Greetings, this podcast recorded in Avon Lake, OH. “Most safety culture improvement initiatives either start at the top or the bottom of the organizational structure: executive coaching for senior managers or workforce teambuilding for the rank and file. Some experts believe that safety begins with leadership, others stress that worker behavior has the most impact on safety. Both approaches can achieve improvement. However, there are organizations with good reasons to delay these approaches and start safety improvement in the middle.” – Terry L. Mathis.
In the August 2009 edition of EHS Today, Terry Mathis, the Founder and CEO of our firm ProAct Safety, published an article that I would like to share with you today. If you would like to see the actual article, please visit EHS Today’s website at www.EHSToday.com or you can find it on our website at www.ProActSafety.com along with a lot of other free content to improve your safety focus.
Thanks and have a great week!
Shawn Galloway
ProAct Safety
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Greetings, this podcast recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana. For this week, Terry and I would like to share with you seven principles to consider, when providing training to adults. We will discuss some of the theories and some of the myths, what to ensure and what to avoid. If you would like a copy of a slide that represents the seven principles of Adult Learning please email us. The email address can be found at the end of the podcast.
Have a great week!
Shawn Galloway
ProAct Safety
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Greetings, recording and editing this week from The Woodlands, Texas. The topic this week comes from a subscriber who sent us the following message: “Our company is rolling out a campaign that says, There Are No Accidents! This is creating some disconnect between the union and management with a lot guys thinking that management is out of touch with safety issues. What are your thoughts on this? Do you believe this is true, that there are no accidents?”
This week Terry and I will respond to this question but let me first say that I believe that this message usually is well intended. There are some videos available on the internet that leverages this slogan. Typically the message is positioned to get people to see that all accidents have a prevention opportunity somewhere along the chain of events. The thought is that if you can focus everyone on seeing these prevention points we can often stop the chain of events from resulting in an unplanned outcome. It is often easy to utilize a saying to spread a message as it gives people something to associate their thoughts with. The danger is when posters are hung and slogans are haphazardly used without thoroughly and effectively communicating the message. On another note, please do not forget to visit www.proactsafety.com and click on events to find where we will be speaking at or the dates for one of our public workshops.
Have a great week!
Shawn Galloway
ProAct Safety
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Intro to Lean Behavior-Based Safety
Length: 60 Minutes
Host: Shawn Galloway, President & COO - ProAct Safety
Presenter: Terry Mathis, Founder & CEO - ProAct Safety
What You Will Learn:
- What is Lean BBS®? - Lean is not just less
- Why this approach has become the most successful in the industry
- What options are available for Behavior-Based Safety in today’s lean atmosphere
- How Lean Behavior-Based Safety works in logistically challenged organizations
- The typical results that a company should expect
- How to identify if your company is not ready for Behavior-Based Safety
- How to ensure success and trust with represented workforces (Labor Unions)
- Why customization is vital if sustainability is your goal.
- Existing processes - critical questions and easy to spot waste
- What it takes to ensure success of a Lean Behavior-Based Safety approach
Lean Behavior-Based Safety is based on the philosophy of achieving faster accident reductions with the minimum internal resources and external cost requirements, ultimately achieving a more sustainable internalized continuous improvement process.
Borrowing proven techniques from Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and experiences from over 1000 successful implementations, Lean Behavior-Based Safety has proven to be the most efficient and practical approach to an already effective theoretical process.
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Greetings from Indianapolis, Indiana. “Because of the reactive approach to measuring and managing safety prevalent in the world today, the true definition of safety success has been obscured. The surface definition of safety success on most safety professionals’ minds is simply a reduction in the failure rate. We have been so busy avoiding failure that we need to remind ourselves what success looks like. The word “success” tends to surface every time the accident rates go down, but does the lack of accidents really equate to safety success?” - Terry Mathis
In September’s edition of EHS today another of Terry’s articles was published. We received some great feedback from the article, including a request to record it here for the subscribers of Safety Culture Excellence. So the podcast this week is a reading of the recent article “What Does Safety Success Look Like? by Terry Mathis. It was published on the 1st of September, 2008 in EHS Today. The online article can be found at: http://ehstoday.com/safety/management/safety_success/index.html
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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Greetings from Colmar France, located in the beautiful region of Alsace. This week I will be concluding Terry’s thoughts on this topic by providing the final part of this four-part series. Terry Mathis will begin by discussing the need for a multidimensional approach to safety, rather than a single methodology or single science. He will also be weighing in on the need for rapid cycle success vs. just small improvements eventually recognized over time. Both are important however you are fighting an uphill battle trying to integrate safety into the fabric of organizational activities, if they are not targeting rapid success. As we have found to get to this point of sustainability, you have to recognize the difference in theory and practice. If it is not practical now, how long will it really last?
