Safety Speakers Tip – Taking Personal Responsibility Is Vital To A Safe Workplace

Safety Speakers and Personal Responsibility

Safety speakers talk alot about taking personal responsibility for safety. Personal responsibility must be taken in many forms to assure a safe workplace. In order to be effective in communicating safety concepts, each one of us must take responsibility for our own safety. As safety professionals and managers, we must also take responsibility for the safety of those people in our jurisdiction. You and I, as safety speakers, must also take responsibility for the effectiveness of our communication. The effectiveness of communication is best judged by the results you get. You must do whatever it takes to be effective as a motivational safety speaker, communicator, trainer, manager, or fellow employee.

This can be a disturbing concept for some people. After all, how can you really be responsible for the way people react to your communication? However it is critical for you to take that position because once you do you can search for solutions, which will create results. Staying in a powerless state immobilizes your mind and removes any incentive to solve the communication problems you encounter.

Even if you have trouble believing you must take personal responsibility I encourage you to “act as if” it were true and your brain will do the rest.

Some Further Thoughts

As I mentioned in the excerpt above, once you take responsibility you place yourself in a position where you can cause a change. The challenge most people have is they think of themselves as victims of others’ actions, words or conditions. Because they don’t take personal responsibility they don’t put themselves in a mental position where they can come up with solutions. Safety speakers, safety team members and safety leaders must empower themselves by taking responsibility and they will discover they can truly make a difference. As I say in my book, “In Order To Make A Difference, You Must Believe You Can Make A Difference.” These excerpts are from my book, “Mastering Safety Communication.” Click Here for more information.