Leadership, Trust, Key to Workplace Violence Prevention
A Book Review
This month, Bill Whitmore, Chairman and CEO of AlliedBarton, will release his book, Potential, Workplace Violence Prevention and Your Organization’s Success. “As business leaders, the safety and security of our employees is critical to our operations,” Whitmore says. “As individuals, the well-being of those to whom we have promised a safe workplace is a great responsibility. And in today’s society, implementing safety initiatives and security programs is only the beginning. We need to actively engage in worst-case scenario planning to review our level of preparedness and ability to react quickly. One scenario that demands our attention is workplace violence. The idea of an armed person entering the workplace with the intent to harm or kill is difficult to think about, but it happens every day.”