An Unusual Place to Turn For Advice

Where Do You go for your health and safety Answers? In this episode, Colin discusses where to find the answers and provides great advice on how to improve consultation communication with employees. If you want to create a culture of transparency and better performance along with smart health and safety practice then listen in now.   KEY TAKEAWAYS If you have a health and safety issue go and speak to your employees. They are the people who really know what's going on Good quality consultation and communication with your employees can have an enormously positive effect in improving your health and safety performance Get people together and talk to them Make sure everyone on the site is represented and Set up a safety committee or forum that meets regularly When you get people together keep a record so the interaction can be used to drive things forward and if possible ensure a decision maker attends any meeting If you do need advice from external agencies then make sure you are clear about the value of the message and advice they bring. From a communication perspective, it's about talking to employees regularly, celebrating the things that have gone well and listening closely to the things they have concerns about. What do we need to do to make this workplace better? If you can ask this question every day and take action to move forward you will be making a positive impact on your workplace.   BEST MOMENTS ‘Keep it simple keep it straightforward’ ‘A transparent business is one that will have much better performance because people are working together’ ‘Safety representatives can have a really big impact on your business’   VALUABLE RESOURCES  The Interesting Health& Safety Podcast   ABOUT THE HOST Colin’s Biography   ‘Making health and safety as important as everything else we do.’ This is the belief that Colin is passionate about and through his consultancy Influential Management Group (IMG) is able to spread into industry. Colin works at a strategic level with company owners and board members. He helps business leaders establish and achieve their health and safety ambitions. He has developed a number of leading competency improvement programmes That are delivered across industry and his strengths are his ability to take a practical approach to problem solving and being able to liaise at all levels within an organisation. Colin also runs a company that vets contractors online and a network that develops and support H&S consultancies to become better businesses. Colin chairs the Construction Dust Partnership, an industry collaboration directly involving many organisations, including the Health and Safety Executive. He is a Post Graduate Tutor at Strathclyde University and a highly sought-after health and safety speaker and trainer. He has a Post Graduate Certificate in Safety and Risk management, an engineering degree and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).