Safety First!

If a company wishes to be successful and experience continued growth, it must establish a set of core values. Core values are ones that rarely change. Whether we continue to park cars or diversify into other business ventures. Our core values remain relatively unchanged. Those three values are: safety, service and cost. When we consider these values in that order of importance and implement these values every single day, we will build a triangle for success -- not only for our company but for ourselves. We must be mindful of these values at all times, not just on the job but in our personal lives as well. We need to understand that if we fail to implement any side of our triangle our company along with our well being will collapse over the long haul.

In this post, we will discuss safety. The other two values will be discussed in future posts.

Safety is the foundation of our triangle. We have all heard the phrase, “SAFETY FIRST.” We teach this to our kids and it holds water in every area of our life. Safety is also a key factor in maintaining cost effectiveness and providing the best service our customers deserve. If our workplace is unsafe and we fail to communicate unsafe conditions, then we are all subjected to an unsafe environment.  This in turn equates to astronomical costs in injuries, liability and loss of customers.  Safety compliance should never be viewed as an unnecessary expense or a waste of time.  Serious injury or loss of life to employees, customers, or the general public will always outweigh the financial cost of maintaining a safe place to work and live, not to mention the emotional cost of these problems.

Be sure to make our lots and garages safe or communicate problems when they exist. It’s in everyone’s best interest to do so.

We will discuss ‘Service” as a core value in a future post! Stay tuned!