In past articles we’ve already covered the first two steps in our safety-coaching process. There we saw that we have to start with a well-known goal (GOAL), and then ask the person we’re coaching to rate him/herself in terms of their progress toward that goal (REALITY). Once they’ve self-assessed, we can then proceed to the next step in this process, which is to generate options for safety improvements (OPTIONS).
Eric Svendsen, Ph.D., is Principal and lead change agent for safetyBUILT-IN, a safety-leadership learning and development organization. He has over 20 years experience in creating and executing outcomes-based leadership development and culture change initiatives aligned to organizational goals, and he personally led the safety-culture initiatives of a number of client organizations that resulted in “best ever safety performance” years for those companies.