Greetings all! I’m excited announce the agenda for this year’s Behavior-Based Safety Conference. The ProAct Safety’s 11th Annual Conference is scheduled for 17-18 April 2012. There are pre-conference events on 16 April and post-conference session on the 19th.
If you would like more information on the event or would like to register, please visit: http://proactsafety.com/events/annual-conference
Session Descriptions 17-18 April 2012:
The Big Picture: BBS’ Role in Safety Culture Excellence
Every organization should have a strategy for safety improvement that includes creating an excellent safety culture. What part can a Behavior-Based Safety process play in the execution of this, and what are the potential benefits of using BBS in such a strategy? This session explores the big picture of safety strategy and the specific role of BBS.
Deadly Sins & Vital Signs: Killing & Reviving Processes
BBS processes have some extremely vital “do’s and don’ts” that can determine success or failure. Learn how to recognize the deadly sins and the vital signs that reflect these critical elements so you can reassess your process to make sure you are doing (and not doing) these critical things.
Observation & Feedback: Cop or Coach?
Still focused on the number of observations? It is time to help observers really make a difference, not just hit target numbers and go through the motions. Turning observers into effective safety coaches is the key. Moreover, it might set a great example for managers and supervisors who could use a change in style!
Process Indicators: Quality, Quantity or Transformative?
What are the metrics that tell you if you are working your BBS process effectively? Are you measuring the right things in your own BBS process? Learn what they are and how they are best measured for both quantity and quality.
On the Horizon: What Lies Ahead for Behavioral Safety
No one knows for sure what the future holds, but it is important to look forward and predict what BBS will look like in the future and what role it will continue to play in safety and culture improvement. Preparing for inevitable changes will make your future smoother and more successful! Listen to the experts who have successfully predicted most of the changes in BBS for the past 18 years.
Company Politics, Snipers & Lessons Learned
Almost every BBS process has been held hostage or misused for some kind of company political goal. There are even people in organizations who worked to make BBS fail. Most processes survived these attacks and kept on improving safety. Learn some stories from the past from other organizations that will help you not let this kind of history repeat itself in your organization.
Motivating & Managing Support: Incentives & Rewards
How can your BBS process actually manage the level of support it receives from supervisors and managers? How can you change incentive and reward systems to align with BBS and avoid the pitfalls most programs experience? Listen to and participate in this lively discussion of the issues and opportunities.
Open Q&A with Terry L. Mathis and Shawn M. Galloway
This last session of the conference is an opportunity to address questions directly to the Principals of ProAct Safety in an open forum. This is an excellent chance to finalize your plans to utilize what you have learned at the conference, get answers to any remaining questions, and bounce your plans and ideas off the experts.
PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS – 16 April 2012
Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) 101 for Workers
This session is designed to be an introduction to the rationale and practice of BBS for newcomers and a thorough review for participants at the workforce level who have already implemented a BBS process. Being well grounded in the principles and practices is a basic need for success to both those who are implementing or renewing BBS processes. The course will cover every major facet of BBS including the following:
· The philosophy and science behind BBS
· What leads to union resistance
· Functions of a BBS Steering Team/Committee
· The role of an Observer in a BBS process
· Manager’s and Supervisor’s support roles
· The responsibilities and benefits of employees in a BBS environment
· How BBS impacts safety culture
· How to keep the process results oriented
· How to guarantee process sustainability
· How to refresh and renew an existing BBS process
Attendees will be thoroughly versed on the basics of BBS to either return to a project or attend the Annual BBS Conference with purpose and focus.
Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) 101 for Management
This session covers the same basic concepts as the “BBS 101 for Participants” course but from a management and supervisory perspective. The support roles in BBS are less active than the participants’ roles, yet more critical for success and sustainability. In addition to understanding what BBS is and how it works, managers and supervisors need to know the rationale for having a process and the strategies for ensuring that it is successful. The course will cover these facets and will include the following:
· The rationale and ROI (return on investment) of BBS
· Selection criteria for Steering Team/Committee members
· Time-away-from-work requirements of Steering Team members and Observers
· Key roles, responsibilities, and expectations (RREs) of those participating in the process
· Start-up cycles for BBS from implementation to maturity
· Support and resources needed by the process to ensure success
· How to involve unions for support
· How to communicate BBS to the workforce
· How to utilize BBS as a safety culture building tool
· How to posture BBS in relation to other safety efforts and programs
· How to pump new life into an existing BBS process
Attendees will be thoroughly versed on the basics of BBS to either return to a project or attend the Annual BBS Conference with purpose and focus.
POST-CONFERENCE SESSIONS – 19 April 2012
Advanced Cultural & Behavioral Tactics – Guaranteeing New Results
Use the latest Behavior-Based Safety Technologies for spearheading safety process improvement, borrowing proven techniques from Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and experiences from over 1,500 successful implementations.
Create a customized plan to assess and improve site and/or organizational safety culture. Common myths about safety culture will be dispelled and a good working definition will be developed to empower understanding and customization. Assessment methodologies will be discussed and compared and each participant will see how to best determine the cultural strengths and improvement opportunities.
Based on the assessment findings, plans will be formulated to find the most practical and effective strategies to build on cultural strengths and address weaknesses. Opportunities will be investigated to utilize other site improvement initiatives to aid in the cultural improvement plans. All plans will conclude with measurement strategies to ensure long-term change viability and early identification of problems.
Teaching Supervisors to be Safety Coaches (Train-the-Trainer)
Supervisors constantly communicate priorities and strategies to their workers, whether they intend to or not. With training, supervisors can take active control of the messages they send to promote safety as an organizational value. They can set levels of expectation that point everyone in the direction of safety excellence and exert a positive influence on the formation of safety culture.
Most supervisors don't have the latest training and tools for coaching workers to perform their jobs safely. Becoming an effective coach can leverage a supervisor's influence to make significant gains in accident reductions. Coaching skills also improve other areas of performance including quality and productivity as well as safety. The benefits to the organization impact almost every area of human performance.
The training contains the latest behavioral coaching techniques and directly applies them to improving safety. A model for counseling problem employees or addressing serious safety situations is also included. The design of the training utilizes advanced learning techniques and helps attendees to apply the models in the classroom to reality-based scenarios right out of the workplace.
If you would like more information on the event or would like to register, please visit: http://proactsafety.com/events/annual-conference
I hope to see you there!
Shawn M. Galloway
ProAct Safety, Inc.
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