What It Takes To Be An Excellent OHS Professional Classic post by the late George Robotham Geoff McDonald Australian safety researcher Geoff McDonald has been my advisor/coach/mentor /guide in my safety career. Geoff McDonald has a system of classifying personal damage occurrences (“Accidents “) that goes something like this- Class 1-Permanently alters the future of… Read More What It Takes To Be An Excellent OHS Professional
OHS and Change management Implementing OHS management systems is essentially about change management. The OHS professional who learns about change management will have a better chance of being effective. Change has been around a long time. The only thing constant in business is change. “I cannot say whether things will get better if we… Read More OHS Change Management
Marketing of OHS By the late George Robotham Sometimes skills from other disciplines can be applied successfully to OHS, one such skill set is marketing. I have attended some marketing training but admittedly the focus was on marketing consultancy services. What I have tried to do with the following is provide are a few marketing… Read More Marketing of OHS
Guidance for the beginning OHS professional Our most prolific Guest Writer, George Robotham, is writing a book and would appreciate some input Update: Sadly George passed away very suddenly in Sept 2013 – he finished his book and it has become an incredible legacy – GET A COPY HERE I have set myself the task… Read More Guidance for the beginning OHS professional
Managing the OHS Practical vs Theoretical Divide by the late George Robotham Quotable Quote “A health & safety problem can be described by statistics but cannot be understood by statistics. It can only be understood by knowing and feeling the pain, anguish, and depression and shattered hopes of the victim and of wives, husbands, parents,… Read More Managing the OHS Practical vs Theoretical Divide