What Can You Do to Turn it Around…So That Every Person Goes Home Safe at the End of the Day?
Recognize Einstein’s Words of Wisdom: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.“
This means that a serious “retrospection” is needed. What happened right in 2017? What went wrong? Why? How do we make sure that injuries/incidents will not happen again? Where are we strong? Where are we missing the mark? Who’s supporting Safety? Who’s undermining Safety? How?
Look Deeper: Where are we at cross-purposes? What mixed signals are being given to the Organization? How is Leadership truly leading safety?
Look deeply at the processes you have in place that demonstrate authentic caring about your people and their safety. Here are some great examples…Are your first line supervisors asking these type of questions of their direct reports on a daily basis (individually, and team-wise) in order to manage risks, & engage people genuinely:
- What are the top 2 or 3 risks you face today in your work?
- How will you need to help (coworker) today (and vice-versa)?
- What are the standards you are using today for this job?
- What risks are you facing and how will you manage them today?
- How will you know you’ve…done a safe, quality job?
- What help do you think you might require today?
- What extra precautions are you taking?
- What did you learn today, in the course of your work, that you can share to help others on this team (gain competence and commitment to safety)?
- How did you do on a scale of 1 to 10 today? What surprised you?
- How can you share this new information to make tomorrow’s tasks be done more safely?
What is Essential to Know: The safety performance of any work team, work group, organization or company directly correlates to the Leadership of Safety…at all Levels of Leadership.
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