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Management of Change

March 6, 2014 by Admin 1 Comment

Management of Change This photo was just sent in by a reader with the caption “it does make you ponder Management of Change and the thought process (if any) before the task started”. I have no idea where it was taken or what the structure is supporting. Anyone seen any similar examples. I was … [Read more...] about Management of Change

Filed Under: Safety Leadership, Safety Management Plan Tagged With: management of change, Safety Communication

7 Reasons why Your Safety Communication gets Ignored

March 3, 2014 by Admin 2 Comments

7 Reasons why Your Safety Communication gets Ignored Guest Post by Marie-Claire Ross Your workforce will give you less than one minute to convince them to work safely. Do you know what to say, or write, in those first 60 seconds? Employees quickly tune out when they hear bland, irrelevant … [Read more...] about 7 Reasons why Your Safety Communication gets Ignored

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: safety communication, Safety Communication

Dumb Ways to Love and Die

February 15, 2014 by Admin 3 Comments

Dumb Ways to Love and Die Happy Bloody Valentines Day! – Latest sequel from Metro Rail – They missed Xmas but what are they going to do at Easter? Was that a dumb way to die as well? From ADWEEK: Fifteen months and 71 million YouTube views after its storied premiere, McCann Melbourne's "Dumb … [Read more...] about Dumb Ways to Love and Die

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: die, dumb ways, love, Safety Campaign, Safety Communication

Safety Humour Paradise by the Dashboard Light?

February 2, 2014 by Admin 2 Comments

Safety Humour - Paradise by the Dashboard Light? Who says safety people aren’t funny bastards!!! Bit of a debate raging on a safety forum right now about whether accidents are truly preventable. Lots of intellectual articulation, emotion and testosterone fuelled debate and all great stuff! Most … [Read more...] about Safety Humour Paradise by the Dashboard Light?

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: accidents preventable, Safety Communication, Safety Humour, safety humour

Safety Communications are Not Always Safe

October 1, 2013 by Admin 6 Comments

Safety Communications – Not Always Safe Lean management and technological innovations have changed the way the workforce communicates. Employers that keep their employee safety risks at acceptable levels also need to evaluate communications, training and administrative techniques to ensure they are … [Read more...] about Safety Communications are Not Always Safe

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: Safety Communication, safety communication, Safety Culture, Safety Policy, safety programs

Let people think for themselves

September 21, 2013 by Admin Leave a Comment

Let people think for themselves It was very interesting and expected but just a little sad to see some of the responses to two of our recent posts: You Don’t Believe in Common Sense? and What is safety. It seems that many Safety Professionals see it as their role or, in fact, god given right to … [Read more...] about Let people think for themselves

Filed Under: Safety Leadership Tagged With: common sense, Safety, Safety Communication, safety questions

Safety Interventions

August 31, 2013 by Admin 1 Comment

Safety Interventions "The pro-active supervisor observes for signs of substandard behaviour, and corrects it before it has a chance to cause an incident by performing an intervention.  Sometimes you just need to nudge them back on track." ~John Wettstein Safety Selections (Motivational Quotes … [Read more...] about Safety Interventions

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: Safety Communication, Safety Culture, safety interventions

Management Walk Arounds

July 9, 2013 by Admin 3 Comments

Great paper about how a critical management activity can have a big impact on safety. Huge thanks to Kylee Grubb for sending this in   Management Walk - Arounds: Lessons from the Gulf of Mexico Oil Well Blowout Paper by Professor Andrew Hopkins, Australian National University (contact … [Read more...] about Management Walk Arounds

Filed Under: Safety Leadership Tagged With: deepwater horizon, managment walk throughs, Safety Communication

Listen, monitor, review and provide feedback

July 5, 2013 by Admin Leave a Comment

Listen, monitor, review and provide feedback Another great article by Joe Moore Four behaviours form the cycle of conversations to have with teams to build performance. Build the habit of using the cycle of these four behaviours frequently.  Using this cycle of leadership behaviours lets … [Read more...] about Listen, monitor, review and provide feedback

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: feedback, listen, monitor, review, Safety Communication

Some people need a good listening to

July 2, 2013 by Admin Leave a Comment

Some people need a good listening to Latest article on the Joe Moore Blog: Getting along with others is about getting a reputation as amicable, welcoming and available – being recognised as a respectful professional. Getting along with others does not mean saying “yes” to everything, … [Read more...] about Some people need a good listening to

Filed Under: Workplace Safety Tagged With: listening, relationships, Safety Blogs, Safety Communication

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