Enough Said?

If you care about safety, seeing someone acting in an unsafe way likely comes with some degree of disappointment at best. Often times, especially for those that might be subject to the consequences of that unsafe behavior, frustration and anger would be the more likely response. 

Rightfully so. 

When it comes time to say something, either as an intervention or an after the fact discussion, doing that well under those circumstances can be brutally tough. And an angry intervention is likely to do more harm than good.

When you know that to be the case, having a strategy helps ensure that doesn’t happen. 

As to what a successful strategy looks like, the first step is to remember what matters most:

• The first being that no one got hurt, assuming that to be the case.
• The second being that no one gets hurt in the future. 

With that in mind, even when emotions are running high, you’re likely to respond better. And often times a few words simply recognizing what happened are more than enough to affect change. 

Balmert Consulting
November 2025