John Kenney - RCS, MCS, CCS & OCS Influencer
World Class in Safety – Part Three
Learn about all of the key components of a great safety management system, including how to document activities and perform a gap analysis. In Part Three, we will continue discussing implementing a safety management system (SMS). Please refer to Parts One and two if you are new to this series. ...
World Class in Safety – Part Two
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. Here are the key elements every great safety management system should have. In Part One of this series, we looked at the definition and goals of a world-class safety organization in our industry. In Part Two, we will learn about the elements and implementation of a ...
Safety Incident Management System
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. What is an incident management system (IMS), and what value will it bring to your company's health and safety program? Our goal in this article is to answer that question. First, let's look at how an IMS system will assist your company in facilitating the ...
World Class in Safety – Part One
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. Learn more about what it means to achieve world-class levels of performance in safety. Many companies claim they have achieved world-class levels of performance in safety. What do they mean by world-class in safety? Let's look into what they mean by this claim of having achieved ...
Recruitment Strategies for Roofing Companies
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. Labor recruitment strategies and resources you need to recruit and hire life-long employees. According to the latest U.S. Department of Labor statistics, the national unemployment rate only rose 0.2 percentage points to 3.7 percent. There are 11.2 million open jobs in the United States as of ...
Top October Articles: Hurricane Resources, Metal Influencers and New EPA Guidelines
By Evelyn Witterholt. See what’s been trending on RoofersCoffeeShop® (RCS) this past month. When Hurricane Ian touched land in late September, roofing industry professionals were looking for resources on how to best handle the situation. Roofers from all over wanted to answer the call to action as is reflected in ...
Empower Your Field Leaders
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. Here's how your company can focus on empowering crew leaders to improve the overall performance of your business. Roofing companies vary in size, as do the size and complexity of their projects. These projects may be under a hundred thousand dollars or multi-million dollars in size. ...
Harvesting Data to Grow Your Business
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. The ability to use data effectively gives your company a competitive advantage. Today’s roofing industry is a wild ride, with labor shortages, supply chain issues and other challenges. Staying on task and meeting deadlines is especially critical and requires quick decisions. Those decisions could make or ...
Posting Worksite Pictures Can Send the Wrong Message
Don't make these mistakes when posting to you company's social media platform. Social media in the workplace is now mainstream, and before weighing the pros and cons, let's review what makes up social medial. Social media is a widely used term and refers to "media" such as a video, text, picture, ...
Best Practices for Toolbox Talks
By John Kenney, Cotney Consulting Group. Benefits and guidelines of holding regular toolbox talks at your construction worksite. Each week your supervisors or safety managers should deliver safety messages to your crews before starting work. Toolbox talks are an excellent method to present your safety messages. Some companies refer to these as ...
