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JOMC Culture Change Consultants   Your partners in behavioural and cultural change
November 2011 newsletter

Thought-provoking insight from the front line of engagement, safety and culture change. Find out more or share your safety experience.

Why lasting safety culture change comes from within

Human figures stood up in front of an audience

Let’s face it: no one looks forward to tackling unsafe behaviour with their workmates. It’s a daunting task. Particularly if you’re the person in charge of it; as Julie Pollard, behavioural safety lead trainer at Fox’s Biscuits, reveals:

"I’ve always thought of myself as outgoing and not scared of anything. But when you’re put in front of colleagues... people you work with everyday, it’s different. You wonder what they think. Your adrenaline’s going... you don’t want to mess up."

Since 2009, Julie and six other behavioural safety trainers at Fox’s Biscuits have coached over 1200 of their workmates at two sites and brought a 69% reduction in the number of accidents.

Julie also works alongside the people she’s training, some she’s known for over 25 years. And that’s enough to throw anyone's confidence:

"You’re nervous that they’re thinking ‘What gives you the right to tell us about safety?’"

Find out how to gain the confidence to approach lasting safety culture change »

 

Stop and Talk

Railway lines, overhead cables and a passing train

Invensys Rail reaches a remarkable 2 million hours without a lost time injury »

Stress: the silent stalker

Two glasses of milk, one is half-empty the other is half-full

Economic gloom getting you down? Lizz Fields-Pattinson helps you look on the bright side »

Office dominoes

Dominoes with human figures on them, stacked in a line

Nick Wharton explains how decisions made in comfortable offices have far-reaching consequences »

Two pink and blue safety pins  

Wriggling bundles of potential catastrophe

What babies can teach us about safety in stressful situations »