Safety award
programs create a forum for open communications in a positive manner and offer
excellent cross functional coaching opportunities! No other company planned communication event
will be more readily accepted than a program where the employee can receive
something tangible for their efforts. People will pay attention when they know
there’s something in it for them. That’s just human nature.
Good communications
within your award system are crucial.
Some keys to making the communications effective are:
Make sure
your safety incentive program is tailored to the realities of your company and
specific to your physical location.
Active and
involved commitment from the “top-down” and from the “bottom-up” is a
requirement not an option!
Communicate
with consistency and continuity. Make
the pledge to safety as “Our Way of Conducting Business” on a day-to-day basis throughout
the organization from the top down and it will become a reality from the bottom
up.
Communicate
your safety performance successes …share your lessons learned and celebrate those
individuals at all levels, who standout as safety models and safety leaders!
Make
sharing safety realities, performance, and outcomes a way of life and a way of thinking”
every day and at every opportunity to do so … weekly safety meetings, brown-bag
safety gatherings, union meetings, informal gatherings, on-site JSA gatherings,
etc. everyplace, everywhere, and every occasion with everyone!
Make a
commitment to take the time to listen and respond to one another about safety
issues.The most frequent complaint heard from individuals that experience the
dysfunction of organizations struggling with safety compliance, safety
performance, and safety outcomes is: “No one takes the time to listen to what
is really going on.” And … “If and when
they do, I rarely hear back from anyone who truly cares! Why should I bother?”
Make sure
you reward those small positive safety behaviors on a consistent basis so you
will change them into a habit. Use
rewards that are consistent with your message
For more
information on AwardSafety products or services or other white papers please
contact us at awardsafetyinfo@cox.net
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