Safety Culture Excellence

Greetings from Corvallis, Oregon. It is often said that the only thing constant is change. How you carry out the change will largely determine the success of the initiative. Many people call change successful when the project has ended and the change agent goes away or on to other things. Our belief is that you can not label it as successful, until it has demonstrated sustainable value. To get to that point one must realize that in change management, it is almost always 95% how you do it and 5% what you do. When first planning your approach we encourage you to consider that everyone in the organization will react differently to the change. Now this may seem obvious. The unfortunate fact is that what is called, “social and emotional intelligence” is hardly ever, taken into consideration. Now some would suggest that you develop an approach that takes every individual’s potential unique reaction into consideration. Theoretically I believe this was a good strategy when we had a lot more time and resources available to us. In today’s world, if it isn’t lean it isn’t going to work and if it doesn’t demonstrate quick wins it won’t last.  Based on both research and 15 years of application with over a thousand change engagements, we have found that for most companies, with some planning and the right amount of insight, you can categorize people into five major groups. This is what this week’s podcast is all about!

If you are listening to this file through streaming media and would like to download it for later use. All files and other ideas to help you bring positive improvement in your safety culture can be found at www.safetycultureexcellence.com or you can visit our consulting firm’s website at www.proactsafety.com

Thanks and have a great week!

Shawn Galloway

ProAct Safety

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