In his ASSE meeting presentation, Dr. Cialdini focused on these three principles that are integral to persuasion (which is essential in occupational safety).
After giving serious consideration to this negative critique, I’ve defined five lessons that I believe can be helpful to both consultants and those who hire us.
Both motivation and emotion spur us into action. This article shows how you can tap emotional energy as a way to motivate action for injury prevention.
Resilient individuals feel the same distress and sadness experienced by others, but they are able to rebound and resume their prior lifestyle. How do they do this?
What can we do to boost and not block the self-motivation needed to perform behaviors not intrinsically reinforced by soon, certain and positive consequences?
There I was, making excuses for not intervening on behalf of transportation safety. And safety-belt use was the first target of my safety-related intervention research 30 years ago, which evolved into behavior-based safety (BBS). How could a keynote speaker for a safety conference be such a wimp?
Almost every self-help book and theory of human behavior gives intention a critical role. We are told to define explicitly what behavior we intend to perform and what attitude or mindset will accompany our behavior. In a real sense, this intention-setting experience becomes our “control panel,” exerting self-direction and purposeful action.
Dr. Brothers donated his kidney to his mentor and professional colleague — Dr. Patricia Krantz, executive director of the Princeton Child Development Institute, Princeton, N.J. Dr. Brothers’ elective surgery exemplifies physical courage.
Effective leaders are competent and committed regarding their course of action. But I believe a third C-word distinguishes exemplary actively caring leadership — courage. The following two stories illustrate what I mean.