Kevin Burns Blog

If you have been trying to help your team buy-in to safety but are having trouble getting the result you’d like, you may be focused on the wrong thing. In this week’s post, a three-step plan to improve the level of buy-in to the safety program.

One of the questions I’m asked most often is “How do we motivate employees to be enthusiastic about safety?”

How many of your safety meetings are focused on benefits of safety instead of being focused on rules? Let’s look at some of the benefits of safety.

If you want to get better buy-in to safety, you’re going to need to learn this one thing to make the job so much easier.

What would it take for your team to perform better in all things including safety? And are you the person who can get them there?

What really is your role as a supervisor, a manager or even a front-line safety person? Knowing that role and accepting it can dramatically increase your effectiveness, help to overcome complacency and build teams who care about each other.

How did you get to where you are? And who were the people who you depended on to help? The answers to those questions can help you become a better safety leader.

A good internal safety communications campaign can help your organization build buy-in to the safety program faster and with much less effort.

If you want better participation and engagement at safety meetings, then there are four things you should be talking about at your meetings. Are you talking about them yet?

Be safe. There are a host of reasons why you will want to stop saying it - including that it’s a terrible safety message and it’s nearly impossible to do.