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Next Generation Safety Leadership

August 1, 2020 by Admin 7 Comments

Next Generation Safety Leadership – From Compliance to Care

New book by Clive Lloyd from gystconsulting.com.au  – available HERE

imageFrom the Foreword:

“Safety as an industry is in crisis. For reasons that escape me, Australia seems to be clinging to out-dated, culture-eroding, fear-driven ‘traditional’ safety models and theories that we just can’t seem to shake. We have trivialized what it means to ‘be safe,’ adopting punitive approaches to safety built upon weak foundations of words on paper, tick-and-flick exercises, PPE, and ‘catching someone doing something wrong.’ And the scary thing is that the majority of managers, people leaders, and even safety professionals I come across genuinely believe this approach is the right one.”
…And so begins the opening salvo from Tim D’Ath in the Foreword.

Next Generation Safety Leadership illustrates practical applications that bring theory to life through case studies and stories from the author’s years of experience in high-risk industries. The book provides safety leaders and their organisations with a compelling case for change. A key predictor of safety performance is trust, and its associated components of integrity, ability and benevolence (care). The next generation of safety leaders will take the profession forward by creating trust and psychological safety. The book provides safety leaders with actionable goals to enable positive change and translates academic languages into practical applications. It leaves the reader with a clear strategy to move forward in developing a safety plan and utilizes stories, humor, and case studies set in high-risk industries. Written primarily for the safety community and can be used to influence day to day safety operations in high-risk organisations.

Some Chapter Extracts:

On Zero Harm and other Platitudes – Chapter 2

Some common safety leadership philosophies, tools, and language can inadvertently reduce trust and impede safety culture development. One such example is the use of ‘zero harm’ goals. Binary safety goals are not supported by the research; in fact ‘zero’ programs have been found to be associated with increased occurrences of serious incidents and fatalities. Most employees view ‘zero harm’ as unrealistic and unachievable; hence the goal is likely to be regarded as a mere platitude, often resulting in cynicism and mistrust. When companies become overzealous about a ‘zero’ goal, they can become intolerant of incidents, and their people may become less inclined to speak up due to fear of reprisals and a lack of psychological safety. While often well intended, for all of the above reasons, a goal of ‘zero harm’ may (ironically) end up doing more harm than good.

BBS (AKA Behavioral Bull Sh#t!) – Chapter 3

Behavior based safety (BBS) is based on the underlying principles of behaviorism – a psychological approach that fell out of favor with most practicing psychologists decades ago – yet is still widely used in the mining, oil, and gas and construction sectors today. BBS relies heavily on a primitive stimulus–response approach that inadvertently promotes a parent–child hierarchy and often results in a ‘blame the worker’ mentality. A core tenet of behaviorism is positive reinforcement, and unfortunately, many organizations still employ the perilous BBS practice of providing ‘safety incentives’ for ‘good’ behaviors. However, as the author clearly illustrates in Chapter 3, incentives based on lag indicators can lead to under-reporting and catastrophic consequences. Through case studies and examples the author explains why BBS is not an approach that lends itself to creating the trust and psychological safety required for companies to move toward a more mature safety culture.

Mind Your Language! – Chapter 6

Language is powerful. As leaders, our words strongly influence the degree to which our people experience trust or fear. The use of parent–child language can diminish psychological safety within our teams and inhibit the flow of potentially vital information. In Chapter 6, the author illustrates how top-down, hierarchical language has permeated traditional safety processes and examines the negative impact that certain titles, phrases, and labels can have on how safety is perceived by the workforce. The author also provides examples of how authentic leaders have successfully implemented strategies to utilize more inclusive, adult–adult language that results in a more mature safety climate. As leaders, it is inevitable that, from time to time, we are required to have challenging conversations with team members. On such occasions, monitoring our own emotional state, owning our words, and inviting our people in can help us engage in difficult conversations without losing the trust of our people.

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Filed Under: Behaviour Based Safety, Psychological Health and Safety, Safety Books, Zero Harm Tagged With: clive lloyd, safety models

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  1. Rob Long says

    August 2, 2020 at 10:20 AM

    Hey Bernie, supervising a student who learned with you at VIOSH, speaks highly of your work. At least some want to learn and be challenged.

    Reply
  2. bernardcorden says

    August 2, 2020 at 9:35 AM

    People who know only safety do not know much about safety

    Reply
  3. Rob Long says

    August 2, 2020 at 8:38 AM

    Yes Clive, it’s so unfortunate. I left after 8 years of zero then the moment anyone questions sacred cows, taboos and shibboleths you will be demonised, Such is an industry that is founded on compliance not care and fear of difference and learning. So many of the essentials for professionalism are completely absent.
    I wish you well with the book, a much needed resource for those who wish to learn, improve, develop leadership and think critically.

    Reply
  4. Clive Lloyd says

    August 2, 2020 at 7:26 AM

    Many thanks Rob. I think you’re right about the AIHS 🙁

    Reply
  5. bernardcorden says

    August 1, 2020 at 2:17 PM

    A refreshing alternative from the relentless stream of turgid sludge and academic cowardice that is typically delivered by cohorts of histrionic narcissists and micturating bloggers in their real world of backscratching safety conferences and zoom webinars.

    Reply
  6. Rob Long says

    August 1, 2020 at 11:44 AM

    Well done Clive, looks like some great reading there, stuff I have been call out for years. Unfortunately for those who won’t read your book, you seem to be naming ingrained ideologies that have weighed down the sector for years but none of the Associations are prepared to tackle. who knows one day they may get professional and consider views outside of the purple circle. It’s why it is much better to be outside than inside. Inside there is no vision just fortress compliance and not a clue about creativity, innovation, questioning etc, just demonizing those who challenge and ask questions.
    So, I guess this book will go on the non-reading list for the NSCA and AIHS – afterall it will be deemed you are now an attacker of sacred cows and follower of taboos.

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    • Kevin Jones says

      August 9, 2020 at 12:53 PM

      You are aware of the conflicts I have had with the Safety Institute, less with its latest incarnation, and the NSCA has a shadow of its former self but I think it is time to park the bitterness. The OHS professional associations’ membership numbers have stayed fairly static for at least a decade and the OHS profession has broadened enormously through internet-based networks, online groups, social justice lobbyists and others.
      The OHS profession is much more than the professional associations, at least in Australia, and it is possible to be a professional professional without membership.
      Clive’s book, Safety Sucks! by Sam Goodman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-goodman-03a95391/) and Paper Safe by Greg Smith (https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Safe-Triumph-Bureaucracy-Management/dp/0987630008) are all critical of the safety establishment, but there is a chicken and egg situation here where OHS legislation and the safety engineers tussled for decades over the level of influence they had on business. That argy-bargy continues but stepping away from the tussles, the societal and economic role of OHS is much clearer and offers more opportunity for improvement.

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