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… CONSOL Energizes Performance with Incentives that Pay CONSOL Energizes Performance with Incentives that Pay BY Gail Snyder Download PDF file Excellence is difficult to surpass, but more than one path to great performance exists, … them there the hard way. “I’ll tell you, there was probably never a more miserable person to work for than me. I managed by fear and intimidation. It was my way or the highway and during that time I saw a lot of good people who worked for me … firm, and was soon speaking with David Uhl, senior vice president of consulting services. Uhl sent Latham Safe by Accident? (by Aubrey Daniels and Judy Agnew), a book about leadership practices that build a sustainable workplace safety …
… Why Relationships Matter in Safety Why Relationships Matter in Safety BY Judy Agnew, Ph.D. Download PDF file Have you ever noticed how supervisors who have good relationships with their crews … what does discretionary effort and positive reinforcement have to do with relationships? Positive reinforcement is disabled by poor relationships. Not only are people less willing to use positive reinforcement within the context of a poor … in a trusting and thus high-performance safety culture. To read more about improving safety leadership, read: Safe by Accident? Take the Luck out of Safety … Have you ever noticed how supervisors who have good relationships with their …
… What Scientists Can Learn from the Science of Behavior What Scientists Can Learn from the Science of Behavior BY Sigrid Gustafson, Ph.D. Download PDF file As our Web site shows, ADI serves a range of enterprises that extends across … repeated periods of frustration. At a 1929 press conference, Thomas Edison remarked that “none of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met, and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one …
… Proactive Accountability for Safety Proactive Accountability for Safety BY JUDY L. AGNEW, Ph.D. Download PDF file When incidents occur in business, there is often a call to find those who are … to building a culture of safety. To read more about accountability and the use of discipline in safety, read Safe by Accident? Take the Luck out of Safety–Leadership Practices that Build a Sustainable Safety Culture . … When incidents …
… The Personal Approach To Safety At Avenor The Personal Approach To Safety At Avenor BY Download PDF file What do the El Nino weather patterns and an international forest-products company have in common? The … them. But Avenor's Wood Products Group has found a way to make safety every employee's personal business. And they did it by...getting personal. "We've always had group safety awards but the individual wasn't recognized for his specific … beginning new pilot projects throughout the Wood Products Group - projects that will hopefully take root. "We know our accident frequency is really low," Gardner pointed out. "But there's not a lot of space between a near miss and a fatality. …
… Deadly Decisions: An Interview with Dwight Harshbarger Deadly Decisions: An Interview with Dwight Harshbarger BY Gail Snyder Download PDF file In our media-intense universe, news about industrial catastrophes reaches us within minutes. We may tell ourselves that though such incidents are tragic, at least industrial safety has progressed by light years over past decades and accidents resulting in deaths are fewer. We may even harbor a false sense of security that government oversight and …
… Towing the Safety Line at Moran Towing the Safety Line at Moran BY Gail Snyder Download PDF file When a company has operated successfully for over 150 years, it might be easy to believe … sailing. However, Moran Towing Corporation, in business since 1860, hasn’t remained at the helm of the tugboat industry by being complacent. Sensing complacency in the form of a plateaued, although excellent safety record, Moran’s senior … misses. That realization inspired a change in the way managers are evaluated. Rather than evaluating managers on how many accidents did or didn’t occur—a lagging result—managers were expected to foster conditions where near-miss sharing is …
… Show Me the Money (It’s Green You Know) Show Me the Money (It’s Green You Know) BY Darnell Lattal, Ph.D. Download PDF file What can behavior analysts do to help corporate America achieve a particular … the perspective of the science of behavior. Promoting the Social Good Applied behavior analysts have long been encouraged by leaders in our field to address not only what the science can do in applied areas, but also to do work that promotes the … a robust future that benefits all on planet Earth. References Agnew, Judy and Daniels, Aubrey C. (2010). Safe by Accident: Take the luck out of safety. Atlanta, GA: Performance Management Publications. Baer, Donald M., Wolf, Montrose M., …
… FMC Mines with Safety FMC Mines with Safety BY Gail Snyder Download PDF file Treasures show up in the most surprising places. Take the ancient basin of a once 20,000 square-mile ancient lake in Green River, Wyoming, for instance. That treasure discovered in 1938 and first mined by FMC Corporation is trona, a mineral rich with the raw material necessary for producing soda ash. So what does soda ash do … active safety, focusing on doing audits and bringing safe behaviors to habit, versus “going a year without having an accident.” It’s been a short time since you started this effort? Is it having an impact on your safety data? Oh yes, I …