COURSE DESCRIPTION: Managers and safety professionals are continually looking for ways to “win over” and motivate employees for safety. Lacking an understanding of all the factors that influence worker behavior, many leaders grow frustrated when traditional motivation methods (talks, lectures, posters) fail.
In these organizations, even the best and brightest workers may to not take safety seriously.
The emergence of employee-driven safety initiatives has helped many organizations achieve broader engagement in safety, and broader recognition of risk. By itself, however, this method cannot completely maintain motivation and create a truly “injury-free” culture. Effective safety enabling systems are necessary, but not sufficient, for sustainable motivation. Our experience has shown us that the quality of leadership in an organization is a determining factor in employee motivation. Employees “take” safety seriously to the extent that they perceive it is a priority with the organization.
This talk addresses the organizational characteristics essential for creating true motivation and the leadership practices that make an injury-free culture possible.
In this session, attendees will learn:
- The underlying factors that affect safety motivation.
- How leadership behaviors shape workers’ perceptions of safety’s importance.
- Why some methods of motivation can backfire.
- Essential elements for getting everyone, from shopfloor on up, to “take safety seriously”.
- How leaders set the tone for what is important – and what isn’t.
- How to motivate workers for safety excellence.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Jim Spigener is a vice president for BST, a consulting firm specializing in comprehensive safety solutions. Jim has helped hundreds of companies implement successful change initiatives in the fields of safety, quality, and leadership development. A dynamic speaker, Jim has presented at hundreds of national and international conferences and has published several articles on performance improvement.
A former steward of the OCAW labor union (now PACE), Jim’s experience on both the shop floor and in the management office gives him a unique perspective on organizational dynamics and an uncanny ability to motivate an audience to see new points of view.
MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE: We’re so confident you’ll get what you want out of this conference that we’ll refund your full fee if you’re not satisfied. It’s risk-free
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