Psychology

Study: Most U.S. workers struggling to cope with tough workplace situations

July 16, 2012
A new Global Workforce Study by global professional services company Towers Watson reveals that almost two-thirds (63%) of U.S. workers are not fully engaged in their work and are struggling to cope with work situations that don’t provide sufficient support.


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A bad day in the Badlands

“Injured Hiker from Pennsylvania Rescued”
July 3, 2012
The June 8th headline comes from the Associated Press, and the injured hiker is me.


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Winning hearts and minds

Using 6 “weapons of influence”
July 3, 2012
How often have you come up with a safety idea and found yourself beating your head against the wall trying to get buy-in?


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The trouble with zero

Don’t keep score without strategic objectives
June 6, 2012
In the safety world, zero is the new name of the game. Have you heard of the Zero Injury Institute.com? Or slogans such as, “Target Zero,” and “We’re drilling toward zero.”


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How to manage Millennials

The most highly praised & coached generation comes to work
June 6, 2012
The workplace is beginning to experience the blending of Millennials with Boomers. Who are these Millennials?


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Stop the mindless meetings

Be innovative and rethink your old “tried and true”
June 6, 2012
Workplace safety and innovation are not often linked together. Think of the safety meetings you have attended (or led) over the years.


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Where’s the outrage?

4,690 deaths on the job in 2010: What “acceptable losses” mean to the EHS profession
June 6, 2012
An acceptable loss is a sacrifice that is deemed an acceptable cost of doing business.


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Pumping up the power of persuasion

June 5, 2012

One of the key roles of safety and health pros is to be influence-peddlers. They need to influence line employees, work teams, work cells, supervisors, plant managers, on up to chief executives.


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Q&A: How to deal with anger

May 11, 2012
The American Psychological Association (APA) recently asked anger expert Dr. Howard Kassinove the following questions about the common but difficult emotion of anger.


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Why risk losing an eye?

“Because I don’t want to look like a geek wearing glasses”
May 3, 2012
Work-related eye injuries treated in emergency rooms exceeded 800,000 in 2008; men having a rate four times higher than women.1


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