How to Use Incentives & Rewards to Build a Total Safety Culture
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Safety professionals develop incentive and reward programs with the best of intentions. The end goal: To save lives and reduce injuries.
But in the real world, such programs can be so abused they have just the opposite effect. Used incorrectly, incentive programs designed to create a safer workplace end up jeopardizing the very people they should help protect. One common example, workers rewarded for fewer injuries simply stop reporting them. The result: Hazardous conditions aren’t addressed and injuries continue.
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The proper use of safety incentives and rewards can increase the occurrence of safe behaviors and reduce at-risk behaviors -- as well as boost self-esteem, self-confidence, and a sense of belonging. This audio conference will teach you practical ways to make this happen. |
Learning Objectives :
- The wrong and right way to use safety incentives.
- Why some safety incentive programs can be insulting.
- Critical differences between incentives, rewards, and positive reinforcers.
- Why safety leaders should stop using the term “positive reinforcement.”
- What is “intrinsic reinforcement” and how can it be used to direct and motivate behavior?
- When rewards should be used without incentives.
- When do rewards stifle performance?
- How to deliver safety recognition.
- How to receive safety recognition.
- How to celebrate the achievement of safety milestones.
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Who Should Attend?
- Safety Managers
- Team Leaders
- Human Resource Professionals
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Presented by:
E. Scott Geller
E. Scott Geller, Ph.D., has authored more than 350 papers and 75 books or chapters addressing the development and evaluation of behavior-change interventions. Dr. Geller is a Senior Partner at Safety Performance Solutions and an Alumni Distinguished Professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). His recent books include People-Based Safety, The Participation Factor, The Psychology of Safety Working Safe Understanding Behavior-Based Safety Building Successful Safety Teams, The Psychology of Safety Handbook and the primer, What Can Behavior Safety Do for Me? His latest book, The Anatomy of Medical Error, coauthored by Dave Johnson, Is now available at www.People-Based-Safety.com.
Dr. Geller is Associate Editor of “Environment and Behavior”, and consulting editor for “Behavior and Social Issues”, the “Behavior Analyst Digest” and the “Journal of Organizational Behavior Management.” His clients have included Allied Signal, American Standard, ARCO Chemical, AT&T, Bayer, Bechtel, BF Goodrich, BHP Copper, Cargill, Coca-Cola, Ford, and GM.
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CD & Transcript $245*
CD Only $199*
Transcript Only $198*
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