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Charlotte Regional Safety & Health School
Charlotte Regional Safety & Health School
DISCUSSION
• Who is Nucor
• Culture
Employee Relations Principles
The Platinum Rule
• Evolution of Safety & Health
• Leadership
• Conclusion
MISSION STATEMENT
Take care of our Customers
We are accomplishing this by being the Safest, Highest Quality, Lowest Cost, Most Productive, And Most Profitable Steel And Steel Products Company
In The World. We are committed to doing this while being Cultural
and Environmental Stewards in our communities where we live and work.
We are succeeding by Working Together.
Who Is Nucor
• 22,000 employees
• Corporate staff of 100
• Largest recycler in the United States
• Revenue of $19 Billion (2012)
• Net Income of $505 Million (2012)
• Ship 22 million tons of Steel
• 5 Layers of management
It Starts With Our Culture
• Team Work
• Incentive Based Pay – For everyone based on performance
• Non-Union
• Lean management
• Decentralized
• Egalitarian Benefits
• No Lay-off Practice
It Starts With Our Culture
4 Employee Relations Principles
Management is obligated to manage Nucor
in such a way that employees have the
opportunity to earn according to their
productivity.
It Starts With Our Culture
4 Employee Relations Principles
Employees should feel confident that if they
do their jobs properly, they will have a job
tomorrow.
It Starts With Our Culture
4 Employee Relations Principles
Employees have the right to be treated fairly
and must believe they will be.
It Starts With Our Culture
4 Employee Relations Principles
Employees must have an avenue of appeal
when they believe they are being treated
unfairly.
It Starts With Our Culture
Platinum Rule
Do one to others as they would have
done to themselves
GROUND ZERO to BEYOND ZERO
GROUND ZERO to BEYOND ZERO
Beyond Zero • Standard of Excellence • Target 0 Injuries and Illnesses • Target 0 Near Misses • Target 0 Property Damages • Target 0 Hazards
Climb a Mountain with no Top
Nucor Steel Mill Performance
Year Nucor I/I Rate
Industry I/I Rate
Nucor DART Rate
Industry DART Rate
2002 5.14 7.30 1.33 3.50
2003 3.70 6.90 0.82 3.80
2004 3.28 6.90 1.18 3.50
2005 2.94 5.20 1.08 2.70
2006 3.07 5.40 1.51 2.90
2007 1.78 4.60 0.91 2.50
2008 1.60 3.70 0.71 2.00
2009 1.46 3.30 0.68 1.80
2010 1.47 3.60 0.59 1.80
2011 1.58 3.20 0.79 1.70
2012 1.14 N/A 0.48 N/A
Industry rate is based off Bureau of Labor Statistics NAICS code 331111 DART Rate – Days Away, Restricted, & Transferred Cases Rate
GROUND ZERO
Leadership in Safety 21 VPP Sites 34 Special Government Employees Lead safety roles in Steel Associations across the country – AISI, SMA, AIST
As a Leader, your primary goal is to:
Your Role: Primary Goal
Help your
people succeed
Your Role: Help People Succeed
Leaders Contributors Participants Observers Detractors
?
Leadership Actions: Big Rocks
1. Let them know what you expect: GOALS
2. Provide the tools and resources: TOOLS
3. Tell them how they are doing : FEEDBACK
4. Coach and develop them: COACHING
5. Keep responsibility where it belongs: ACCOUNTABILITY
The following represents principles that seem to lead to Excellence.
(1) Create a picture or vision of the future state a) Must know what that is or be committed to figuring it out
b) Based on values, principles and results
(2) Get the right people on the bus a) The right people are those that share the Nucor values and principles
Pursuit Of Excellence Principles
(3) Alignment on Values, Principles and Expectations a) Leadership team must believe it and continuously drive it (continual drumbeat
message)
b) Identify what excellence looks like…must be able to define it and keep a
scorecard
Get the team involved in defining what it should look like
Their expectations will probably be higher than yours!
(4) Provide the tools that help instill and reinforce values and
expectations a) Tools must align with expectations
b) Tools help drive vision and values (to help leaders communicate vision and
values)
Pursuit Of Excellence Principles
(5) Push it down - “It’s up to me” a) The “How” comes from the team…have them identify the action items
b) Help them succeed (challenge, coach, don’t let them fall off a cliff)
(6) Consistent accountability based on values, principles and
expectations. No exceptions!
(7) Believe in the team. Let them know you believe in their ability to
succeed.
Pursuit Of Excellence Principles
Pursuit Of Excellence Principles
(8) Stay the course…believe in the vision The turtle wins, not the rabbit…
Again…a consistent, “continual drumbeat message”
It’s a journey…and there is no ending point
Mountain with no top
Enemies of the Process: Entitlement
Barriers and Silos
Rules-based management
Resting on past accomplishments
Remember…“Good” is the enemy of “Great”
Leadership Actions: Big Rocks
1. Let them know what you expect: GOALS
2. Provide the tools and resources: TOOLS
3. Tell them how they are doing : FEEDBACK
4. Coach and develop them: COACHING
5. Keep responsibility where it belongs: ACCOUNTABILITY
