#012 – The Basics of Employee Committees

Employee committees are an excellent way to engage employees in your safety program. So when employees are involved in safety, the results include higher morale, reduced turnover, increased productivity, and a lot more good stuff.

There are many ways to set up and organize an employee committee. And in this week’s show, we take a bird’s eye view and review the basics.

MORE THAN JUST ONE MEETING

Employee committees can be organized in several different ways.

• Traditional safety committee
• Department committees
• Project or topic-oriented
• Regulations related
• Combined structure – multiple committees with the chairperson of each reporting to a central committee.

EMPLOYEE COMMITTEES ARE YOUR LEADERS OF TOMORROW

Use your employee committees to develop your people. And not by managing them on purpose. Because I see many members get promotions. And this is a result of the skills they learned in the committee.

Take the time to train your members, and allow them to lead. And recognize them for their service.

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN

I have a few posts about employee committees, be sure to check them out.

• Stop Wasting Time on Your Deadbeat Safety Committee
• 8 Sure Fire Ways to Get Them on Your Safety Committee

Then leave a comment and tell me about your employee committee.  What is going well, and what are you struggling with?

Highlights From This Episode:

• How having an employee committee benefits the company
• The advantage of removing the word safety
• The different types of committees
• How to organize your committee
• Recognizing your committee members

Links Mentioned:

• Safety Committee Checklist
• 5 Surprising Ways to Make Employees Crazy for Safety