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FREE ebook – Guidance for the beginning OHS professional

November 12, 2016 by George Robotham 82 Comments

FREE 216 page ebook – “Guidance for the beginning OHS professional” – by the late Safety Legend George Robotham UPDATE: Over 10,000 copies already sent out and the positive feedback has been overwhelming – this encouraged George to write another 6 before he passed away suddenly and way too soon! … [Read more...] about FREE ebook – Guidance for the beginning OHS professional

Filed Under: George Robotham, Safety Books Tagged With: free copy, ohs, Safety Professional, safety professionals

Safety Myths and Misconceptions

July 27, 2016 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

Safety Myths & Misconceptions Republished in memory of the late George Robotham (see all of his articles here) and his mentor Geoff McDonald who also recently passed away (https://safetyrisk.net/vale-geoff-mcdonald/) Note:- Brisbane based OHS consultant, Geoff McDonald has considerably … [Read more...] about Safety Myths and Misconceptions

Filed Under: George Robotham, Human Error, Safety Leadership, Safety Myths Tagged With: leaders, litfr, ohs, safety myths

Making Sense of Risk and Safety–Interview with George Robotham

May 29, 2016 by George Robotham 11 Comments

Making Sense of Risk and Safety - An Interview with George Robotham by Dr Rob Long - April 2013 Dedicated to the life and work of the late George Robotham who passed away, on Sept 11th 2013. When Rob asked what mates would say at his Eulogy, George replies: I would like them to say I was a good … [Read more...] about Making Sense of Risk and Safety–Interview with George Robotham

Filed Under: George Robotham, Positive Safety Stuff, Robert Long Tagged With: interview, making sense, risk and safety

Winning The Hearts And Minds Of Workers In Relation To Safety

July 15, 2015 by George Robotham 3 Comments

Winning The Hearts And Minds Of Workers In Relation To Safety - Advice To Managers, Supervisors And Safety People Classic post by the late George Robotham  Image Source A manager in Nigeria, of all places, approached me to give some advice on getting the workers on side in safety. Rightly or … [Read more...] about Winning The Hearts And Minds Of Workers In Relation To Safety

Filed Under: George Robotham, Positive Safety Stuff, Safety Leadership, Safety Training Tagged With: Safety, safety culture, safety performance, safety training, winning hearts and minds

What It Takes To Be An Excellent OHS Professional

July 9, 2015 by George Robotham 11 Comments

What It Takes To Be An Excellent OHS Professional Classic post by the late George Robotham  Geoff McDonald Australian safety researcher Geoff McDonald has been my advisor/coach/mentor /guide in my safety career. Geoff McDonald has a system of classifying personal damage occurrences (“Accidents … [Read more...] about What It Takes To Be An Excellent OHS Professional

Filed Under: George Robotham, Humble Inquiry Tagged With: ohs professional, Safety, safety career, safety professional

Ageing workforce

June 17, 2015 by George Robotham 4 Comments

Ageing workforce Guest Post By the late George Robotham I am 58 and have worked in OHS for 38 years. I have had a variety of OHS roles and have a rich portfolio of OHS experience to fall back on. I am no expert and still have a lot to learn in the field, fortunately I am a lifelong learner and I … [Read more...] about Ageing workforce

Filed Under: George Robotham, Safety Clutter Tagged With: age discrimination, aging workforce, older workers, Young Workers

Critical Safety Reflection or thinking about stuff

May 23, 2015 by George Robotham Leave a Comment

Critical Safety Reflection or thinking about stuff By the late George Robotham  This brief article was prompted by an excellent paper in the Central Alberta Well Services Corporation, Safety Newsletter, Vol2, Issue 6 by Mark Sanborn, www.marksanborn.com  titled “Think like a leader and lead like a … [Read more...] about Critical Safety Reflection or thinking about stuff

Filed Under: critical thinking, George Robotham, Safety Leadership Tagged With: learning, safety reflection, safety slogan, Safety Talk, safety tips

Free EBook – Effective Safety Management Systems

May 15, 2015 by George Robotham 4 Comments

Free Ebook Effective Safety Management Systems Last in the Series By the late George Robotham - sadly George passed away suddenly in Sept 2013 - please enjoy his incredible legacy. George’s 7th (and last  Ebook) Effective Safety Management Systems Download The Ebook Here  See details of George’s … [Read more...] about Free EBook – Effective Safety Management Systems

Filed Under: George Robotham, Safety Books Tagged With: Free Safety Stuff, safety Ebooks, safety management system, safety management systems

Free EBook – Lessons I Have Learnt

May 6, 2015 by George Robotham 13 Comments

Lessons I Have Learnt about Management, Safety, Life and People It gives me great pleasure to offer the 4th Free EBook in the series by the late George Robotham. If you missed the first 3 they were: George’s first FREE EBook: Guidance for the beginning OHS professional George’s second FREE EBook: … [Read more...] about Free EBook – Lessons I Have Learnt

Filed Under: George Robotham, Safety Books, Safety Training Tagged With: Free Safety Stuff, lessons learned, safety Ebooks

Response to complaints

April 23, 2015 by George Robotham 2 Comments

A quick list of responses to a complaint which you may find useful. It was assembled, mostly in jest, by a little group of my esteemed recalcitrant colleagues, actually, mostly the late great George Robotham. Don't read on if you are easily offended. Happy for you to contribute your suggestions in … [Read more...] about Response to complaints

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, George Robotham Tagged With: Bullying, Change Management, complaints

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