At Nolan Consulting Group, we believe safety needs continual attention in your organization, throughout all departments and have continued to focus and build upon a certification program to ensure the organizations we work with hold safety practices with high regard. A few weeks ago, Kathryn and two of our teammates joined some folks from the team at Nolan Painting at their 2023 Safteve captive event to learn and network with industry leaders. On today’s episode, Kathryn shares her core takeaways from that event — from compliance and After Action Reviews, with a wrap up on the status and strategic planning for NCG’s safety focus.

The Succession Planning Process a topic that our team has become quite passionate about over the last couple years through the recognition that your organization deserves a thoughtfully curated and carefully executed exit plan, when that time is to come. Today, Managing Partner Brian Nolan and NCG Business Coach, Jim Bradly, join me to focus on the framework of Stage 2: The Next Chapter and Transition — what some may call the heart of the process and the roadmap to the future.

As a Business Leader who has poured time and energy into building a business that has impacted the lives and careers of many, there will come a time when retirement is on the horizon. What happens to the business and its people when that time comes? Today we’re introducing a new Program offered by Nolan Consulting Group: the Succession Planning Process. NCG Managing Partner, Brian Nolan, joins us to bring awareness to our new planning process, sharing the importance of creating a framework for succession and how we developed NCG’s approach of a 3-stage, 9-step process. We’ll continue the conversation on future episodes walking through each Stage, but today we start with the Process overview and Stage 1: Exploration and Foundations.

Today’s podcast is a two-part conversation hosted by NCG Coach and Director of Operations, Kathryn Freeman. In this episode, Kathryn sits down with Paul Cook, Vice President of Painters USA with locations throughout Chicago and Dallas, and Hernan Jimenez, Safety Manager at Nolan Painting, based just outside Philadelphia to discuss the critically important topic of safety. To begin the conversation, Paul share his why — how an integral moment forever changed his and his company’s view on safety in the workplace, and the imperative need for leadership to take on this responsibility. Hernan then discusses his role as Safety Manager, his approach to teaching and training employees, and the necessity of a shared commitment to safety among management and the team.

Today’s episode features Nolan Painting Field Supervisor, Conal Mulreany and Painters USA Vice President, Paul Cook. Committing to a culture of safety and making it the forefront of your business will help to prevent the unfortunate tragedies that can happen in the industry and make your company a better place to work. How often do you talk about safety with your team? Paul and Conal remind us that it should be a critical component of your business operations and that the opportunity to improve on its presence through training and daily emphasis is a constant.