The Heart and Soul of Safety: Leading from the Heart with Paul Espenan

"Titles have nothing to do with safety. Titles mean nothing. I'm just a guy trying to help people get home safe."

This week Dr. Logan F. Martin and James Junkin welcome Paul Espenan, SVP of Environmental Health Safety and Regulatory at Diversified Energy and author of "The Heart and Soul of Safety: Leading Safety Performance from the Heart," for a conversation about what safety leadership looks like when it comes from the heart. Paul has been delivering weekly safety leadership stories on operations calls at Diversified Energy for six years. No reruns. His book collects 55 of them.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Paul Espenan is Senior Vice President of Environmental, Health, Safety and Regulatory at Diversified Energy Company, where he has led a greater than 56% reduction in methane emissions and attained OGMP Gold Compliance status. A Certified Safety Professional with nearly four decades of experience, Paul is a two-time author and storyteller whose first book "The Heart and Soul of Safety: Leading Safety Performance from the Heart" contains 55 safety leadership moments. His second book "Owning the Heart and Soul of Safety: Leading Safety Culture From the Inside Out" releases this October.

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• The Heart and Soul of Safety by Paul Espenan

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