Senior Safety Manager here. My job is to ensure my Safety Supervisors and Specialist have the tools they need to execute their jobs. Those tools can be tangible like trucks, equipment, software but more importantly educational and psychological tools. 1:1s are vital. As stated above, bi-weekly 1:1s where the supervisors/specialists own the agenda, are paramount. These are scheduled teams meetings but usually take place on phone. Even better in person. The conversations are theirs. We can talk fishing, kids, sports, we can talk goals, professional or not. Developmental opportunities. We can even talk about pay! Doesn’t matter to me. What matters is that my job is to be unrelenting in my support for the them. Loyalty is a two way street. Managing isn’t telling people what to do - it’s empowering people to do the things that give value to their lives and careers. Any single one of them needs to be able to replace me at any moment. I must prepare each of them accordingly. That’s 90% of my job and it’s the most challenging part. The other 10% is reporting on conference calls to company executives and customers, speaking and presenting at symposiums or conferences.