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JOMC Culture Change Consultants   Your partners in behavioural and cultural change
March 2013 newsletter

Welcome to March’s edition of insight and advice into culture change from JOMC. This month we focus on barriers to effective engagement at your organisation: a relentless challenge to overcome but one that has such a profoundly positive impact when you do. Check out Nick’s headline article on the subject amongst our usual thought and opinion including Steve’s video on choosing culture change champions.

Enjoy, and remember to register for your free Masterclass place where you'll learn more about how safety culture change works in reality.

Mark Ormond, managing director of JOMC

The difficulty of speaking up

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Most people, most of the time act safely. Whether that's doing a specific task or whilst going about their daily lives. This means that we have lots of opportunities to catch them at it and deal with them accordingly i.e. give some praise, thanks and recognition where appropriate.

Yet we all allow ourselves to be distracted from time to time, become complacent or slip into bad habits and take a shortcut or choose to behave unsafely. And it's at this time that we have to rely on our observant friends, colleagues, workmates or passers-by to bring this to our attention.

Far too often that friend doesn’t say anything to keep us out of danger. Why not?

Our principal consultant Nick Wharton explores common obstacles to speaking up and shares insight on how to approach people who behave unsafely »

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Free Engagement Masterclass this April

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What you should look for in a culture change champion

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Watch Steve Beswick's quick video on how to pick the right person to spread your safety message »

Are your injury rates misleading?

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Mark Ormond explores why the most popular measurement isn't always the best »

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Why benchmarking is such a dilemma

Helpful advice from Lizz Fields-Pattinson shows you where to focus your culture change efforts »

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Never judge a person until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes

Deep underground in a Zambian mine, Steve Beswick explains the importance of being on the front line of safety in your organisation »