There aren’t many things more intimidating to a front-line employee than the prospect of acting on stop-work authority by coaching the unsafe behavior of a fellow employee. If it’s done in a confrontational way, it could result in a conflict or even an altercation in some cases. On the other hand if it’s not done with confidence and leadership presence, it may just be ignored. [content_protector password=”coaching-unsafe” identifier=”coaching-unsafe”]
So, over the next few issues of Recordable Insights we’ll look at a non-confrontational, non-threatening coaching method that can be used by front-line employees to add substance to their stop-work authority and to start a conversation about on-the-spot unsafe behaviors that they may see. 
We call this coaching method “Have a S.E.A.T.” S.E.A.T. stands for:
“Stop the action”
“Engage the employee”
“get Agreement”
“Thank them”
We’ll take a look at each of these steps starting with our next issue. But that’s all for this edition of Recordable Insights. We’ll see you next time.
~ES
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