Safety Walk Safety Talk: How Small Changes in What You Think, Say, and Do Shape Your Safety Culture
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Do you want to make a difference? There are many ways someone in a leadership role can have a positive impact on the lives of their employees. Perhaps there is no leadership responsibility more profound than creating a sustainable, injury-free workplace. Every person who goes to work expects to return home in the same condition. When someone is hurt, the adverse effects of their injury ripple through the employee’s family and friends.
Achieving an injury-free environment is one of the most difficult problems many leaders face. Over 35 years in manufacturing, I observed quite a few leadership actions that significantly contributed to less risk-taking, greater hazard awareness, and genuine collaborative efforts among employees and supervisors. Leaders who understood, embraced, and implemented these strategies saw a dramatic reduction in incidents and injuries at their facilities. Organizations with the best safety performances simply do a lot of small things collectively and strategically well. This audiobook is a collection of leadership concepts, thoughts, words, and actions that (when strategically implemented) can move your organization toward a better safety future.
The first section takes a look at some fundamental concepts. It includes a discussion on compliance versus commitment, how to develop a safety strategy, why people make mistakes and take risks, and an overview of a Just Culture. The core of the audiobook reviews some key research findings in social psychology, sociology, and neuroscience. I share personal experiences of highly effective leadership. And I recount other situations that exemplify the wrong approach. In each case, I discuss how you can leverage these concepts in a practical way to improve your safety leadership skills.
Topics include: how our thoughts can drive our behaviors when it comes to safety, how the words we use can be influential on personal decision-making, how social influence and leadership actions can drive safety performance, and how to facilitate the right personal safety conversation. At the end of each section, there is a segment called the “Safety Leader’s Toolbox”; It contains over 70 practical tools and tips for being a more effective safety leader! Listeners are encouraged to consult the “Safety Leader’s Toolbox” for small changes in what you think, say, and do to shape your safety culture.
Spoiler alert! One essential leadership skill is knowing why, how, and what to talk about when it comes to safety. Where do you begin? Start with a “Why” of caring. If you start with caring as your personal motive, you won’t have to do everything perfectly. Your employees will want to do the right things for the right reasons. You can listen to this audiobook in order, or go to a specific section.
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WNP –
There is no silver bullet but this is a great start to a strong Safety Culture.
Safety WALK, Safety TALK by David GallowayMr. Galloway has captured the essence of improving safety in this book. It starts and ends with caring – in my words – âit is all about the LOVEâ – never about just checking the box to get it done.This is a quick read for folks in the executive suite and those in the trenches. Many short, well written chapters – logically building your safety culture with you.Each chapter has a focused approach, where the author brings into play the applicable behavioral research in an understandable and simple manner in order to create a solid foundation – then he shares great, real life examples from his career in industry and consulting to make his point.At the end of the chapters Mr. Galloway gives you SAFETY LEADERS TOOLBOXTM with great ideas to put the chapter to use that day for a more effective safety performance.Galloway helps you understand this is the only way to build the sustainable safety culture you want. My interpretation is – 1) show people you love them 2) listen and understand – don’t blame 3) earn trust in creating a JUST CULTURE 4) be intentional in what you say and do, then follow through with commitments 5) Catch people doing the right thing and thank them and acknowledge them.Well done Mr. GallowayWIlliam PlattGeneral ManagerIvex Specialty Paper Company
Mark Swenson –
A practical guide to effectively influence a positive safety culture
This book does a fantastic job of describing how to achieve a safety culture of commitment and why that is important. I have been blessed with the opportunity to work in eleven large manufacturing operations over the course of my career. During this journey I have had the opportunity to see a variety of safety cultures both at the plant and corporate levels. Some were more effective than others. I believe the effective organizations and leaders demonstrated many of the attributes and behaviours described in âSafety Walk Safety Talk.ââSafety Walk Safety Talkâ is well researched and ties the observations and theories to many credible sources. The book organized such that it is an easy read while being a well organized to serve as a practical reference book. Based on my experience he captures the elements of an effective safety culture, one where people go home safely at the end of the day.
Dave Bonistall –
More Than a Safety Book…You need this!
Safety performance is a reflection of the actual Safety Culture. This very readable book helps you understand the steps needed to provide real safety leadership for your organization to truly change your culture, and not just around Safety. We have brought Dave Galloway in to work with us over the last 3 years. His concepts are very transferable from the book to the shop floor and have resulted in a significant improvement in safety performance using both leading and lagging indicators. We’ve also measured our culture and this work has made a real positive, sustainable difference. I have worked in the EHS area for many years. This is the best resource I’ve seen to provide actionable tools to impact the lives of your employees. If you really care about your work families health and safety, you’ll get this book and start changing your culture.
Courtney –
Had to read this for work
It’s a hard read because of the content but it has a great message.
jim matcham –
David Galloway – The John Wooden of Safety
John Wooden implored his basketball team to “be quick, but don’t hurry” – what does this mean? It is the difference between being in control and being out of control. To explore this idea, read David’s book: Safety WALK Safety TALK. David presents a straightforward (not necessarily easy) path to develop a world class safety culture. David uses real world examples that link to excellent research – theory and practical application – that can guide leaders on the shop floor and the executive suite. David’s tools can be used for safety management and business management. After 30+ years of experience in manufacturing and distribution, I have never seen a better resource.
Donna W. –
Good book
Good read for those who train & coach people about safety.
Amazon Customer –
Good practical safety leadership info.
Very practical and easy to understand. Includes many basic leadership concepts. The safety leaderâs toolbox provides a good summary of major concepts and is a good to do list. I listened to the book on audible and liked it so much I ordered the paperback so that Iâd have a ready resource which I can flag and tab pages.
James McQueeney –
Great product
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Ivica –
Many examples and references. Easy to understand. Easy to practice.