{"id":83030,"date":"2016-08-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecoonline.com\/3-ways-ensure-success-leading-indicators\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T09:33:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T09:33:40","slug":"3-ways-ensure-success-leading-indicators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecoonline.com\/en-us\/blog\/3-ways-ensure-success-leading-indicators\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Ensure Success with Leading Indicators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"Pegasus__Container w-full   relative h-fit  text-content-dark mobile-stacking-standard is-layout-flow wp-block-pegasus-container-is-layout-flow\" style=\"  padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30); \" >\n\t        \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t        \t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative h-full is-flex-layout flex flex-col justify-start  w-full\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When considering how to apply best practices to your company\u2019s safety management, it\u2019s impossible to ignore the importance of leading indicators.\u00a0However, few mid-sized organizations are able to successfully make use of leading indicators within their regular processes as a method of continuous improvement.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the National Safety Council and Campbell Institute, while 89% of organizations viewed leading indicators as extremely or very important, 61% of organizations had an imbalance in favor of lagging indicators, and 69% of organizations had difficulty identifying corrective or preventative actions from leading indicators. The results of the study show that organizations understand the importance of leading indicators at a high level, but seem to have difficulty implementing and maintaining them throughout their organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><strong>How do safety and operational professionals often articulate this frustration?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Every day, safety professionals are burdened with a significant number of administrative tasks rather than the things they know will make a difference to workplace safety. From incident reports, to tracking training requirements, to maintaining compliance with legislations, the tasks on their \u201cto-do\u201d lists are often endless. When they\u2019re only getting a third of the information that they should be getting from the field and are spending the majority of your time in the collection and gathering stages, reporting and forecasting using leading indicators is often deprioritized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know there are several benefits to leading indicators, but without properly implementing them, you aren\u2019t getting the full benefits of all your hard work. We\u2019ve highlighted the top three areas to focus on to ensure success with executing leading indicators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Defining the Right Leading Indicators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask yourself what the risks are, the controls for those risks, and the leading indicators that can directly link to those controls or risks? \u00a0Once you\u2019ve defined your leading indicators, prioritize them in relation to your company, and ensure your list is as up to date as possible at all times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Improve your Information by Defining Quality and Quantity<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Try predicting the outcome of your favorite sports team\u2019s next game without knowing their history of performance vs. the opposition. In the same example, imagine if you knew who won or lost but didn\u2019t know the score. Quantitative and qualitative information both work in tandem toward driving better decisions. Acquiring more relevant information results in more meaningful and accurate leading indicators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Ensure your information is in \u201cReal-Time\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accuracy of your information is what determines how valuable it will be to your organization. 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