sdt safety poster presentation
DESCRIPTION
The presentation is about how a manufacturing organization moved from a command and control model of management that was subduing employee morale, engagement and intrinsic motivation to a culture of collaboration and empowerment. This change effort had a dramatic impact on the organizations’ safety record. The mythical story of Zeus and Prometheus was used to help management and employees gain perspective and insight into how the current model was working against what each group wanted and that by developing a common purpose and goals, which clearly served both group’s wants and needs they were able to produce the results they wanted.TRANSCRIPT
Self-Determination Theory Approach to Workplace Safety
A Story of Preventing Injuries-Reducing Costs and Saving Lives
A significant number of accidents and injuries are directly or
indirectly related to employee disengagement, which deceases
commitment to follow safety rules and policies and to personally
practice safety hygiene.
Problem
OSHA Recordable Incidents 2011
Problem
Employees are not intrinsically motivated to practice safety hygiene and to adopt
safety policies and rules as structures and mechanism of the organizational social
interest, but rather as devices of management’s control and self-interest.
To develop and increase employee engagement and commitment to adopt and embrace personal safety hygiene above all other behavior by:
•Creating a Common and Mutual Purpose•Providing Employees with Increasing Autonomy •Building and Strengthening Relationships Between Employees and Management•Build Employee Safety Competence
Goal
Employee Focus Groups
“What interferes with you and your co-workers from putting safety first in everything you do?”
• Safety is pushed down from the top
• We are not part of the program and we don’t have a say in safety matters
• Some employees just don’t care
• The company only cares about safety to stay out of trouble; they don’t care about the employees
The Mythical Story of Zeus and Prometheus servedas a metaphorical analogy of a command and control model of management and how it subdues employee intrinsic motivation and engagement
Zeus Father of gods and Men
• Ruler of the Olympian gods
• His weapon is the thunderbolt
• He is known to punish those who lie and break oaths
Prometheusgod of Fire
• Stole fire from Zeus to give to Mankind
• Prometheus was punished for his love of mortals
Organizational Mistaken and Self-Defeating
Beliefs
• don’t care about safety
• are not capable of self-management
• are not motivated
• need external controls to obey rules
Employee’s:
Organizational Zeus
Zeus Model of Safety
Control Blame
SDT - Prometheus
• Purpose
• Autonomy
• Relationships
• Competence
SDT Approach
What Employees Want
• Management to be clear that safety is more important than production
• We want face to face communications: not emails, slogans & banners
• Supervisors to care about us as people
• Our leaders to be personally involved in the safety program
SDT Implementation
Why“We Care About Safety Because
We Care About Each Other”
AutonomyRelatedness
Competency
SDT ImplementationSR.Leaders Supervisors
What Do We Want
Orientation and training in
change and motivation
SDT training
Commitments
What Do We Want
Orientation and training in
change and motivation
SDT and EQ Training
Commitments
Execution
Autonomy
Relatedness
•Safety Engagements•Monthly Safety Mtg
•TAN Cards•Stop Production
Competence
•Risk assessments•Respect and Appreciation Practice
Employee Commitment Rates for 2010 - 2012
Thomas Wojick11 Hall PlaceCranston, RI
“Dedicated to awakening, inspiring and empowering human potential”