Safety Onboarding and Induction: What’s Said vs What’s Done
UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF ORGANISATIONAL SAFETY CULTURE When it comes to safety on boarding and induction, it’s easy to pinpoint initiatives like compliance training and familiarisation with policies and procedures. But how often do we consider the implicit safety on boarding and induction activities in our organisation? New employees aren’t just in the process of becoming an […]
How to Empower Employees to Speak Up For Safety
CREATING PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY IN YOUR TEAM Psychological safety is critical to achieving a positive safety culture and minimising unwanted safety behaviours—including underreporting. With a strategic focus on creating trust, security and learning, organisations can empower employees to speak up for safety. Isaac is using a piece of heavy machinery when he notices it isn’t working […]
Tip the Scales in Your Favour: The Perceived Value of Safety Reporting
Underreporting of safety incidents is one of the largest issues holding back your organisation’s safety efforts. Not only does it give you a false perception about the state of your workplace safety, it also robs you of countless opportunities to prevent significant safety incidents from happening. With potential safety issues being swept under the rug, […]
The Dangers of a Compliance-Only Approach to Safety
Safety seems to be looking good. As you walk around site you notice people wearing PPE, procedures being followed, hazards being reported and teams mentioning safety during pre-starts. You stop to check the incident rate. It hasn’t changed. Team members are still getting hurt. You can’t remember the last time someone provided a suggestion to improve […]
Measuring Safety Excellence: Lead vs Lag
In pursuit of safety excellence, businesses invest huge amounts of money, time and energy in safety improvement initiatives. However, relatively few can pinpoint the positive effect of these on their safety culture. So, how should you track the effectiveness of safety interventions and improvement in safety culture? Previously, focus has been on the reduction of lag […]
5 Reasons for Underreporting and What You Can Do About It
Jim* had been working in the same blue-collar role for over 30 years. His shift began at 3 am every day. Before starting any work, he was required to complete at least 15 different checks on the machinery he was due to operate. When asked what he’d do if the machinery didn’t meet the required […]
4 Things Great Safety Leaders Will Be Doing This Year
A recent study* by the award-winning Sentis research team establishes that several factors inherent to a positive safety culture are driven by ‘great’ safety leadership. So, in companies that enjoy a positive safety culture, what are leaders doing differently? Download our ebook ‘Driving A Positive Safety Culture’ to discover the results of the study and recommendations […]
How to Refocus Your Team For the Year Ahead
Typically, the holiday season is a time to disengage from work, ‘refresh’ and enjoy some well-deserved time off with family and friends. However, when it comes time to return to work, how do you ensure that your team shift out of ‘holiday mode’ and refocus on their work environment and the tasks at hand—including any potential […]
The 3Cs of ‘Doing No Harm’
SAFETY CULTURE, CLIMATE AND COMMUNICATION A recent Sentis study was accepted for presentation by the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology (SIOP) exploring how safety climate and error management practices in healthcare influences the quality of safety communication. In this article we discuss the interaction of safety culture, climate and communication and the impact it has on ‘doing […]
