Safety Masterclass Series Shines a Spotlight on Leaders’ Role in Driving a Positive Safety Culture
When it comes to safety, it’s no secret that what you don’t know can hurt you. That’s why in 2019 Sentis lifted the lid on underreporting and equipped leaders with the knowledge, skills and strategies to drive a culture of learning and improvement with our masterclass series. More than 230 safety managers across industry registered […]
Understanding Safety Culture Maturity
Safety Culture Investing in your safety environment and practices is important to achieving safety compliance. In fact, it’s absolutely necessary. But when it comes to investing in your safety culture, this will only take you so far. To truly shift your safety culture, you must invest in your people. You may genuinely believe that you […]
Coaching for Safety Excellence
Many safety leaders dream of a workplace where individuals are willing to go above and beyond the base expectation to achieve exemplary safe work performance. But how do we make that dream a reality when so many of us are struggling just to gain compliance with safety policies and procedures? Research at Sentis has revealed that 86% […]
Expanding our Global Safety Footprint: Introducting W Cubed Consulting, our Newest Official Safety Partner
Since our inception in 2003, our team at Sentis has had one simple mission—to change the lives of organisations and individuals for the better, every single day, through the development of healthy and empowered workplace cultures. Over the last 16 years, that mission has led to us empowering more than 300 companies and 160,000 individuals […]
Be a Safety Champion: It’s Time To Speak Up For Safety In The Mining Industry
As we roll into National Safe Work Month, we’re shining the spotlight once again on the ever-growing importance of workplace safety. This October, we’re being asked to speak up for safety with the theme of the year centred around the notion of being a ‘safety champion’. Given the major issues facing safety in the mining industry, […]
Challenging Safety Conversations: The Most Important Things to Say Aren’t Always the Easiest
As humans, we’re generally a socially conscious species. We try to avoid negative situations, smooth over uncomfortable interactions and generally try to get along with others in social situations. The problem is that when it comes to our safety efforts, this deeply rooted notion of “playing nice” can backfire and hold us back on our […]
When Safety Performance Starts Falling Behind: Warning Signs that You’ve Hit a Safety Plateau
Imagine this. You’re a safety leader for a large operational site. There’s been a series of incidents and the executive team is under pressure to make a change to improve safety performance, fast. The series of events that follow look a little bit like this: First, you focus on the physical environment, reducing riskby investing […]
The Trust Equation: 4 Ways to Build Trust for Effective Safety Leadership
When thinking about how to develop a strong safety culture, it’ll come as no surprise that it’s heavily reliant on the relationships between your workers and your leaders. Even if leaders are actively striving to promote safe behaviours, one aspect of effective safety leadership is often overlooked—the importance of building trust. Unlike more tangible efforts […]
You Can Only Improve What You Can Measure: Why Not All Safety Culture Assessments Are Equal
When trying to improve your organisation’s safety results, the first step is to gain a strong understanding of the current state of your workplace safety by assessing your existing safety climate and culture. That’s because trying to improve your organisation’s safety results without a clear understanding of the current state of your safety culture is […]
