Are You Communicating Safety (or just talking)?

If we’re honest with ourselves, most of us will probably admit that our efforts around communicating safety are compliance oriented. We do it because we’re bound by a policy or an organizational expectation to do it. There’s nothing particularly exciting or inspiring about it. It’s become a monotonous checklist that we complete and file away, and we’re glad when it’s over with (and so are they). [content_protector password=”communicate” identifier=”communicate”]

But what if instead our safety meetings were engaging? How would it be if participants fully participated and you actually accomplished the purpose of a safety meeting by raising their safety awareness? Listen in while we explain one way you can make your safety meetings more effective and meaningful.

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About the Author

Eric Svendsen
Eric Svendsen, Ph.D., is Principal and lead change agent for safetyBUILT-IN, a safety-leadership learning and development organization. He has over 20 years experience in creating and executing outcomes-based leadership development and culture change initiatives aligned to organizational goals, and he personally led the safety-culture initiatives of a number of client organizations that resulted in “best ever safety performance” years for those companies.