Ron Horton
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Safety Training and Management Expert

Ron Horton Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Leadership, management, safety training
- Affiliation
- Afterbu erSafety.com
Ron "Beav" Horton, Afterbu er, Inc.'s first executive vice president of the Health, Safety and Environmental Services program, is a 1982 graduate of the United States Naval Academy with over 30 years of distinguished service. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Navy's prestigious Nuclear Power Program and was selected for the rank of Rear Admiral, serving in that capacity as the commander of a logistics group, an operational task force and a navy region in Singapore, where he was the senior U.S. naval officer in Southeast Asia. Horton was also selected for and served as the 20th commanding officer of the world's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, the USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65). In that capacity, Horton led, directed and was responsible for all aspects of operations and maintenance of the "floating city," including its crew of 5,500 personnel and eight nuclear reactors. Horton's leadership won the ENTERPRISE numerous awards, including the coveted Battenburg Cup, which signifies the "Fleet Forces Ship of the Year." As Afterbu er, Inc.'s executive vice president of the occupational health and safety sector, Horton is responsible for teaching the Flawless Execution(SM) model to high-reliability organizations. For more information on Afterbu er, Inc., please call 877-765-5607 or visit www.afterbu ersafety.com.
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Focus on Leadership and Improve Your Safety Levels
In the quest to improve safety records, organizations often rely on motivational posters, classes or training programs to help teams minimize risk and improve safety performance. However, great safety records are not achieved through these efforts alone. Improving safety requires leadership - organizational leadership at the front lines that is equipped to develop a process-oriented and disciplined safety-in-execution culture. The secret is training those front-line leaders in a simple, scalable process.
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The Importance of Operational Discipline and Formality to Improving Safety in High-Reliability Organizations
When I was in the U.S. Navy's Nuclear Power Program, I oversaw numerous High-Reliability Organizations. High-Reliability Organizations (HRO) are organizations which routinely operate and execute in high risk, dangerous environments, yet have very few safety incidents or mishaps. In my experience, there was one organization that stood out as the "gold standard" - nuclear powered aircraft carriers.
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