Simply announcing new safety programs or initiatives in your company
isn’t enough to make them stick. To get buy-in for a safety culture, you need
to tap into the personal accountability of each and every employee.
Here are some ways to keep your employees accountable to safety.
1. Put your name on
it.
Once you establish a new safety initiative, have
managers and executives sign a
document or mission statement saying that
they are personally committed to executing
it. By letting employees hold you
and other executives accountable, you have more authority to do the same.
2. Show consistency.
There
can’t be a disconnect between what your
managers are doing and what they’re asking
employees to do. People need
to see consistency in execution, or they’re not
going to see the benefit of a
new initiative. If your employees aren’t meeting
goals or following safety
protocols, look at your managers to make sure they’re
walking the talk.
3. Offer rewards. Talking about your
corporate safety goals is great, but it
doesn’t show people the value of safety
on an individual basis. Remind
people to make safety a priority by developing employee
incentive programs
for meeting important safety goals.
4. Have safety
conversations. The more you talk about safety, the more
people keep it
front of mind, whether you’re encouraging them to utilize
stop-work authority
or taking a few minutes at the beginning of an
operations meeting to discuss
new safety suggestions.
5. Provide
reminders. Give people cards with safety procedures printed on
them to keep in their wallets. Post safety guidelines on the walls in common
areas and provide
forms for employees to offer feedback. The more
opportunities you offer for
safety engagement, the more employees will
become engaged.
What accountability methods have you found that work? Share them with
us at info@endure-inc.com or simply subscribe to our blog and start a discussion around SAFETY!
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