Kevin Burns Blog

Your team was doing great in safety and then suddenly, it wasn’t. You’ve been watching the incident numbers inch up over a few months and you are concerned that something bigger is going to happen. You know you need to deal with it before it gets worse. But you don’t know where to start.

And you’re not even sure what the plan is or whether you even have the time needed to fix it. Complacency is the biggest concern of safety professionals and senior managers.

Front-line supervisors who find themselves thrust into the position without a lot of tools to get started can benefit greatly from our program, PeopleWork Supervisor.

If you have been trying to help your team buy-in to safety but are having trouble getting the result you’d like, you may be focused on the wrong thing. In this week’s post, a three-step plan to improve the level of buy-in to the safety program.

One of the questions I’m asked most often is “How do we motivate employees to be enthusiastic about safety?”

How many of your safety meetings are focused on benefits of safety instead of being focused on rules? Let’s look at some of the benefits of safety.

What would it take for your team to perform better in all things including safety? And are you the person who can get them there?

What really is your role as a supervisor, a manager or even a front-line safety person? Knowing that role and accepting it can dramatically increase your effectiveness, help to overcome complacency and build teams who care about each other.

How did you get to where you are? And who were the people who you depended on to help? The answers to those questions can help you become a better safety leader.

If you want better participation and engagement at safety meetings, then there are four things you should be talking about at your meetings. Are you talking about them yet?

Concerned about complacency? Careful. Complacency may not be the problem. Find out if it is the problem at your workplace.