com  Our Sponsor: People Element    Understand, engage, inspire, and retain your people like never before.  People Element's employee experience and engagement solution delivers powerful intelligence, giving you the confidence to act.   www.peopleelement.com   LinkedIn: People Element   Twitter: @People_Element   Find Us:   On Twitter: @AllAboutHRPod, @TomsEngagingHR  Spotify: Spotify: All About HR Podcast  Apple Podcast: All About HR on Apple Podcasts