Louie and his friend Bill are sitting outside their company’s conference room, waiting for the kick-off session that will commence a behavioral safety initiative. They’re wondering about the inventory of important work-related behaviors that they helped to develop in a number of small group meetings. They’re also looking for assurance that this behavior-based approach won’t be used to place blame on workers.
Kick-off meetings are important to help to close the loop in a behavior-based approach, and also to spread and embed the practice. That loop includes establishing foundation principles, practicing various activities, and providing tools. Training and basic awareness is expanded. Finally, those principles and actions are embedded in the organization in ways that encourage participation, allowing for greater depth and breadth of the process to be embraced throughout the culture.