Birla White

VFL (Visible Felt Leadership) Conducted a workshop of VFL at Birla White .The session revolved around leadership in safety which is not only transactional but is visible to everybody, felt by everyone and provides vibrant and decisive leadership. The session was 8 hours and 16000 steps long. The pillars of safety Incident investigation, safety observation, hazard identification and risk assessment were discussed : 1. Incident Investigation : Incidents repeat and the main reason being inadequate investigation and incomplete implementation. Discussed the nuances of a complete investigation and replication horizontally across the company. 2. Safety observation : Once the systems mature the main cause of accidents is negligence and shoddy supervision. The only way to change behaviour is safety observation. Discussed the effective way of conducting safety observation, how to instantly connect, what to say what to avoid, how to get an agreement and how to close if there is no agreement. 3. The ABC framework : (Antecedent, Behaviour , Consequence) Behaviour change can happen only when the behaviour is identified, the reason behind the behaviour ( antecedent) is understood and the consequences are communicated . The participants ABC framework was explained and practiced. 4. HIRA : Hazard identification and Risk analysis. This is the only component of safety procedure which guarantees that the systems are near foolproof. The major mistake is incomplete team while conducing HIRA. The must be are people who are actually performing the job and one PK ( from the movie PK, alien to the job) who asks stupid questions unravelling new dimensions in hazards and risks because accident will not happen the way we predict, it takes a bouncer route. So unearthing unthought of and new aspects is essential to seal all gaps. Many other aspects of safety were discussed. The 35+ participants had a field day as the each one of them contributed and discussed many issues which they could not discuss during normal course of time. Overall it was a session which touched the core and is expected to improve the baseline of safety net in the organisation. I thank MH Alok Nigam Sir for being the guiding light, FH HR Pankaj Poddar for arranging the training at short notice and FHT JAGDISH Tiwari for attending the opening and setting the context. #safety #training #safetytraining #leadership #safetyleadership #visiblefeltleadership #behaviour #hazardidentification #risk #riskmanagement #behaviourcorrection #behaviourchange