I hope you enjoyed this series, tune in next week for more topics!
If you would like to download this file, it can be found at www.safetycultureexcellence.com
Thanks and have a great week!
Shawn Galloway
ProAct Safety
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Posted in General, Behavior Based Safety, Safety Management, Safety Measurement, Safety Observations, Employee Involvement, Safety Communication, Organizational Safety Culture, Safety Training, Special Topics, Performance Management, Webinars on Oct 23rd, 2008 3 Comments »
Terry Mathis (Founder and CEO of ProAct Safety) lead an online webinar recently for Occupational Health & Safety titled “Building Your Bridge to Safety Culture Excellence” Is an excellent safety culture the chicken or the egg? How do you truly weave safety into the fabric of cultural activities? How do you integrate safety initiatives so they synergize rather than compete for resources? How do you ultimately build the bridge between your current results and true world-class excellence? “The last frontiers of safety excellence can only be crossed by organizations with mature and highly functioning safety cultures.” – Terry Mathis
This seminar explores the integration of cultural formation in the overall picture of safety excellence efforts. The webinar will provide actionable strategies gained from experience innovating safety excellence with more than 125 organizations and 900 global engagements. Learn how to define the tools, the processes, the timetables, and the range of options for creating a truly exceptional safety culture, which produces truly excellent safety results.
The webinar can now be found and played on demand by navigating here: http://ohsonline.com/Webcasts/2008/09/Proact.aspx
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Hello from South Wales! There are many things I love about working with global organizations to help them understand and improve their safety cultures, and reach and sustain a level of excellence. My favorite is the opportunity we are provided to take a multidimensional approach within many different industries. Because each engagement is unique the principles we apply will vary. Of all of the background sciences, one of my preferred fields has always been performance management. All you have to do, is perform a simple search and you will find that there are some fantastic books and information available. In the audio podcast this week, we thought we would share one of our simple models that you will find is easy to understand and most importantly, easy to repeat.
Have a safe week everyone! Visit http://www.safetycultureexcellence.com for the audio file. Have a great week! – Shawn Galloway, ProAct Safety
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Hello from Barnsley a great area located in South Yorkshire, England.
At a recent event a client and a good friend to the firm who is located in beautiful central Washington, asked that we deliver a podcast on a popular topic, that is often a part of our safety culture training materials. The audio podcast this week is a recording of a conversation between Terry Mathis and me discussing the anatomy of change, which as you will hear is essentially the way our body and brain reacts to change and most importantly what triggers and minimizes resistance to change. As you are planning your efforts to improve your safety culture and strive towards excellence, we hope these ideas will come in handy!
Visit www.safetycultureexcellence.com for the audio file. Have a safe week! – Shawn Galloway, ProAct Safety
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Posted in General, Behavior Based Safety, Safety Management, Safety Measurement, Safety Observations, Employee Involvement, Safety Communication, Organizational Safety Culture, Safety Training, Performance Management, Webinars on Sep 11th, 2008 No Comments »
Terry Mathis (Founder and CEO of ProAct Safety) lead an online webinar recently for Occupational Hazards titled “Is Safety About Achieving Success or Avoiding Failure?” We have defined safety for so long as the lack of accidents that we are beginning to lose sight of the objective. When accidents go away for a while is it because of safety success or is it simply luck or normal variation? This free webinar explores what safety might look like rather than simply the lack of accidents. Learn the ten signs that safety is at work in your organization and how to tell if the accidents are responding to your efforts or other forces.
The webinar can now be found and played on demand by navigating here: http://ehstoday.com/webinars/#safety
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