Since the early 1970's, Behavior-Based Safety has been the most effective set of approaches to eliminate injury. BBS, simply put, is the application of the science of behavior change to real world problems. At it's core, BBS efforts include specifications of target behaviors, the collection of observation data, a process to decide on actionable items from the data and feedback and review.
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A growing number of experts in the field are recognizing that BBS efforts are ineffective if the corporate culture is unhealthy and it's employees are disengaged. KL&P Motivation offers organizations the Safety Culture Management System as a primary means to lower injury rates and gain employee engagement while giving management the tools to view what is really happening to the corporate climate.
"The fact is that most companies have been so focused on policies and lagging indicators such as OSHA recordable rates and lost-time metrics that they've lost a handle on the very safety culture that keeps productivity high and workers alive and healthy," says Jon Kaufman, Vice President of KL&P.
Kaufman will layout a series of steps at the ICUEE Conference that will empower middle management to become leaders and change agents. "To create sustainable improvement of your safety culture, you need to create an index of leading indicators, reward and recognize for the pro-active involvement of employees, give them an individual online account to a robust website that allows them to track points they earn and redeem those points for brand-name gifts of their own choosing." Kaufman further emphasizes that the KL&P system additionally integrates a multimedia e-learning platform that allows them to earn even more points as they complete facility-customized OSHA and MSHA training courses. "Instead of rewards and recognition for what doesn't happen, i.e; injuries and death, reward them for what they do...their discretionary effort, involvement and development."
"Finally, the system needs to push out data that give you real-time management reports and graphs showing bottom-up involvement, compliance and progress towards goals," according to Kaufman. "This is how you convert clock-punchers into systems thinkers, foremen into coaches, managers into leaders. This is how you go from 'good-enough' to great."
For additional information on the Safety Culture Management System, contact Jon Kaufman at Booth 1558 at the ICUEE Conference in Louisville at the Kentucky Exposition Center, as well as his workshop at the event on Wednesday October 7 at 7:30am. He can also be reached at (800) 359-7995, x228, or by email at jkaufman(at)klp(dot)com.
About KL&P:
Jon Kaufman is the co-founder of KL&P Marketing and KL&P Motivation. KL&P designs and administrates incentive programs, company stores and branded merchandise programs. Clients include AT&T, Oldcastle Materials, Kroger, and hundreds of other Fortune 1000 firms.
http://www.klp.com
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Jon Kaufman
KL&P Motivation