Driving Culture Change
Do you create a positive safety culture or do you create a negative safety culture?
POSITIVE SAFETY CULTURE · Communication is open at all levels and feedback is seen as vital to improving safety processes. · Individuals at all levels focus on what can be done to prevent injuries or illnesses and correcting hazards. · There is a commitment to safety regardless of all other concerns in the business. · People and their well being are valued. The focus is on protecting people, not the bottom line. · All personnel, especially senior managers, demonstrate their commitment to safety by following all safety processes and procedures, just as they instruct their employees to do.
NEGATIVE SAFETY CULTURE · Communication is not open at all levels; employees do not openly communicate with upper management. · Safety rules are used to discipline employees. Or worse yet: Employees who report problems get in trouble. · Management may not follow safety rules (for example, not wearing hearing protection or other PPE as they are supposed to). · Production demands require less focus on safety. · Management’s concern is not for the well being of the employees, but rather for a good safety record.
It is up to managers to lead. Good leaders don’t just create followers, they create more leaders
Leaders must in the work being done. Don’t just give your employees marching orders and say “Go do it”. . Make sure the work is getting done the way it should.
Leaders must encourage and recognize the participation and the accomplishments of their employees. Give credit where credit is due.
Leaders promote honest and open communications without the fear of retribution.
Leaders must train and coach their employees and monitor their work so they can help the employee when needed. Invest in training your employees and you will reap the benefits of better work and more productivity.
Leaders must provide employees with the resources they require and the freedom they need to get the job done. Employees then must be held accountable and responsible because they have no excuses.
DRIVING A CULTURE CHANGE is ongoing process
What gets gets recognized gets done well!!
Recognition is an important part of motivating employees to follow the Leader and is intended to encourage employees to STEP UP for Safety and to reinforce the safe behaviors we want and need to be repeated again and again
Please FOLLOW US and like/share our posts to help us spread the word about this amazing app, "compliance ready"
Comments