WE ARE A PROFIT CORPORATION
I use this in Safety Speeches, Key Notes, and Presentations all the time, all around our country and the world.
It's the simplest and most effective way to motivate a work team to be as safe as they can be, while the collective we, the profit corporation benefits from World Class Safety.
"We're a Profit Corporation, we exist to make money. If you get killed working for us, we'll replace you before your body is cold, and continue to make money."
As cold as that sounds, it is true, and that truth resonates with the workers at risk. They react to this just the opposite of what most managers think they will.
It's a breath of fresh air to the worker types. Someone calling it what it is. They eat it up, they look at their managers for reactions, they are provoked, they engage.
I'm often met with incredulous looks at first, mostly from the managers, then understanding and excitement as we kick down the facades that have always permeated safety cultures.
It points to the real reason that you should be safe, not because some profit corporation wants you to be, not to win a safety award, but to be safe for the real reason you come to work.
Your Family. What is most important to you, and a realization that it is up to you.
This is a small part of what we do with our "Honest Dialogue" Safety Presentations, tied into Human Factors & Emotional Intelligence.
It's a thing called honesty, it's effective, it will bring you World Class Performance. Not only in safety, but in everything that safety touches. Which is everything.
For all the right reasons.
Peace - Love - Getting past the Facades of Safety
Financial Planner
7 个月Profit mindset is not a bad thing! Sustainability is what matters. Businesses that operate unsafely, unethically and with wanton disregard for the environment are often short-lived. Conversely, history has proven that businesses with a safe work culture, who properly compensate employees and are good stewards of the environment can be profitable and are sustainable. My money is always on the sustainable business model, never the short game!
HSE/Quality/Reliability Consultant
8 个月Great dialogues and yes, this is a major part of our "An Honest Dialogue" series. Some still struggle with discussions that have profit and safety in the same sentence. If you don't, if you don't honestly factor in everything, the holy grail of world class will never be yours.
Sr. Director - Production Chemicals
8 个月I remember you using that position in a safety meeting for one of my teams years ago. Shook them up and woke them up! Hope your doing well!