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Why does safety culture matter? It’s more than just following protocols. It’s about people knowing when to step up. Do your employees feel confident enough to take action? Or do they hesitate, fearing they might overreact? 🤔 Here’s the truth: ↳ When people hesitate in unsafe situations, accidents happen. ↳ A strong safety culture can prevent this hesitation. ↳ Building trust and confidence is key. So, how can you overcome the fear of overreacting? ✔️ Train your team to recognize safety risks. ✔️ Make reporting issues easy and fast. ✔️ Encourage feedback and recognize great safety catches. Ready to build a safety culture where your team feels empowered to act? 💪 👉 Read our latest blog to learn how to tackle the bystander effect and put safety first! https://hubs.ly/Q02LLYbB0

Wanting to improve your safety culture and performance? Did you know that across thousands of businesses the average safety culture maturity is locked in at tier 3 on the safety culture maturity roadmap? In other words the majority of businesses are only really performing ok or slightly less than ok! Should we be concerned? Hell yes! Safety compliance only gets you so far. For a quantum leap in reducing workplace harm businesses need to focus on embedding safety culture into their DNA. We have clients who have increased their safety culture by 5% and reduced harm by 29%, by 30% and 34%, and 3% and 26% … all focused on improving safety culture and reducing harm in their business and in some cases their supply chains. The question is how? The answer is by understanding what and where their underlying safety culture gaps are and targeting time, money and energy on what and why, then tracking, monitoring and measuring leading and lagging. All very simple when you know how. For those serious about truly understanding what needs to be done to improve safety culture then a great weekend read from the Safe365 Insights Report. I promise you won’t be disappointed… click on the link below and have a read. Brooke van Velden David Seymour WorkSafe New Zealand WorkSafe Victoria SafeWork NSW NZISM (NZ Institute of Safety Management) Business Leaders' Health and Safety Forum Construction Health and Safety NZ (CHASNZ) Government Health and Safety Lead NZ Health and Safety Executive

86% of Safety Cultures are Negative! When things don't go according to plan, is it easier to take ownership and accountability for our actions, or to blame someone else and avoid responsibility? Due to our natural biases, if we don't take deliberate steps to design the culture we want, we end up with whatever evolves naturally—and it’s likely not what we had in mind. Our research shows that businesses that successfully shift from a negative to a positive safety culture do the following things well: 1) They have a clear and compelling safety mission and vision. 2) They invest time in building management’s commitment to safety and develop the capability to live the mission and vision. 3) They create conditions that encourage open safety communication within teams. 4) They promote safety responsibility through consultation and collaboration. 5) They listen to their teams' safety suggestions and inputs, which fosters strong support for safety initiatives. So, where do you start? Get the data! Knowing which levers to pull, and how, is crucial to moving towards a Positive Safety Culture. #sentis, #safetyleadership #safetyculture.

One of the most insightful aspects of this graph is that less than 2% of the safety culture elements in the Safe365 framework that measures safety culture demonstrates excellence!!! It shows that we still have some way to go to improve our safety culture performance. There are few organisations who score high on all safety culture elements. We know when we meet these exemplar organizations, who excel in the majority of our safety culture elements, their executives and management oooooze safety culture from top down. One in particular, a major construction business, scoring in the 90s on our safety culture index, meaning they are scoring extremely high on all safety culture elements, hasn’t had harm in the workplace for over 4 years! Let me repeat that … 4 years! One of the hallmarks of this particular business is the total engagement and commitment of their executive and their understanding of what great safety culture looks like and how to execute it in the business … they take it extremely seriously… understand their legal requirements, moral, ethical and commercial… duty of extreme care in effect. By comparison, one of the major systemic failures in businesses is the lack of understanding at C Suite level of what great safety culture looks like! This happens to be one of the worst scoring safety culture elements in the Safe365 data sets. See the link? High performing safety culture businesses, with great harm records, have executives who truly get safety culture and understand the link to safety harm and performance… the challenge is one of the poorest performing of the 85 safety culture elements in the Safe365 Insights Report is executive understanding of what great safety culture actually is! Again see the link? The question is … what can we do about that? Interested in your thoughts. Want to find out more have a read of our insights report… click on the link below. We have loved pulling this together and truly hope that the market and safety profession gets value from these insights ACC New Zealand WorkSafe New Zealand Business Leaders' Health and Safety Forum NZISM (NZ Institute of Safety Management) Health and Safety Executive WorkSafe Victoria SafeWork NSW Construction Health and Safety NZ (CHASNZ) Brooke van Velden David Seymour

