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What is Critical Listening when Dealing with Risk?

December 7, 2024 by Gabrielle Carlton 26 Comments

What is Critical Listening when Dealing with Risk? I was walking on a worksite the other day and engaged in a conversation with a worker. I asked how he was going. He explained that he was extremely busy, needed to get something done quite urgently and his co-worker was off sick. This raised … [Read more...] about What is Critical Listening when Dealing with Risk?

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Gabrielle Carlton, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: critical listening, risk

Sammie’s Lament – A Powerless Purpose

July 25, 2024 by Gabrielle Carlton 7 Comments

Sammie’s Lament – A Powerless Purpose I spoke with Sammie the other day to get a sense of how things were going. I heard the all too familiar lament of, ‘no-one’s listened before why should I tell you my story now’? Sammie felt so despondent because she was frustrated, she was inundated with … [Read more...] about Sammie’s Lament – A Powerless Purpose

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Gabrielle Carlton, Safety Culture Tagged With: audit checklist, lament, powerless purpose

CARING ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY

July 25, 2023 by Gabrielle Carlton 2 Comments

I sat down with Rob Long earlier this week to have a chat about psychological safety. As with many discussions with Rob it ended up a mind mapping moment which we decided to capture on video and have shared below. The discussion in this video highlights what psychological safety is and is not. I … [Read more...] about CARING ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY

Filed Under: Psychological Health and Safety Tagged With: Psychological Safety

FEAR AND CONTROL – Dialogue in a technological society

July 24, 2023 by Gabrielle Carlton 1 Comment

I have a teenage son who is showing signs of a typical teenage boy of grunts and ‘dunno’ replies to everything. It’s challenging as a parent and even more so for someone who tackles the art of listening and conversation in training almost everyday! I sit down and despair just as other parents do … [Read more...] about FEAR AND CONTROL – Dialogue in a technological society

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Resilience Tagged With: control, fear

STOP ‘BREAKING’ PEOPLE! The notion of Psychological Safety

July 11, 2023 by Gabrielle Carlton 4 Comments

Last year I was supporting David at work. He came to me and asked to have a confidential conversation. It was any ordinary day but for David it was a day that his world imploded. He sat with me sobbing in despair and feeling hopeless and ‘broken’. David was not new to the realm of mental health. … [Read more...] about STOP ‘BREAKING’ PEOPLE! The notion of Psychological Safety

Filed Under: Psychological Health and Safety, Psychosocial Safety, Resilience Tagged With: social resilience

Learning to Learn Socially

July 7, 2023 by Gabrielle Carlton 7 Comments

“LEADERSHIP is TIME and a simple CUP OF COFFEE” Brian Darlington, Mondi I took a leap of faith 3 years ago and stepped away from my consulting business to immerse myself into being an employee. I wanted to be part of the machinations, to connect, to engage and grow with the people all working … [Read more...] about Learning to Learn Socially

Filed Under: Gabrielle Carlton, Psychological Health and Safety, Psychosocial Safety, Resilience Tagged With: learning

The Different Levels of Wrongness!

June 28, 2023 by Gabrielle Carlton 42 Comments

First published exactly 2 years and some current worldwide event reminded me of it. Anybody seen any Olympic style wrongness? No second chance for breaking a start early must be devastating? The Different Levels of Wrongness! Mahiedine Mehkissi-Benabbad thought he was winning a 3,000m steeplechase … [Read more...] about The Different Levels of Wrongness!

Filed Under: Gabrielle Carlton, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: control, rules and responsibilities, wrongness

Ethical Leadership is the Essence of Safety Leadership

June 28, 2023 by Gabrielle Carlton 27 Comments

Ethical Leadership is the Essence of Safety Leadership Guest post by Gabrielle Carlton See her other posts here Sometime in my past I worked in an executive role along side the CEO. I was his ‘right-hand- man’ because he wanted ‘safety’ and compliance at his fingertips at all times. This lead … [Read more...] about Ethical Leadership is the Essence of Safety Leadership

Filed Under: Gabrielle Carlton, Humble Inquiry, Safety Leadership Tagged With: ethical leadership, safety leadership

Process driven or People driven? What’s your Focus?

May 26, 2023 by Gabrielle Carlton Leave a Comment

Process driven or People driven? What’s your Focus? I had the privilege last weekend to be with a family grieving for one of their family members, Margaret, in ICU. I was sitting with them beside her as she fought for her life. At first I found myself being an observer. I sat back and took it all … [Read more...] about Process driven or People driven? What’s your Focus?

Filed Under: Gabrielle Carlton, Safety systems, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: automaticity, instinct, people, process, weick

What in the (Risk & Safety) World is Imagination?

May 11, 2023 by Gabrielle Carlton 7 Comments

"On a day like today, when there are very little clouds in the sky, and the grass is long, don't you think it would be a great day for some handstands in that long, long grass? Well, Jimmy did." (Toby CVB, 9 years old) Children don't lose sight of the ability to imagine possibilities. This … [Read more...] about What in the (Risk & Safety) World is Imagination?

Filed Under: Gabrielle Carlton, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: HRO, imagination, resilience, safety models, weick

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