Experts in Workers' Compensation will often say how important it is that a company's senior-management team support safety initiatives. At Limbach Facility Services, they'd be preaching to the choir. Its CEO, Charlie Bacon, is intensely passionate about safety.

How would Bacon respond to a CEO peer who says, “Charlie, of course safety is important, but it's really not an issue that should be a primary focus for us…”?

“All CEOs talk about people being our number-one asset,” Bacon says. “But we need to not just talk the talk but walk the walk. If people know the CEO really cares about their safety, that you give a damn, they will care immensely—and outcomes will improve as people put in extra effort.

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