Motivational Safety Materials
The seven C's of being all we can be as safety professionals.
 Compassionate Confident Collaborative Contemplative Civil Curious, and CourageousLet us remember WHY we became safety professionals AND, more importantly, putting those we have the privilege to protect # 1 in our efforts.
Source: 7 C's of Compassionate Leaders (Forbes)
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Never forget that management is intended to drive the "safety vehicle." We are just the GPS navigation helping plot the course and stay on course.
Safety may be a skill that can be acquired over the years, but it is FIRST a PASSION to serve others that burns inside us. A PASSION dedicated to the men and women we are given the PRIVILEGE TO PROTECT. The men and women who do the dirty and dangerous work. Safety is ALL about them, their families, and their loved ones. We carry a tremendous responsibility in society, one that is also an honorable profession. A profession that is oftentimes never fully appreciated until that tragic day arrives, and then all eyes are upon us. Be strong, dedicated, and morally and ethically driven always to do what is in the best interest of those we have the PRIVLEDGE TO PROTECT. May your God shed his blessings on each one of you for all you do each and every day to make those around us live free from workplace injury/illness.
I have seen some toxic workplaces. Lessons learned: When things go bad, good people leave, eventually followed by people who thought they could change things but got buried because too many good people left. Those left are toxic people or hostages to their job (usually by their years of service and how much $ they would lose if they left). The good people are your canary.
Yesterday, my post regarding the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) stirred a lot of private comments among many of you. It was nice to see we can at least agree on our roles as safety pros and leaders. But I was reminded of a group discussion with many of those same safety pros years ago when Computer Based Training (CBT) was all the rage (and still is in many organizations). Many of us have a different name for the CBT acronym... Check the Box Training. I have seen CBT delivered in the field on computers that do not have a sound card on the computers the workers have access to, and there were no captions provided. This means the workers could not hear or even read the content, and they just saw the stills or video clips on the screen. This delivery issue was brought to management's attention a couple of years prior, and nothing was done to correct it; however, the workers were still reminded of their monthly CBT requirements, the time they spent logged in to the training was monitored, and they received full credit for the training. And yes, management even would brag about the number of hours spent on their safety training! 99% of which was delivered with no sound or captions!
I have used CBT from time to time on topics such as the annual HAZCOM refresher - NEVER as the initial HAZCOM training, though. But let's be real about this...
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