There is no better way to start out the New Year than to be invited to CNN. I had the pleasure of sharing some tips for kick starting your career for the New Year. Whether you are looking for advancement or still seeking employment in this difficult business climate, I hope this CNN video offers you some ideas for making the most of your career and finding the positives in your work environment.
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How to Kick Start Your Career
Improving Post-Accident Behavior
Predictability is one word you could use to describe an organizations reaction after an accident. It is quite common for organizations to jump to some kind of response after an incident or accident has occurred. But do they always do the right thing? In the latest video blog, Dr. Judy Agnew examines what typically occurs in the aftermath of an accident and why organizations should turn instead to more proactive measures of safety to better avoid the potential for future problems.
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The Key to Understanding At Risk Behavior
Drs. Judy Agnew and Aubrey Daniels tackle the issue of reporting and acting on unsafe behavior in this latest video blog. Watch as they discuss why management must not only listen but act, publicly, to remediate unsafe working conditions. In the end, organizations will benefit from improved trust between employees and leadership.
Discipline and Safety: what you need to know before you act
While discipline is important under the right conditions, it can also be overused and misused. In this video blog, Dr. Judy Agnew describes the potential problems discipline can cause if not used properly and the side effects that may result. She also discusses why organizations shouldn’t jump to conclusions and what they should do first instead.
Incident Investigation: Using Science to Develop Safe Working Habits
Understanding human behavior scientifically is critical in safety, particularly when it comes to investigating when something has gone wrong. In this video blog, Dr. Judy Agnew and Dr. Aubrey Daniels explain how a scientific approach can lead to a safer workplace and why consequences are the most important thing in determining whether or not someone will do something again.
Why Incentives and Safety Don’t Mix!
In our latest video blog, Dr. Judy Agnew and Dr. Aubrey Daniels challenge commonly used safety incentives. Who doesn’t like a good challenge or contest, right? True, but safety incentives, by their very nature and design, are set up to reward an outcome that can come at any cost. Find out why, even with the best of intentions, organizations can put themselves at risk for unsafe behavior by using safety incentives.
Lagging Indicators: Don’t get caught focusing on the wrong safety measures
Yesterday, the Federal Government filed its final report on what caused the 2010 Gulf oil spill. It’s no surprise that there are number of factors that contributed to this disaster. One of which is sure to be a reliance on lagging indicators as a measure of safety.
In this latest video blog, Dr. Judy Agnew explains why a reactive approach to safety, such as relying on lagging indicators, fails to identify what can be done to prevent accidents in the first place, and what organizations should focus on instead.
Safe For What? Why most of us are focusing on the wrong things when it comes to safety
Who doesn’t want to be safe? But, more times than not, organizations focus on safety for safety-sake instead of as the gateway to quality, cost and production. In this latest video blog, Dr. Aubrey Daniels shares a broader discussion on safety in the workplace and the benefits of using a scientifically based approach to gather and track data. Learn why the data of safety is behavior and how matrices can help you identify the right behaviors and get them to habit strength.
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Creating a safe physical environment: Don’t look to the frontline
While it may seem logical to think that frontline employees are responsible for creating a safe working environment, they are not the ones who have control over budgets or resources. In this latest vblog, Dr. Judy Agnew, co-author of Safe By Accident?, discusses who is in charge of ensuring a safe physical environment and why organizations typically fall short in doing so.
For more on the topic of workplace safety, visit our many safety related articles on www.pmezine.com.
Do Relationships Matter in Safety?
When it comes to safety, organizations need more than just compliance; they need people to follow the rules all the time, even when no one is watching. In this short video segment, Dr. Judy Agnew discusses why relationships are important and what it takes to build a strong safety culture. This video also explains why discretionary effort and trust are key to ensuring employees engage in safe behaviors around the clock.
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