#Communications
Effective communication in HSE: risk visualization, remote notification tools, training via mobile messengers, and building transparent incident reporting. This section compiles the experience of enterprises moving from paper reports to a unified information field, where every employee is engaged in dialogue and promptly receives vital statistics.
How HSE Behavior Rules Create Trust and Transform Workplace Culture
The article explains why abstract expectations of industrial safety specialists do not work and how clearly formulated rules of conduct change corporate culture in production. Using the experience of Nornickel as an example, the author shows how specific guidelines help an employee walk the path from a "controller" to a "safety partner." The practical implementation of such rules and their regular evaluation make it possible to create a frame of reference that increases trust and work efficiency...
DOR Practicum
In the article, Roman Portnyagin talks about the "DOR Practicum"—a tool for individual training of actions in emergency situations directly at employees' workplaces. The tool helps develop practical decision-making skills under stress and identify hidden equipment problems that are not noticeable during scheduled drills. The author explains how short practical sessions with trainers allow transitioning from formal documentation to real human preparation.
The Difference Between a Leader and a Manager
The article examines key differences between a manager and a leader, their roles in a company, and the possibility of combining these qualities in one person. While a manager focuses on making strategic decisions, managing resources, and controlling tasks, a leader builds an emotional connection with the team, motivates employees, and develops their potential. The material helps to understand the characteristics of both approaches in order to create a cohesive team and effectively achieve compan...
Feedback: An Effective Tool for Interacting with Employees
The article reveals the role of feedback as a key managerial tool for engaging subordinates, reinforcing effective behavior, and improving the quality of work. The material examines supportive and corrective types of feedback, basic principles of communication, as well as step-by-step algorithms for interaction within the team. The author explains how proper communication helps develop employees, improve the workplace climate, and reduce the risks of occupational injuries.
Health and Safety Month: Where to Start the Journey to a Safety Culture
A comprehensive "Health and Safety Month" program in a large retail company with an extensive network of facilities. It includes hybrid communication formats, gamification of the risk registration process ("Risk Hunt"), thematic weeks (health, occupational safety, fire safety), and training managers in "Just Culture" principles.
Implementing Best Practices Using the ADKAR Change Management Model
The article examines the problem of overcoming barriers and staff resistance when implementing new tools and best practices using the 5S system as an example. The author describes the step-by-step ADKAR change management model, which focuses on the human factor and allows sequentially preparing employees for innovations. The material helps to understand how to minimize rejection of changes and ensure a smooth and successful transition to new practices.
The Psychology of Habits and Workplace Safety: Why "Autopilot" Isn't Always Safe
Automaticity at work helps save brain energy, but in manufacturing, it leads to an employee ceasing to be aware of their actions and failing to notice safety violations. The article examines why repeatedly performed actions become fixed at the subcortical level and how they become dangerous. The author proposes staff retraining tools through visual anchors, attention-engagement rituals, and habit reframing to reduce risks.
From Fear to Responsibility: Changing Attitudes Toward HSE Through the Psychology of Influence
Traditional occupational health and safety training through intimidation and punishment no longer works, as it causes resistance and yields only temporary results. The article examines how to transition to a sustainable safety culture and conscious employee responsibility using the principles of Robert Cialdini's psychology of influence. The author explains how using social proof, management's personal example, and feedback helps make compliance with rules an internal norm.
The Best Safety Tool Is the One That Is Used
The effective implementation of safety tools in production begins with discussing real experience and emerging difficulties with workers. The article examines why even modern solutions do not bring results without a preliminary dialogue with the team and taking daily practice into account. The material explains how occupational health and safety specialists can transition from imposing instructions to creating convenient and genuinely used processes based on trust.
Gratitude
The article describes the author's 14-year journey in occupational health and safety, which began despite the dissuasions of an experienced colleague. Despite the heavy routine of the first months and the complexity of the work, the specialist managed to understand the essence of the profession and fall in love with their work. The personal story reminds us of the value of saving human lives and the need to be able to count one's victories rather than defeats.
Functional Coaching: What Is It and Why Is It a Breakthrough in HSE Training?
Functional coaching in industrial safety is an approach where training is conducted by internal company experts who face real risks on a daily basis. Training from colleagues in HSE and production departments provides down-to-earth practical knowledge, high trust, and honest feedback on how safety procedures work. With methodological and organizational support from the Corporate University, this approach helps to effectively develop a safety culture on the ground.
Internship. Part 5. Goals and Business Results. Or: Effective Communication Skills and Moving Away from the Administrative Behavioral Model
In the article, the author shares the experience of conducting internships for young managers at the workplace of the head of the occupational health and safety department. The material shows how practicing effective communication skills and moving away from an administrative behavioral model help build partnerships between occupational health and safety specialists, production staff, and contractors. Specific examples reveal the benefits of sharing good practices to increase employee engagement...