I was running a bit behind as I hiked through the sprawling halls of the San Diego Convention Center to get to a session at last month’s National Safety Congress.

By the time I got to the room, even though I was about 10 minutes early, the place was packed, and shortly after I sat down, they announced that the room was at capacity and nobody else would be allowed in the room (they take fire marshal rules very seriously at safety shows).

What topic could account for so many attendees crowded into a regular afternoon breakout session? It was a panel discussion on “Getting Frontline Leaders to Become Safety Leaders.”

Panelist Roger Green, former director of EHS with industrial manufacturer ThyssenKrupp NA, neatly summarized the situation from the get-go:

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