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ARTICLE TITLE: Safety on a Shoestring Budget: Pat-on-back - Safety Tip from eKhuluma Wednesday July 20th, 2011, 14:05
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Author: Jurgen Tietz for Jurgen Tietz
 Dear  Safety-Aware

PAT-ON-BACK

Safety Tip #7 in the series:
SIMPLY SMART SAFETY
on a shoestring budget

  ◊  PREVENTION    ◊  PURPOSE
  ◊  PREPARATION    ◊  PEOPLE
   ◊  PROBLEMS   ♦  PAT-ON-BACK
  ◊  PLAN    ◊  PROGRESS
  ◊  PEN-TO-PAPER    ◊  PRO-ACTIVE

The purpose of this series is to give struggling-but-eager SHE professionals and practitioners, who are working for financially-constrained companies, pointers on how to get the safety awareness message across to both management and workers, on a shoestring budget.

Today's topic, PAT-ON-BACK, addresses the importance of
RECOGNITION and ENCOURAGEMENT 

The RECOGNITION TECHNIQUE

COST:
  • time (minimal)
  • effort (minimal)
  • mind-set change (varies depending on individual)
  • R 0.00 (i.e. zero, nil, nada)
METHOD:
  • STOP the following:
    • fault-finding
    • punishment
  • START looking for AND find:
    • the good
    • what's right
    • the person/team responsible for it
  • DEVELOP the habit of looking for opportunities to say WELL DONE and THANK YOU - preferably 3 times a day
well done! halala! tebogelo! geluk! usebenzile!
well done! halala! tebogelo! geluk! usebenzile!
RESULT:
  • GOOD BEHAVIOUR is effectively & powerfully REINFORCED and ENCOURAGED!
That is all that is required.
Recognition doesn't have to be a monetary reward or trip to Mauritius.
Ideally, the recognition should be in the presence of the manager and/or team.

NON-NEGOTIABLE:

  • DON'T FAKE IT!
  • Be sincere (people see through pretense very quickly)

If you want information about the new and unique VUKA VUSA training course for SHE Reps, contact me for the overview brochure. If you would like a copy of the story
"Praise the Cook",
reply to this e-mail with
"PRAISECOOK" in the SUBJECT.
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Copyright: Jurgen Tietz

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