Chrissy

When our company was rocked by a catastrophic incident, we were immediately thrust into a full-scale NTSB investigation. My direct supervisor deployed himself straight to the epicenter of the disaster, leaving me to hold down the fort and keep our primary site running. It was the middle of July

The EHS VP had called an impromptu, all-hands meeting. We knew that this meeting was going to be great news for her and bad news for us. This time her voice brimming with triumph as she announced the end of our exhaustive search for a new EHS Manager. She

In the EHS world, the weekend "on-call" rotation is a game of Russian roulette. You pray for silence for the next 48 hours. That did not happen this one weekend. My phone rang. On the other end was the paint shop supervisor. It sounded like he was

The phone call from the paint booth supervisor sounded more like a paranormal report than a safety concern. He told me the booth was acting "erratic." It was making strange noises and violently sucked an employee’s Tyvek suit when he walked too closely to the wall. This

Every quarter, I conducted routine cadmium air sampling on the etch line. It was company standard operating procedure to ensure that the local ventilation was working and to give the employees peace of mind. But on this particular day, I discovered something interesting. I walked past our small, authorized cadmium

For six long months, I played the long game. I wanted a leadership position. I initiated several high-level, strategic, and "adult" conversations with my supervisor. We mapped out the journey, aligned our goals, and built the bridge to the next level. Then came the day that changes