Learn why leading indicators should be part of your safety management program.

You’ve probably seen a lot of discussion about leading indicators at safety conferences, in EHS publications, or even in social media groups for EHS professionals. You’ve probably also found that most agree leading indicators are good things, but it's tough to find clear explanations of why and how they improve safety, under what conditions, and how to select and use the right metrics. Even worse, you may have encountered some misleading myths about leading indicators and their relationship to lagging indicators. This guide provides the accurate and comprehensive information you need.

Download this guide today to learn:

• why much of the “received wisdom” about leading and lagging indicators is wrong, and how to build safety management practices that incorporate a balanced set of metrics.
• why "safety tours” and “safety walks” aren’t always the most effective leading indicators, and how to use OSHA’s “SMART” characteristics to select leading indicators that are more predictive of better safety outcomes.
• how to use the logic model of metrics, and guidance from the ANSI Standard Z16.1-2022 on Safety and Health metrics, to choose leading and lagging metrics that measure the right things at the right times.
• how leading indicators help achieve the more active, risk-focused safety management approach described by ISO 45001, and how they drive better employee engagement with a safety program; and
• how modern safety software can help improve tracking of leading indicators and combine them with predictive analytics capabilities to help organizations transition toward positively shaping future safety performance, instead of just documenting past performance.