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Bill Hilton is the Director of Safety Services for Walt Disney World\u2019s Parks and Resorts. In this role, Bill is responsible for leading a Safety organization focused on providing a safe environment for 74,000 Cast Members and approximately 50 million guests that visit Walt Disney World\u2019s Parks and Resorts annually.<\/p>\n
Bill has a diverse background, both professionally and academically, having earned an undergraduate degree in Psychology, with a composite minor in Science, and a Master\u2019s Degree in Occupational Safety. Bill has enjoyed an established career in holding various Global Safety leadership roles; enabling him to bring a global view to the safety profession.<\/p>\n
1) What do you feel are the biggest challenges safety leaders are currently faced with within their business?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Safety Professionals face some specific challenges around the measurement of meaningful safety results (i.e. metrics that inform vs. traditional lagging indicators), an aging workforce that is less well than it was 20 years ago, and how to effectively integrate safety and wellness in the workforce. Another challenge that the safety profession in the United States faces is the limited options for continuing education at the Doctorate level. It has been my experience that businesses which struggle with achieving their desired safety results, do so as a result of not aligning their safety strategies with the larger business mission, vision, and strategies.\u00a0 At the business level, this means having an organizational structure designed to deliver on business and safety strategies to create long-term value.\u00a0 At the safety organization level, this means having safety professionals who see themselves as business partners rather than solely technical experts – meaning they are thinking about risk rather than only regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n 3) What is the best piece of advice you have received within your job over the years?<\/strong><\/p>\n The best piece of advice I have been given came about while on an overseas assignment in Asia.\u00a0 An Operations Executive, who spent much of his career working internationally told me, \u201cAs a safety professional you will know the solutions to problems, but that is not where your greatest value lies.\u00a0 Your greatest value will be in your ability to teach others<\/em> how to solve their problems.\u00a0 By doing this, you will be developing talent which allows the company to help change the culture.\u201d<\/p>\n 4) What is one key takeaway you hope our EHS audience leaves with after hearing your presentation on site? About Walt Disney World’s Park and Resort<\/strong> Bill Hilton is the Director of Safety Services for Walt Disney World\u2019s Parks and Resorts. In this role, Bill is responsible for leading a Safety […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":4132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-4128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","tag-interview"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\n2) As a safety leader, what do you feel businesses continue to get wrong when it comes to their Health and Safety strategy?<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nI hope the audience leaves with an understanding of the unique and diverse risk portfolio that safety professionals at Disney\u2019s Parks and Resorts manage.\u00a0 Unlike most environments found in more traditional industry settings, we are constantly challenged to help our partners deliver the Disney Magic\u2026safely.<\/p>\n
\nThe Walt Disney World\u00ae Resort features four theme parks \u2014 the Magic Kingdom\u00ae Park, Epcot\u00ae, Disney’s Hollywood Studios\u2122, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom\u00ae Theme Park. More than 20 resort hotels are on-site, offering several thousand rooms of themed accommodations. The nearly 40-square-miles of the Walt Disney World\u00ae Resort also feature two water parks, Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park and Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park; the Downtown Disney\u00ae Area, a daytime and nighttime shopping and entertainment complex; two full-service spas; and recreational facilities including championship golf courses and a 200-acre sports complex. Complete convention and banquet events, from conferences to weddings, are tailored for business and leisure groups. In addition, off-site vacation destinations include Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort and Disney’s Vero Beach Resort.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/focusnetwork.co\/ohsleaders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2018\/04\/Disney.jpg\")
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