David McPeak, CUSP, CIT, CHST, CSP, CSSM

David McPeak, CET, CHST, CSP, CSSM, CUSP, is the director of professional development for Utility Business Media’s Incident Prevention Institute (www.ip-institute.com). His experience includes operations management, safety and training roles. McPeak holds multiple safety and training certifications and has received numerous awards. He also has served as chairman of Task Team One of the OSHA ET&D Partnership, as a member of Incident Prevention’s editorial advisory board and as a member of the North Carolina Apprenticeship Council. Reach him at david@utilitybusinessmedia.com.

From My Bookshelf to Yours: ‘The 8 Habits of a Highly Effective Safety Culture’

August 8, 2022 | David McPeak, CUSP, CIT, CHST, CSP, CSSM | Frontline Fundamentals

Not long ago, Utility Business Media Inc. published my book, “Frontline Leadership: The Hurdle.” Researching and writing the book helped me learn to appreciate and apply knowledge and wisdom from other writers. In this article, I want to share some highlights from “The 8 Habits of a Highly Effective Safety Culture,” a book recently written […]

From My Bookshelf to Yours: ‘It’s Your Ship’

June 20, 2022 | David McPeak, CUSP, CIT, CHST, CSP, CSSM | Frontline Fundamentals

During the research and writing process for my new book – “Frontline Leadership: The Hurdle,” published by Utility Business Media Inc. – I read a lot of books, and I want to share some highlights from a few of my favorites. This article will focus on the bestselling “It’s Your Ship” by Captain D. Michael […]

From My Bookshelf to Yours: ‘The Success Principles’

April 16, 2022 | David McPeak, CUSP, CIT, CHST, CSP, CSSM | Leadership Development, Frontline Fundamentals

During the research and writing process for my new book – “Frontline Leadership: The Hurdle,” published by Utility Business Media Inc. – I read a lot of books, and I want to share some highlights from a few of my favorites. This article will focus on “The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You […]

From My Bookshelf to Yours: ‘Extreme Ownership’

February 24, 2022 | David McPeak, CUSP, CIT, CHST, CSP, CSSM | Leadership Development, Frontline Fundamentals

What actions can you take to solve problems rather than blaming, complaining, defending and denying? During the research and writing process for my new book – “Frontline Leadership: The Hurdle,” published by Utility Business Media Inc. – I read a lot of books, and I want to share some highlights from a few of my […]

From My Bookshelf to Yours: ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’

December 13, 2021 | David McPeak, CUSP, CIT, CHST, CSP, CSSM | Leadership Development, Frontline Fundamentals

Understanding, developing and applying these habits enable us to better respond to stimuli, making us more effective people.

9 Safety Axioms You Need to Know

October 4, 2021 | David McPeak, CUSP, CIT, CHST, CSP, CSSM | Leadership Development, Frontline Fundamentals

Safety works with just the nuts and bolts, but not as well as it will if you apply these nine axioms. Too often we focus so much on the nuts and bolts of safety (e.g., grounding procedures, Ohm’s law, work methods for a pole-top rescue) that we lose sight of the big picture. There’s no […]

Improving Job Briefings

August 11, 2021 | David McPeak, CUSP, CIT, CHST, CSP, CSSM | Leadership Development, Frontline Fundamentals

Enhanced briefings can lead to greater customer satisfaction, productivity, quality, safety and system reliance.

The Safety Paradox: My Day at the Safety Conference

May 21, 2021 | David McPeak, CUSP, CIT, CHST, CSP, CSSM | Leadership Development, Frontline Fundamentals

Here’s a hypothetical and exaggerated scenario about a day I spent attending a safety conference (the iP Utility Safety Conference & Expo, of course!). It begins with me watching a safety glove demonstration. I watch a person put on a glove, crush a wine glass, stab themselves in the hand with a needle and run […]

How Common is Common Sense?

April 15, 2021 | David McPeak, CUSP, CIT, CHST, CSP, CSSM | Leadership Development, Frontline Fundamentals

How did you learn that a stovetop could be hot and burn you? Some would say that’s common sense, that human beings have an innate awareness of hazards, yet I’m guessing many of you learned the hard way – by touching a hot stove. What about brushing your teeth? Have you ever hurt yourself doing […]

Hazards Do Not Discriminate – Nor Should We

February 12, 2021 | David McPeak, CUSP, CIT, CHST, CSP, CSSM | Leadership Development, Frontline Fundamentals

Hazards do not discriminate – nor should we. We do not necessarily have to like each other to work safely, but we do have to maintain professional working relationships based on mutual appreciation, caring, respect and trust. Picture this: It’s January 25, 2021. At 9:15 a.m., Curtis, who is working his second day on the […]