Timothy M. Walsh, CTSP. Like most of us, I didn’t enter arboriculture chasing credentials. I entered because I loved the work: the pace, the responsibility, the crews and the satisfaction of doing difficult work well. But over time, [...]

In the tree care industry, safety is everything. From the moment a chain saw roars to life or a climber ascends into the canopy, risk is ever present. For decades, safety programs have focused on controlling that risk through policies, [...]

This article started out looking at safety leadership and fairly quickly evolved into a message that applies to leadership in general. As such, I will often flip back and forth discussing “safety” and “leadership,” as they are similar from this [...]