Start With the End In Mind

If you start with the end in mind, it is much easier to develop your plan

Driving your Safety Program to World Class!

Leadership is the ability of a single individual, through their actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement ~author unknown

Are you a Leader? Do you have the Enthusiasm it takes to motivate others? How can you motivate employees to follow you? How can you measure your success? How can you recognize and reward those who step up? How can you recognize and reward those who exceed your expectations?

If you are a Leader, start with the end in mind, then develop a plan to get there and check it all the way to ensure you are getting where you want to go!

• The Annual Goals, Objectives & Action Plan ~ should reflect activities that will Improve your Safety Performance (TRC/DART Injury rates). The Goals/Objectives must reflect Responsibility & Accountability & Measurements!! If you do not put much effort into it, you won't get much in the way of results either! If you develop safety activities to identify and correct hazards, conduct regular inspections and toolbox safety talks to keep safety at the forefront of everyone's mind, then you will engage employees and start meeting your Goals and Objectives.
• People will go above and beyond expectations to be recognized for their efforts ~ The Safety Recognition must be linked to achieving the Annual Goals and Objectives. If you do what you've always done, you will get what you've always gotten. Don't link the recognition to injuries, people may fail to report those minor injuries which will end up being major injuries because you didn't know about them and did nothing to fix the problems. Link the recognition to what you are doing (safety activities like inspections, observations, toolbox safety talks, stepping up and taking initiative without being told to do something), not to what isn't happening.
• Participation + Recognition=Motivation to Excel ~ Managers & Supervisor must motivate everyone to participate in S&H activities! Enthusiasm is contagious! Leadership is the ability of a single individual, through their actions to motivate others to a higher level of achievement! Recognition motivates people to do better and to exceed your expectation.
• People don’t do what you EXPECT, they do what you INSPECT ~ Inspections should be done in EVERY area at least EVERY week-Identifying and correcting hazards will reduce or eliminate potential for an employee to have an injury.  If you are not finding hazards, you aren't looking very hard!  EMPOWER your employees to "take action now"
• What gets measured gets done. What gets' recognized gets done well! ~ If you do not measure what you are doing to meet your goals, you will not know if you are improving or getting worse. Immediate recognition gets immediate results!!
• Bring a problem and a solution ~ Employees are encouraged to report hazards or near miss incidents so we can investigate and reduce potential for more serious injuries But with a twist-"bring your ideas for solutions too".

If you would like to know more about motivating your employees to become engaged in helping you to achieve the safety Goals and Objectives, give me a call
 

Author: Deborah Grow, Safety Specialist

Private Safety Consultant, assistant Damon Fall Protection and Coordinator EHS Network ~ Kansas.  Extensive safety experience in General Industry, Construction, D.O.T. Compliance, and OSHA consultation project.  Contact Deborah if you would like to schedule a consultation

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