Stanford University psychologist
Carol Dweck, in
decades of research on achievement and success, showed your attitude is a
better predictor of your success than your IQ.
She found that people’s core attitudes fall into two categories; fixed
mindset or growth mindset. With a fixed
mindset you believe you are who you are and cannot change. With a growth mindset you believe you believe
you can improve with effort.
We
believe that almost all workers have a growth mindset when it comes to safety
and believe that they can improve in that effort. Can then attitude be taught? Can you change attitudes? Can you improve attitudes? Of course, it all
starts with communications. Here is an article on communications within safety awards efforts that might be of interest.
Once
you have developed and implemented a communications plan, here are some other
steps you might want to consider to build a positive safety attitude in your
organization:
· Utilize different
methods of communications with regular updates on safety performance
· Encourage safety suggestions that
continuously and consistently drive the number, quality and implementation of
suggestions.
· Consider small rewards
to employees who bring hazardous conditions to your attention and assist in
correcting them
· As safety training is paramount,
consider closing the behavioral loop by measuring the effectiveness of your
training and rewarding employees for improved performance based on that
training.
· Along with recognizing employees for
ongoing safe behavior, use small tangible awards for maintaining safe behaviors
and eliminating unsafe behaviors.
· Get your management involved. This
may seem straightforward but it’s often the most difficult to do. Give them something to do and keep them in
front of the employees often to show support.
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