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Safety Culture Excellence is a weekly series designed to support your efforts towards excellence in performance and culture. For more information or to contact the host, visit www.ProActSafety.com.
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Friday May 27, 2011
Friday May 27, 2011
In 1990 there were certain beliefs and practices that were viewed as state of the art and acceptable. I’m sure in 2030 we will look back at 2011 and challenge much of what is said today on the topic of behavioral approaches. Here in lies the criticality of never accepting a one-size-fits-all methodology to injury prevention and remaining continuously searching for a better approach. No one has the silver bullet, yet we all together can contribute to making this a safer world by striving for a better way to accomplish our goals through dialogue such as this.
My research and experience with hundreds of global projects in every major industry leads me to believe that the vast majority of incidents (injury, process, equipment damage, etc.) have a conditional, behavioral, organizational, and cultural contributing factor. Now the question is, contributing factor to prevention, or causation? The latter leads people to feel a greater sense of blame than the former. Blame isn’t beneficial for anyone other than those placing it. Moreover, it doesn't facilitate ownership in prevention.
It is my belief that behaviors can indeed prevent and cause an event to occur, they can also be the reason an event was avoided. We must look beyond the behavior and remind ourselves people do things for a reason. If we only address the behavior, without addressing the reason, the sustainability of our intervention strategies will be limited at best. Certainly focusing on behaviors in a vacuum might produce faster results, but is it fast or lasting improvement we want? A little of both would be ideal indeed. I prefer sustainable value-add.
What are your thoughts?
Shawn M. Galloway
ProAct Safety, Inc.
www.ProActSafety.com
Saturday May 14, 2011
Saturday May 14, 2011
Greetings, this podcast recorded while working in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. I’d like to share an article I wrote that was published in the February 2011 edition of Drilling Contractor Magazine. It was titled “For Sustainable Safety, Leaders Must Do More Coaching, Less Policing”. The published article can either be found at www.DrillingContractor.org or under Insights at www.ProActSafety.com.
I hope you enjoy the podcast this week. If you would like to download or play on demand our other podcasts, please visit the ProAct Safety’s podcast website at: http://www.safetycultureexcellence.com
Have a great week!
Shawn M. Galloway
ProAct Safety, Inc
Monday May 02, 2011
Monday May 02, 2011
Greetings, this podcast recorded while working in Buena Park, CA. For the podcast this week I’d like to share an article I wrote that was published in the March 2011 edition of BIC Magazine. It was titled “Fear And Inspiration: Two Sides Of The Motivational Coin”. The published article can either be found at www.BICALLIANCE.com or under Insights at www.ProActSafety.com.
I hope you enjoy the podcast this week. If you would like to download or play on demand our other podcasts, please visit the ProAct Safety’s podcast website at: http://www.safetycultureexcellence.com
Have a great week!
Shawn M. Galloway
ProAct Safety, Inc
Monday Apr 25, 2011
Monday Apr 25, 2011
Greetings, this podcast recorded while working in Dallas, Texas. For the podcast this week, I’d like to share an article I wrote that was published in the February 2011 edition of BIC Magazine. It was titled “Motivation Through Fear: How To Destroy An Effective Culture”. The published article can either be found at www.BICALLIANCE.com or under Insights at www.ProActSafety.com.
I hope you enjoy the podcast this week. If you would like to download or play on demand our other podcasts, please visit the ProAct Safety’s podcast website at: http://www.safetycultureexcellence.com
Have a great week!
Shawn M. Galloway
ProAct Safety, Inc
Monday Apr 11, 2011
Monday Apr 11, 2011
Greetings all! For the video podcast this month, I'm sharing a video where I discuss a proven, structured approach to coaching for performance of any kind. Like always, please take these approaches and make them fit your organization. Customization is a critical first step to ensure sustainability.. You can either watch the video here at www.SafetyCultureExcellence.com, at www.ProActSafety.com/Insights, or directly on the magazine’s site at: http://cos-mag.com or you can watch it below from YouTube.
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I hope you enjoy and have a great week!
Shawn M. Galloway
ProAct Safety, Inc.
Monday Mar 28, 2011
Monday Mar 28, 2011
Greetings, this podcast recorded while working in El Paso, Texas. For the topic this week I’d like to share an article written by ProAct Safety’s Founder and CEO, Terry L. Mathis. It was published in January 2011 by Safety.com. It was titled “Preparing Workers for Safety Improvement” The published article can be found at www.Safety.com or under Insights at www.ProActSafety.com.
I hope you enjoy the podcast this week. If you would like to download or play on demand our other podcasts, please visit the ProAct Safety’s podcast website at: http://www.safetycultureexcellence.com
Have a great week!
Shawn M. Galloway
ProAct Safety, Inc
Monday Mar 21, 2011
Monday Mar 21, 2011
Greetings all! For the video podcast this month, I'm sharing a video where I discuss a very effective approach to identifying the right leaders either through hiring or promotion. You can either watch the video here at www.SafetyCultureExcellence.com, at www.ProActSafety.com/Insights, or directly on the magazine’s site at: http://cos-mag.com or you can watch it below from YouTube.
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I hope you enjoy and have a great week!
Shawn M. Galloway
ProAct Safety, Inc.
Monday Mar 14, 2011
Monday Mar 14, 2011
Greetings, this podcast recorded while working in El Paso, Texas. For the podcast this week I’d like to share an article I wrote that was published in January 2011 by Canadian Occupational Safety Magazine. It was titled “Ownership In Safety: The Challenge Of Increasing Headcount?” The published article can either be found at www.COS-Mag.com or under Insights at www.ProActSafety.com.
I hope you enjoy the podcast this week. If you would like to download or play on demand our other podcasts, please visit the ProAct Safety’s podcast website at: http://www.safetycultureexcellence.com
Have a great week!
Shawn M. Galloway
ProAct Safety, Inc
Sunday Jan 02, 2011
Sunday Jan 02, 2011
Greetings all! For the video podcast this month, I'm sharing a video in where I discuss how to have a FAST impact on safety performance. You can either watch the video here at www.SafetyCultureExcellence.com, at www.ProActSafety.com/Insights, or directly on the magazine’s site at: http://cos-mag.com or you can watch it below from YouTube.
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I hope you enjoy and have a great week!
Shawn M. Galloway
ProAct Safety, Inc.
Sunday Dec 26, 2010
Sunday Dec 26, 2010
Greetings, this podcast recorded while working in Dublin, Ireland. For the podcast this week I’d like to share an article I wrote called “Frequently Injured: Fire the Person or Fix the Problem?” that was published September 2010 in EHS Today. The published article can either be found at http://www.EHSToday.com or under Insights at www.ProActSafety.com.
I hope you enjoy the podcast this week. If you would like to download or play on demand our other podcasts, please visit the ProAct Safety’s podcast website at: http://www.safetycultureexcellence.com
Have a great week!
Shawn M. Galloway
ProAct Safety, Inc.