The Missing Piece To Your Safety Culture

You get frustrated; you scratch your head and ask, What will it take for my employees to care about safety as much I do? The surprising answer is, they do care. Whats preventing them from being as motivated and caring as you are, is that theyve had the Cire that drives their internal motivation smothered by years of misguided beliefs about human motivation. The good news is that these embers of intrinsic motivation are still glowing. All you and your organization need to do is fan these embers and allow

your employees innate desire to be safe to ignite.

The missing piece to your safety culture puzzleand the answer to your questionis contained in the science of Self-Determination Creating and Theory (SDT). SDT is comprised of more than Cifty years of validated sustaining a culture of human motivation science that will rekindle employees innate desire safety is the highest and intrinsic motivation to be safe into action. SDT is composed of four calling of leadership Cire-starters that ignite intrinsic motivation: Purpose, Autonomy, Relatedness, and Competency. When these four psychological needs ~ Tom Wojick ~ are integrated into the why, what and how of your safety culture, you and your employees will experience a surge in intrinsic motivation, which will result in a renewed commitment to be safe. No longer will employees look at safety policies and procedures, risk assessment checklists, job safety analyses, and other tools intended to keep them safe as routine, meaningless required tasks. SDT is not another carrot and stick approach, which you know by now cannot build and sustain a culture of safety. SDT is an approach that engages the hearts and minds of employees, provides meaning to why they do what they do, and motivates them to behave in the best interest of everyone. Our program is called A Path to Zero. It is not just another safety program, but a comprehensive SDT approach to creating a lasting culture of safety. Our clients learn how to assess, develop and apply purpose, autonomy, relatedness, and competence to drive the behavioral changes required to achieve the results they want. The choice is yours: continue to scratch your head and hope that while you search for the missing piece of the safety puzzle no ones gets seriously injured, or let A Path to Zero ignite the intrinsic motivation of your employees and create a sustaining and generative safety culture. If safety is something you deeply care about and youre ready to make a commitment to ZERO injuries and accidents, you owe it to yourself and your employees to get on the Path to Zero.