Implementing Culture Change through Grassroots Safety Leadership
The 3-Day Course
Seminar dates and locations:
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Spring 2009
Princeton, New Jersey
To be announced
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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Opening Evening Session
- Introductory exercises
- Burning Issues
- Capture your corporate culture
Day One
The Grassroots Safety Culture
- Why establish a grassroots safety culture to reduce accidents?
- Culture-based strategies and methodology
- Management and employee safety partnerships
- Elements of a grassroots safety culture
- Why and how does the Grassroots Safety Leadership process work?
- Grassroots Safety Leadership Model
- Components of the process
- Can safety cultures be created?
- Marketplace impact and societal pressures
- What is a safety culture?
- Culture Iceberg Model
- Centrality of norms and assumptions
- How does a grassroots safety culture affect safety performance?
- Characteristics of a healthy, accident-free safety culture
Safety Culture Leadership
- What is safety culture leadership?
- Leading culture vs. managing programs
- What is the role of leadership in a safety culture?
- Shaping safety culture and creating change
- How do leaders change safety cultures?
- Which leadership style promotes stong safety cultures?
- Leadership styles continuum
The Culture Change Process
- How do cultures change?
- Psychological stages in the change process
- Creating the conditions for change
- Is there a culture change recipe? No, but there are principles.
- Pathway to Change Model
- Six Steps of Planned Culture Change Model
Day Two
Building Trust Through Partnership
- What is the role of trust in a healthy safety culture?
- Trust is correlated to safety performance
- Mistrust as an institution
- How does the partnership team structure build trust?
- Safety Culture Guidance Team/Grassroots Safety Team mission and purpose
- Can trust be reinstated once it's been lost?
- Restoring Trust
- Breaking Cycles of Mistrust Model
- How can I foster trust and communication within a safety culture?
- Communication tools for fostering trust
Setting up the Safety Culture Guidance Team
- What are the activities involved in structuring and operating the Safety Culture Guidance Team?
- Developing a mission statement
- Defining and assigning team roles and responsibilities
- Selecting a meeting format
- Defining membership requirements
- Setting ground rules
- Formatting project specifications
Making Grassroots Safety Teams Successful
- What makes for effective Grassroots Safety Teams?
- Four Stages of Team Formation Model
- What are the conditions for a successful Grassroots Safety Team?
- Safety Culture Guidance Team's role and responsibilities
- Why is empowerment so important?
- What are the Safety Culture Guidance Team's options in relation to empowering the Grassroots Safety Team to act?
- Defining boundaries of authority and responsibility
- Empowerment Continuum Model
- Tips on managing empowerment
Day Three
Changing Systems to Support the New Safety Culture
- How do I leverage my resources?
- Simon Open System Culture Change Model
- Where do I focus? On whom do I focus?
- Influences on Safety Performance Model
- Where is the process going? Is there a map to guide us?
- Culture-based strategies for system change
Wrap Up
- How do unions fit into the Grassroots Safety Leadership process?
- What about supervisors?
- How is the Grassroots Safety Team most likely to fail and how do you prevent it?
- How do I measure success
For more information, contact: info@culturechange.com.
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