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Items Tagged with 'culture'

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How hospitals encourage staff to wash their hands

February 2, 2017
There is no universal solution, but hospitals can take these steps to encourage staff to wash their hands: 1. Invest in alcohol-based hand rub. In many cases this is more effective than washing hands with soap and water. When introduced, one study showed adherence rates increased from 28 percent to 47 percent.
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GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt talks culture change

Behemoth needs to behave like a start-up
November 1, 2016
General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt offered his views on the many changes at his company in a recent LinkedIn discussion.
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McDonald’s® goes for a culture change

And offers a lesson in sales and marketing
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Dave Johnson
September 1, 2016

Fast food ain’t what it used to be. At least that’s what McDonald’s® wants you to believe after taking out a full-page, four-color advertisement in The New York Times in August.


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How should organizations respond to tragedy?

Stephany Below
July 21, 2016
In the deadliest terrorist attack in the United States since September 11, 2001, the recent mass shooting at Pulse nightclub highlighted important concerns surrounding terrorism. The fact that the shooter specifically targeted a gay nightclub during Latino night adds LGBT and diversity issues into the ever-complicated issue—and leaves many organizations wondering how, if at all, they should respond.
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Safety words to know – 2014 edition

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Dave Johnson
June 26, 2014

These words keep surfacing at safety conferences, speeches, articles and conversations and paint a picture of the issues and trends important to the profession here in 2014: Value– as in, “What’s the value of having a safety professional around here?”


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General MacKenzie – the importance of face time

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Mike Williamsen Ph.D., CSP
October 1, 2013

Over the years I have met a number of interesting people. One of my favorites is a person whom I consider to be a Canadian National Treasure, retired Major General Lewis MacKenzie.


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Dr. E. Scott Geller leads large-scale safety movement

Join the Actively Caring For People (AC4P) Movement

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Dave Johnson
August 21, 2013

Scott Geller coined the term “actively caring” in 1990 when working with a team of safety leaders at Exxon Chemical in Baytown, Texas. Theirvision was to cultivate a brother’s/sister’s keepers culture. Everyone would look out for each other’s safety.


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World class safety cultures – What does it take?

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Mike Williamsen Ph.D., CSP
April 2, 2013

A blog follower recently asked: Is there anything from Caterpillar Safety Services outlining the positive things or actions that we can expect to see in facilities with “world-class” responses to the survey questions for each of the survey process elements? Back in the days of the survey development one of the team members, Dr. Dan Petersen, defined world-class safety as an organization that was within the best 10 percent of his customers at that point in time.


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Tips for coaching frequently injured employees

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Mike Williamsen Ph.D., CSP
March 13, 2013

I recently received the following inquiry: “We're getting ready to perform safety coaching sessions with some of our frequently injured employees. Do you know of anyone who might have a script to outline the dialogue?”


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Recognition: The simple, underutilized tool that can transform your safety culture

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Mike Williamsen Ph.D., CSP
March 5, 2013

Recognition for doing things correctly seems to be a lost art.  Over the years, I have assessed perception surveys for hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of employees.  As I tally the results, recognition for performance of doing things right is the lowest scoring safety management process. Interestingly, discipline (i.e., correcting people when they do something wrong) scores as the sixth lowest of the 21 safety management processes measured by the Caterpillar Safety Services statistically validated survey. 


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