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Leadership series

This training series helps leaders at all levels learn the building blocks that support safety culture and boost employee involvement.

Resources

You can access trainings by topic or improve your organization in the key dimensions of the Ansbro Safety Culture Spectrum described below.

Not sure how to start? Begin with Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) (Spanish), a great leadership foundation. Learn more about how to use the leadership series.

This employer safety and health assessment can help you gauge the effectiveness of your efforts and help you to identify areas to improve.

Want to set leadership goals? Use the leadership development plan form. (Spanish)

Click each topic to access resources.

The Ansbro Safety Culture Spectrum, named in memory of Trevor Ansbro, who developed the model, describes the characteristics of four stages of safety culture. Learn how SAIF can help you assess the strength of your safety culture by using the Ansbro Safety Culture Spectrum. 

This page describes how to use the model.

The training tools below help build leadership skills. 

Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) (Spanish)
These materials describe a way of leading safety by engaging employees.

Leadership styles (Spanish)
Learn about leadership styles to increase effectiveness.

Emotional intelligence (Spanish)
More workplaces are seeing the benefit in developing this leadership dimension. 

Relationship building (Spanish)
Learn about developing relationships to be a more positive leader.

Setting goals  (Spanish)
A key to effective results, this resource will help you learn how to set goals.

Mindfulness  (Spanish)
More leaders are seeing the benefit to promoting mindfulness in the workplace.

Vision (Spanish)
How to create a vision to inspire your employees and connect what they do to your mission.

A leader's role in change management  (Spanish)
Navigating change is essential for all leaders.

Supportive supervision (Spanish)
Get the resources to become a great leader through supportive supervision.

Safety and Health Improvement Program (SHIP)
Partners from Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) developed this program to help employers implement supportive supervision at their organizations. Each module is 15 minutes or less and includes printable resources.

What’s health got to do with workplace safety? Browse these topics to learn how illness, stress, and lack of sleep impact worker safety and productivity—and what you can do to change it.

The tools linked below will help you build accountability into your culture.

Accountability at all levels  (Spanish)
See how everyone at an organization has a role in accountability.

Avoid blame and better understand human error  (Spanish)
Learn that error is inevitable and the advantages of designing systems to handle it.

Building trust  (Spanish)
Trust is an accountability cornerstone; learn how to build it with these resources.

Challenging conversations  (Spanish)
Every organization has challenging conversations; learn how to make them more effective.

Coaching employees  (Spanish)
Giving appropriate feedback to employees so they can improve is an important leadership skill.

Safety observations for coaching and recognition
When done well, observations can result in positive reinforcement of good work behaviors while providing an opportunity to coach employees on areas they can improve.

Involving employees in leadership decisions increases buy in for organizational activities while improving overall morale; these tools will help.

Communication (Spanish)
The strongest foundation for leadership and safety is good communication.

Employee engagement (Spanish)
An engaged workforce is safer, more productive, and happier at work.

Work styles (Spanish)
Knowing your preferred way of working can improve how you work with others.

"I've got your back" Pledge  (Spanish) (Combination English and Spanish)
A great way to improve employee involvement is to use a signed commitment to safety. Use this template to develop your own contract.

Recognition and incentives  (Spanish)
Learn the best ways to acknowledge employee contributions to your organization.

Brainstorming  (Spanish)
Resolve workplace safety concerns using this method that engages employees.

Safety, health, and wellbeing efforts are connected.Understanding that connection leads to fewer workplace injuries, and can also lower costs and create a happier and heathier workforce. 

Assessing your workplace for risks improves safety. These tools will provide a way to assess and address risks while involving employees in solutions.

Hierarchy of controls: a way to address hazards 

Learning teams  (Spanish)
Learning teams are an effective way to evaluate risks and follow up on workplace injuries.

What leads to risk-taking behavior? (Spanish)
See why employees sometimes work unsafely and what leaders can do about it.

Job hazard analysis (JHA) and personal protective equipment (PPE) assessment: Identify and control hazards (Spanish)
Both the JHA and the PPE assessment are useful tools that help find and control hazards.

Common hazards in the workplace and hazard identification
These free trainings on several workplace topics will help you create and maintain a culture of safety.

Employee policy
Accident analyses determine how and why safety failures occur.

Free trainings
Barran Liebman LLP attorney Chris Morgan has provided resources and trainings on a variety of HR topics, from recruiting to performance conversations to policy development.

Human resources help
Learn how to support safe and healthy employee choices.

Put safe and healthy habits within reach

Safety meeting and safety officer training
Creating policies that make safer workplaces shape positive safety culture.

Training employees in safety and health best practices (Spanish)
Oregon employers must have a safety committee or hold regular safety meetings.

What is PESO? ~ ¿Que es PESO? | State of Oregon
A bilingual program created to help English-speaking employers train and talk about workplace safety and health issues with Spanish-speaking workers.

Workplace incident analysis
Use these tools to identify and correct common workplace hazards.

Writing effective safety and health policies, procedures, and rules (Spanish)
Practical information and examples.

Costs of workplace injuries
The $afety Pays Program can help you calculate the cost of injuries, making a case for investing in safety.

Chemical and other health hazards
How to identify and protect workers from health hazards, including chemicals, noise, airborne contaminants, and more.

Determining the costs of injuries worksheet
This fillable form will allow you to calculate the direct and indirect costs of workplace injuries.

100-plus ideas for Total Worker Health®
Here are some actions you can take right now to help nudge your organization toward Total Worker Health®.

These resources show how Total Worker Health® approaches can benefit your workers and your organization.

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