The Incident Prevention Institute Podcast, home to the Frontline podcast series, is the place utility safety and operations go to learn how to empower themselves and their teams to become better safety leaders. Learn insights and strategies that improve safety through leadership, human performance, incident prevention and more. We’re quickly developing more episodes that will be available to you soon, wherever you listen to podcasts!

EP7 – How Common is Common Sense?

June 25, 2021

How did you learn the stove was hot? Common sense tells us we have an innate awareness of hazards and yet I’m guessing most of us touched it and learned it was hot. What about brushing your teeth? Ever hurt yourself doing that? When was the last time you locked your keys in your vehicle or slipped on ice? Have you ever run into a stationary object while driving? Common sense would tell us these things should never happen and yet they do.

24 min. with David McPeak

EP6 – Are You Using a Leadership Golden Hammer?

December 8, 2020

To be an effective leader, one leadership style does not fit all. Learn why it’s important to adapt your leadership styles based on the situation, people and context in this podcast with David McPeak.

12 min. with David McPeak

EP5 – Why Emotional Intelligence Matters

November 25, 2020

Learn why emotional intelligence is a fundamental key to leadership success and how it helps create better communication amongst your team. David McPeak will give insights into the importance of emotional intelligence and provide you with some tips and guidance.

11 min. with David McPeak

EP4 – What is Your Circle of Influence

October 2, 2020

What is influence and why is it an essential trait for every leader to have? David McPeak will discuss just that in this episode as well as provide some insights on how you can improve your own influence.

13 min.

EP3 – You Can’t Lead Without Relationships

October 2, 2020

How do utility safety & ops leaders have healthy relationships with their team in ways that makes the team, its team and the quality of life better? Join David McPeak as he answers this question and also explains why it is impossible to be an effective leader if you don’t have healthy relationships with your team.

12 min.

EP2 – What Leadership Is and Is Not

October 2, 2020

What is utility safety and operations leadership? How do influence, performance and standards apply? These are the questions David McPeak will answer in this Frontline Utility Safety Leadership session.

11 min.

EP1 – Leading Change

September 24, 2020

If there is one thing that is especially challenging for people to overcome, it’s leading people to accept and embrace change. Join David McPeak as he discusses how great utility leaders lead change. This conversation was developed from our popular utility safety leadership program, Frontline.

17 min.