Imagine a work environment in which everyone actively cares for each other's safety and well-being on a routine basis. Employees at all levels of the organization provide their coworkers daily supportive feedback for safety-related behavior that prevents injuries. And whenever at-risk behavior is observed, corrective feedback is provided with empathy, accepted with humility, and is applied to effectively change the behavior to the safe alternative. This is the vision of a brother’s/sister’s keeper work culture.
Using evidence-based principles from applied behavioral science and humanistic behaviorism, Actively Caring for People’s Safety is a behavior-based safety guidebook designed to show readers how to make the actively caring for people (AC4P) brother’s/sister’s keeper vision a reality. Safety professionals, work supervisors, corporate managers, and line workers who read, discuss, and practice the research-founded content in this handbook will be well-prepared and empowered to initiate and nurture an AC4P work culture in their organization.
Features:
• Lessons focus on the fundamental principles of cultivating an AC4P culture
• Discussion questions and exercises inspire practical self-study or group training
• Glossary of terms connect applied behavioral science and humanistic behaviorism to the AC4P movement
Author: E. Scott Gellar & Krista S. Gellar
ISBN: 978-0-939874-10-1
Format: Paperback
Publisher: American Society of Safety Professionals
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 192
About the Author
E. Scott Geller, Ph.D., Alumni Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech (VT), is cofounder and senior partner of Safety Performance Solutions, Inc. For 48 years, Professor Geller has taught and conducted research as a faculty member and director of the Center for Applied Behavior Systems in the Department of Psychology at VT. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous books, book chapters, magazine articles, research articles, and courses addressing the development and evaluation of behavior-change interventions to improve quality of life on a large scale. Dr. Geller is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, the Association of Behavior Analysis International, and the World Academy of Productivity and Quality Sciences. Krista S. Geller, Ph.D., worked as a researcher at Virginia Tech's Center for Applied Behavior Systems throughout her undergraduate and graduate studies at VT. She has travelled worldwide to assist in adapting the AC4P safety process to various cultures, languages, and work processes. Her mission is to inspire people to take the time to actively care for the safety of themselves and others. She is currently the Field Leadership Development Supervisor, Bechtel Corporation.
Table of Contents
Forewords: John Drebinger, CSP; Steve Roberts, Ph.D.
Preface: The Human Dynamics of Safety
Acknowledgements
Introduction: From Behavior-Based Safety to
Actively Caring for People
Lesson1: Employ More Positive Consequences
Lesson 2: Benefit from Observational Learning
Lesson 3: Improve with Behavioral Feedforward and
Feedback
Lesson 4: Use More Supportive than Corrective Feedback
Lesson 5: Embrace and Practice Empathy
Lesson 6: Distinguish between Managing Behavior and
Leading People
Lesson 7: Progress from Self-Actualization to
Self-Transcendence
The AC4P Movement
Conclusion
AC4P Wristband Stories
Reference Notes
Glossary of Key Terms
Suggested Reading
About the Authors
Index
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