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September, 2007
Part 4 of 4, Compliance, Control and Practical Strategies
This is Part 4 of my discussion on the effectiveness of incentives. Let’s finish the series with a look at the role of compliance and control in incentive programs.
Compliance & Control
In Brave New Workplace, Robert Howard makes a powerful point:
“When managerial control becomes personalized, the relationship of workers to the corporation is understood in exclusively [...]
16 Chainsaw Safety Rules, Part 2 of 3
Sunday was the first official day of fall and I want to help all of you gardeners out there survive the season without injury. Last week, we discussed safety precautions when using hand pruners and loppers to clean up the garden. To invoke a military analogy, pruners and loppers are like small arms; some gardening [...]
How a Photo Saved a Company $43,000
Editor’s Note: We featured a fictionalized account of the incident described in this story in one of Nick O’Shay’s tales. But the lesson is so important and the story so wonderful, that it also deserves non-fiction treatment.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But some pictures are worth a lot more than that. [...]
A Five-Step Strategy
Dear SafetyXChange Members:
Sometimes the grass really is greener on the other side of the fence. If you’re living in a place where there aren’t a lot of good jobs available, you might be intrigued by what’s going on in other parts of the country – like the South/Southeast U.S. or Alberta and British Columbia in [...]
Part 3 of 4, Why Incentive Programs Work and Why They Don’t
Do safety incentives and rewards programs enhance safety performance and improve behavior? Some evidence suggests they do. But the evidence is not without flaws. In addition, some suggest that the beneficial effects of incentives are short-lived. Let’s continue reviewing the evidence.
The Findings – & Flaws – of the Studies
[i] In “The Use of Incentives/Feedback to [...]
Safety Advice for Pruning and Cutting, Part 1 of 3
Frank Sinatra once sang, “The leaves of brown came tumbling down. Remember in September in the rain…”
As those leaves come tumbling down this month, some of us may want to take the tree down along with them. Or perhaps just prune some of the limbs to make those trees and bushes presentable for next year. [...]
Compliance from the Front Lines
Discipline. Enforcement. Those are a couple of scary words. I would say that the problem that people have with discipline and enforcement is that they tend to blend them together instead of separating them. Okay, so let’s start at the beginning and separate the two.
The Difference between Discipline & Enforcement
Discipline and enforcement are not the [...]
3 Ways to Turn Strangers into Business Contacts
Dear SafetyXChange Members:
One of the most important aspects of networking involves meeting strangers for the first time and turning them into business contacts. Ilise Benun, a Hoboken, NJ-based consultant and author of several books, including Stop Pushing Me Around: A Workplace Guide for the Timid, Shy and Less Assertive and Designing Websites for Every Audience, [...]
Hazardous Materials Handling, Part 3 of 3: CHMP
For the past two weeks we’ve looked at the CHMM certification and HMMT designation awarded by the Institute of Hazardous Materials Management. This week we’ll cover a new, not-yet-awarded designation: the Certified Hazardous Materials Practitioner (CHMP).
What is a CHMP?
The Certified Hazardous Materials Practitioner (CHMP, pronounced champ) is awarded by the Institute of Hazardous Materials Management [...]
Part 2 of 4, Do They Work and, If So, Why
Last week, we talked about why offering employees incentives to work safely is such an emotionally charged and controversial topic. My theory is that some of the concepts of incentives are sound. The problems lie with the execution. Let’s talk about the aspects of incentives that work and try to explain why they work.
From Theory [...]
