Safety Leadership Self-Assessment

Welcome to the Safety Leadership Self-Assessment, a free quiz that maps your safety leadership challenges and strengths. There are 15 questions and it should take about 15 minutes. For each question, reflect on your typical, overall perception and practice. Don’t answer based on your best day or your worst day.

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Safety Leadership Self-Assessment

Read each statement. Rate how much it describes your typical practice, not your best day and not your worst.

1Strongly disagree

2Disagree

3Neither

4Agree

5Strongly agree

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1. Strategic Thinking and Systems Awareness

I can trace a field-level problem back to the planning, design, or governance decision that shaped it.

When my organization makes changes to policies or programs, I think about what new risks those changes might introduce.

I think about how organizational decisions influence decisions and actions at the field level.

2. Engaging Up, Down, and Across

I can advance a safety initiative even when I do not control the resources or the decision.

When safety priorities compete with budget, schedule, or other organizational priorities, I know how to make the case without losing the room.

I adjust how I communicate about risk depending on who I am talking to.

3. Managing Overwhelm and Prioritization

When something goes wrong, I make sure the people around me understand what is happening before I jump to solving it.

When I am stressed, people around me still get clear, honest information from me.

People around me feel more settled because of how I show up, not more anxious.

4. Building Relationships

I invest time in relationships that make risk management work easier, not just the ones that are required.

When I need to raise a safety concern, I can do it directly without it becoming adversarial.

I look for perspectives other than my own before I finalize a safety-related decision.

5. Sustaining Self and Career

After a serious incident or a hard stretch, I give myself time to recover before moving on.

I make time to reconnect with my purpose, especially when the job is grinding me down.

When a serious incident affects me or my team, I lean on the people around me rather than processing it alone.

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Safety Leadership Self-Assessment

Safety Leadership Self-Assessment

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