Safety - especially in our line of work - is non-negotiable. Each day, we reflect on the care, trust and accountability we’ve built across our teams to ensure everyone returns home safely to their loved ones. Our Global Safety Day was not just an opportunity for us to remind our teams how important safety is, but to bring them all together and reiterate our procedures and protocols, which practically bring our beliefs into action. Through Gemba walks that allow us to observe our own practices, talks through our safety toolbox and retraining across a variety of practices, we are establishing safety beyond practice. We're embedding it as part of our culture. As we continue this journey, let us keep prioritising the well-being of one another, knowing that the lives we protect, matter the most. #DPWorldGlobalSafetyDay

A Safety Culture 🤔? Continued, Part II.   What is it, and how can it be expressed?   In my previous post (https://lnkd.in/dzvcJQCu) I reminded us of one of several foundations (defined by Dr. James Reason) for a good safety culture at an organization – "an informed culture."   This time, let's discuss another quality that should be practiced in a company that not only states, "We value safety," but also truly lives by its principles. This quality is – "a reporting culture" 🔊 🔔.   To elaborate: "A reporting culture is an organizational environment where managers and operational personnel (yes, YOU and ME 🤓) are encouraged to freely share information about errors, faults, near misses, potential hazards, and risks without fear of retributive actions." Seeing counter-examples of such safety culture in profit-driven corporations 💵🤑, can you say that you work in a place where you can freely report any potential risks and hazards impacting the safety of humans?   #safetyculture #jamesreason #reportingculture #takingsafetyseriously #safety

https://lnkd.in/eAxK5mWU - Launching this month...a new PROACTIVE approach to building an effective organizational safety culture. Don't just learn what to do WHEN something bad happens (we cover that, too)...learn how to better prevent it in the first place.

Safety culture is difficult to define, but you'll know if you have it. In simple terms, it means safety is understood and prioritized. Click the link below for seven common factors found in a true safety culture. >>> https://loom.ly/FKfudfM #SafetyTips #SafetyKnowledge #SafetySkills #WorkplaceSafety #SafetyTraining #ConstructionSafety

🔊 Join Daniel Snyder, Ed.D, CSP and explore new perspectives on safety culture with his workshop, "Debunking The Safety Culture Maturity Model" at our North America Congress 2024. This session challenges traditional beliefs about cultural maturity models, emphasizing the importance of organizational honesty in shaping safety culture. Daniel, backed by extensive research, introduces a ground-breaking maturity model designed not only to identify but also nurture organizations through various cultural development stages, elevating safety, learning, and overall performance. Key Discussion Points at this workshop: ▶ Redefining Cultural Maturity: Daniel redefines the stages of cultural maturity evolution, guiding organizations toward a healthier safety culture. ▶ Identifying Hollow Spots: Attendees learn to pinpoint gaps in their maturity evaluations, empowering them to take targeted actions for improvement. ▶ Treatment Plans for Transformative Change: Daniel explores diverse treatment plans for fostering transformative change in cultural maturity, enabling organizations to navigate growth and change with resilience. Daniel's workshop promises a dynamic and insightful experience, equipping attendees with practical tools and strategies to enhance safety culture within their organizations. 📍 Austin, Texas 📅 4th - 5th June 2024 Curious? Want to know more about why we’re committed to bringing the freshest minds and thinkers into our EHS community? Connect with Amy Łokuciejewska & schedule a call - https://lnkd.in/e7NX3Mu3 Paul Clark Katie Clark Joshua Smith Lucy Huckett #HSEGlobalSeries #HSE3point0 #NorthAmerica #SafetyCulture #HSE #CPD #LearningAndDevelopment

⚠️ New Schedule!! 🚨Struggling with Safety Compliance? 🚨 Accountability Issues Holding Your Team Back? It’s time to tackle these challenges head-on! Join our FREE webinar on ⏱️ September 5, 2024, at 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM Arizona time with our speaker Steven Tusa, CSP, ARM to learn how to build a Safety Culture of Accountability that transforms your organization. Why Attend? 🔴 Pain Point: Lack of leadership accountability leading to safety incidents. 🔵 Our Solution: Discover proven strategies to instill accountability at every level of your organization. 🔴 Pain Point: Difficulty in engaging employees in safety protocols. 🔵 Our Solution: Learn how to foster a proactive, safety-first mindset among your team. 🔴 Pain Point: High costs and disruptions due to safety violations. 🔵 Our Solution: Implement real-world techniques that reduce risks and improve compliance. What You’ll Get: ✅ Actionable insights from industry experts ✅ Real-world examples of successful safety cultures ✅ Tools to engage your team and drive safety performance 📌 Reserve Your Spot Now: https://lnkd.in/gpEWTmiB Take the first step towards a safer, more accountable workplace. 🌟 #SafetyCulture #AccountabilityInSafety #RiskManagement #WorkplaceSafety #LeadershipInSafety #SafetyLeadership #ProactiveSafety #SafetyWebinar #RiskMitigation #EmployeeEngagement #ConstructionSafety #ManufacturingSafety #CorporateSafety #SafetyTraining #WorkplaceRiskManagement