There are many factors that go into building a truly safe workplace, from systems and processes to culture and training. But one trumps all – safety leadership.
Leaders directly influence about 70% of an employee’s behaviour and this can have a significant impact on generating and driving safety culture. Safety leadership is one of the most important—and least understood—influences on workplace safety.
The Jonah Group’s Safety Leadership Training program stands out as a superior alternative to traditional behaviour-based safety training methods. It focuses on creating a culture of genuine care and ownership. Traditional behaviour-based programs focus on observing and correcting workers’ behaviours without fully understanding the underlying motivations, unconscious thinking and decision-making processes that lead to risky behaviour.
Leaders play a critical role in influencing safety culture and performance. The Safety Leadership Development program equips leaders with the language, tools and skills to enable them to make conscious choices and build a culture of care, trust ownership and accountability.
The program educates leaders in understanding human behaviour, why people do what they do, what causes human error and what they can do to influence others to own and consciously choose safety.
Jonah Group’s experts know safety. Not just because they have studied it—but because they have lived it.
In 1999, founders Nada and Robert Wentzel were involved in a horiffic accident that left them burned and scarred. The accident led to a life-long inquiry to discover why smart people are capable of such mistakes.
Today, they share that knowledge with leaders from the boardroom to the front line, driving real change in people’s attitudes, behaviour and mindset—and ensuring safety and well-being. In a world where more than 2 million die every year from work-related accidents and disease, safety is Jonah Group’s mission.
With a diverse and geographically dispersed team, it was important for Epic Energy to engage with an external partner who understood the unique nature of our business and was prepared to develop a tailored Safety Culture Transformation program. Designed to engage every member of the Epic team, workshops and 1:1 coaching by The Jonah Group’s expert facilitators are proving to have a significant positive impact on moving the business towards an innovative safety culture. Underpinned by desired leadership behaviours and guided by Epic’s picture of success, individual 2 degree shifts in behaviour are now combining to create a powerful collective positive shift.
Clive D’Cruz, Chief Executive Officer
I think it’s fair to say that the feedback on the Leading Safety Program has been nothing short of excellent. It certainly exceeded my expectations in terms of the feedback that we’re getting and I really think it’s created a momentum in the organisation. I see this evidence in many, many ways recently. I think from my perspective, in terms of what The Jonah Group bring, is real world experience, it’s real examples, and it’s holding participants of the program accountable for their responsibilities to take that content that they’re getting from the program applied to themselves and assist them in their safety journey.
Darryl Bell, GM Safety
We’ve been working with The Jonah Group over a number of years in safety and sustainability leadership. Their ability to listen, respond, customise and deliver the program in a practical, engaging manner has been key to our success.
Tim O’Connell, Safety & Sustainability Group Lead
