♦♦ SAFETY CULTURE & SAFETY PERFORMANCE ♦♦ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
In this series, I share with you my thoughts on Why Safety Is An Issue For Most Companies and the Things We Must Address If We Want To Improve Our Safety Performance. The “Trust Factor” is one of those fundamental things. |
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My wife and I love animals. We have two large dogs and five cats. It is my act of love to brush the cats every Saturday. Lula, the oldest one, is full of trust and flops onto her back, exposing her soft underbelly without any problem. Pippa, on the other hand, would never do this voluntarily and will only expose her underbelly in an all-claws-out fight! So why do these cats behave so differently? The answer lies in one word – trust. Lula was born on our bed, showered with care and love for the entire 16 years of her life. She has no hesitation to present herself in the most vulnerable position. Pippa, on the other hand, is one of our rescue children and grew up somewhere in the gutters of Benoni. She had to fend for herself, got ‘raped’ at six months of age and was left with a litter of kittens. Who knows what else has happened to her? Her deep-rooted mistrust throws her into sheer distress when I turn her onto her back to brush her belly. The link to safety and, indeed, leadership. Do your people trust you enough to expose their soft underbelly to you? By that I mean:
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REFERENCE MATERIAL“Trust and Respect” – from the book Life EduAction by Jürgen Tietz “Care and Growth” approach by Etsko Schuitema |
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