I feel It probably has.
There has been a significant change in the safety professional’s approach to influencing the workforce and leadership in safety. For some, organizations have a healthy and sustainable culture indicating that the only need is to reinforce the culture and look for continuous improvement. But for most safety professionals, organizations either; don’t have a safety culture in place yet, or the current culture is not strong enough to sustain a consistent, safe workforce.
While we can’t approach safety the same we have done in the past, we have to ensure our current safety culture is continuously building up strong through our leadership and employees.
I recently thought about this and came up with 9 questions I believe we need to focus on to ensure the workforce’s safety in this current situation.
- Do your employees feel comfortable with COVID-19 protocols and procedures put in place?
- Is safety still a core value, or is the entire focus on revenue?
- Are your employees still stopping work when they feel unsafe?
- Do your employees still feel comfortable approaching their colleagues if there is an unsafe condition or situation?
- Are the employees exhibiting safe behaviors?
- Are people managers still engaged in the safety process?
- Is safety integrated into every conversation?
- Are your employees under pressure and more inclined to take shortcuts?
- Is the leadership team thinking differently?
I encourage you to ask yourself these questions first. Ask your team, the workforce, and leadership what their thoughts are and develop an immediate implementation plan to address the shortcoming or redesign processes. The answers to these questions will determine the plan as we advance.
Your ability to ask questions will hlp determine the path forward.
“The ability to ask questions is the greatest resource in learning the truth.”
Carl Jung
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