There are requirements to cover in safety meetings. They require a balanced approach. Engagement and safety have to work together. No one has ever complained that the safety meeting was too short. In fact, cheers go up when the safety meeting somehow magically ends early. Safety meetings are the only legally required meetings of an organization besides the shareholders’ Annual General Meetings. But nowhere in the OH&S Act does it require safety meetings to be dull, dry, boring or long. This article addresses longer format meetings like safety days, stand-downs, or any other multi-hour safety event. Safety meetings can either be effective or confusing. Yes, there are requirements to cover in the safety meeting but it has to be a balanced approach. Engagement and safety have to work together. Here are three ways that you can shorten the length of the safety meeting and still be more effective at engaging your people:


