Challenging Inductions

One of the main areas of focus when new staff arrive, is the time taken to instruct them on the health and safety aspects of their role. But as Colin discusses in this week’s show, should we be challenging the need for this instruction at the outset, and how can we improve the experience?  KEY TAKEAWAYS A better approach to inducting new staff, could be to simply ask them to go out into the workplace and talk to the people who work there already. We can gauge our own happiness with our safety measures by asking ourselves if conversations with new employees would be beneficial, productive, and welcome. BEST MOMENTS ‘Are there better ways of inducting people in the things that are really important?’ ‘If you’re comfortable and confident with letting conversations happen, then you’re in a great place to be’ VALUABLE RESOURCES The Interesting Health & Safety Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/vn/podcast/the-interesting-health-safety-podcast/id1467771449   ABOUT THE HOST Colin Nottage ‘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).