#Employee engagement
Involving personnel in occupational health and industrial safety issues: leadership walk-arounds, behavioral audits, observation and suggestion systems, developing open dialogue on site. This section features the experience of companies moving from a paradigm of control and punishment to partnership, instilling conscious attitudes towards safety and active risk identification in workers.
Proactive Prevention of Burnout Syndrome in Modern HSE Systems: The Sovcombank Case
The article is dedicated to the experience of PJSC Sovcombank in implementing a proactive burnout prevention system using offsite coworkings in Sochi and Gorno-Altaysk. Using the example of project teams working in a four-day work week format and organized recreation, the influence of caring for psychological well-being on corporate culture and employee eNPS is examined. The material shows how a holistic occupational health and safety model helps prevent staff crisis states in large distributed...
Eco-Habits for Conscious Consumption
A conscious approach to forming eco-friendly habits helps to gradually integrate an eco-friendly mindset into both the production process and daily life. The article compiles practical tips on saving resources, choosing recyclable packaging, participating in federal environmental projects, and using helpful maps and applications. The gradual implementation of simple steps makes life more organized and meaningful.
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...
Improving Safe Working Conditions Through the Development of the Production System
Integration of production system tools (5S, idea submission system, visual management, standard operating procedures) into safety processes in the oilfield. The practice includes department ranking, as well as material and non-material motivation of personnel for initiatives to improve working conditions.
Mutual Integration of the Performance Management System (including Kaizen, TOC, 5S, Lean Production) and the HSE Management System
Integration of the performance management system (Kaizen, lean production) and the HSE management system through the creation of joint project offices. Implementation of improvement projects that simultaneously increase production efficiency and safety levels (e.g., video monitoring, ventilation modernization, ACS implementation).
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.
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.
Reducing Incident Rates Using the Video SOP Module
Implementing a system of Standard Operating Procedures as short video instructions (video SOPs) accessed via QR codes on equipment. This practice aims to reduce the human factor by converting complex text regulations into clear visual action algorithms.