Ep 48: Developing Mining Supervisors Who Lead Safety and Operations

👤Scott Chest, Harrison Western / UIT Safety Manager & Founder of Lead the Middle
🎙️Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting

What happens when someone gets promoted for being great on the equipment, then gets handed a crew with no tools to lead it? Scott Chest makes the case that it starts with recognizing your own ego and owning every problem you see.

Lindsey sits down with Scott Chest, a former MSHA inspector and investigator who now works in safety for a contractor, to talk about the people in the middle. Scott sees foremen and superintendents as the filter on every project, taking…