Reasons Why Saying “Good Job” is NOT Safety Coaching
Let me ask you, is this good safety coaching? You’re walking through the factory floor on...
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Category: Psychology of Safety
Psychology of Safety Articles
Managing Occupational safety requires knowing the psychology of safety risk. Besides knowing the regulations. Often, the psychology aspect is more important.
You need to understand the basics of human behaviors, habit formation, and motivation. These skills will help you when implementing your safety programs. You can't get to zero incidents without it.
Learn How to Build Employee Relationships Through Recognition
Creating a culture where safety is a core value begins with having positive relationships with both your management team and employees. Employee relationships can be improved through recognition. We’re not just talking about incentives here, even simple recognition can have a positive effect on safety.
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How to Conquer Building Safety Culture with Mini Coaching Sessions
I did an audit at a warehouse facility a few years back, it was a small facility with no safety...
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How to Conduct a Communication Style Assessment
Over the next few posts, we are going to be discussing coaching, assessing, and observing; the...
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#023 – How to Make (and Keep) Your 2020 Safety Goals
Happy New Year! I love setting goals and action planning and today we are talking about New Year’s...
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#013 – How to Shift Expectations and Achieve Safety Excellence
Often our expectations are set way too low. Do you ever feel like you can’t get your employees to...
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#011 – Operant & Conditioned Adult Learning Principles as Used in Safety
You know how I geek out over psychology just as much as I do safety. One of the most interesting...
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#009 – 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Create a Safety Culture
Building a safety culture is not something that you wait to do until your management team is on...
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#007 – Broken Window Theory Applied to Safety
The Broken Window Theory is a criminological theory that was created by James Wilson and George...
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#004 – Simple Tweaks You Need to Know Before Talking to Management
There are many situations where we, as Safety Managers, have to talk to management. Talking to...
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BBS is Simpler Than You Think – Here’s How
Previously we discussed operant learning in safety and how it is the basis of what is commonly...
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