Timothy
Ludwig, Ph.D., the commissioner
for Behavioral Safety Accreditation at the non-profit Cambridge Center for
Behavioral Studies noted that…
“Behavior is motivated by the consequences
it produces especially when that consequence happens right after the behavior
with high certainty. Thus, the most effective tools are those that deliver
reinforcement to the worker immediately after the safe behavior.”
We
would argue that your best safety tool is not the positive reinforcement but those
who do the reinforcing, your front line supervisory management. Without them, you wouldn’t have anyone to
reinforce those positive safe behaviors when they happen. The daily monitoring, encouragement, promotion,
training, measure and feedback provided to your employees are critical to the
success of any safety program. If your
front line supervisory personnel don’t support any of these efforts your programs
won’t be as successful as you want them to be.
When
you design your safety award system, don’t forget to include your front line
management and provide part of your budget to award them as well. Their inclusion can guarantee the program
success.
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