Dear Bill....my sincere thanks to you for making safety a central topic of our convention, as I had hoped we would do with a presentation that would catch everyone's attention. Thank you for the work that you do every day in saving lives. It is noble work.
Bill Sims Jr.
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Bill Sims Jr.
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Bill Sims is a safety leadership speaker, author and leadership workshop developer. He is president of The Bill Sims Company, Inc. For nearly 40 years, Bill has created behavior-based recognition programs that have helped large and small firms to inspire better performance from employees and increase bottom line profits. He holds issued patents in the field of employee motivation and recognition.
Bill's book entitled Green Beans & Ice Cream-The Definitive Recipe for Employee Engagement, Motivation and Recognition is based on this seminar and his experience having built more than 1,000 recognition programs since. More than 1,000 firms have benefited from consulting with Bill, including Dupont, Disney, Siemens VDO, Coca-Cola, and Ford, to name a few.
Bill Sims has spoken at the American Association Of Safety Engineers (ASSE's) annual Professional Development Conference's in San Antonio, Baltimore and recently in Chicago to international Health Safety and Environment (HSE) professionals and corporate management. He has been a keynote speaker and leadership speaker at a vast number of conferences globally; for example; the National Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH/NIOSH) in Scotland, the Saudi Council of Engineers and at many more locations in the Middle East, Europe, Australia, South Africa and more.
Consistently high ratings of nearly 95% from attendees.
Bill was a keynote speaker at the Annual N.C. Workman's Compensation Education Conference and at the National Safety Council Congress & Exposition. He has already been booked by the American Association Of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Middle East and Kuwait chapters to address a large number of international conference delegates - about 1000 in Bahrain and over 500 in Kuwait representing technical and corporate management executives from the major Middle Eastern oil, gas, petrochemicals companies and also from their multi-billion dollar associated expansion construction project corporations.
One of the reasons Bill's presentations are consistently well received is that he delivers the message in understandable language, and illustrates his points with industry relevant examples and anecdotes so that people can quickly understand these methods and find ways to immediately apply them in the real world. This might be why 97.2 percent of the participants of the National Safety Council Conference & Expo in Anaheim, CA, and also throughout Saudi Arabian oil, gas and petrochemical corporations evaluated his sessions as "providing new information and skills" and 91.3 percent stated that the information he shares is "valuable for practical application."
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LOSE THE BIG STICK
Integrating HOP and Behavioral Science
The purpose of analyzing the human behavioral component of any event is to understand why those involved did the things they did. Investigations attempt to understand the workplace conditions, worker attitudes, adequacy of staffing levels, and the effectiveness of leadership in order to explain what happened. This presentation seeks to understand how worker’s decisions and the capacity of the organizational management system to influence of safe and at-risk behaviors make sense at the time, given the environment within which they were working.
During one recent ASSP conference an interesting debate on "BBS" versus "HOP" garnered much attention. Is it one or the other? Or is there a middle ground?
When we incorporate elements of Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) and Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) into the investigation it allows management to create an environment where workers can make good decisions by recognizing the role of the individual and human fallibility, identifying how organizational systems influence human behavior and embracing the role of the leader to manage organizational systems in order to positively influence human behavior. Further, as worker behaviors are examined using the behavioral approach, the underlying & well hidden management system at risk behaviors become apparent. When we reach these holistic conclusions, we can concentrate on improving the management system....instead of using the easy answer of the "big stick". This blended approach allows us to become an advocate for the most precious resource we have – the worker.
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Discuss how incorporating both HOP and BBS into a workplace injury investigation allows for the optimal learning outcome.
Learn to explore the context of why a safety failure occurred and how systems failed instead of using the “big stick” approach.
Compare the proactive components of both HOP and BBS to glean the best of the best methods.
BEYOND ZERO
For years, safety leaders have been challenged with hitting the goal of zero injuries. Millions of dollars have been spent by leading firms in search of Zero, the "Holy Grail" of safety. Many of these efforts have proved beneficial, and yet many others must be questioned. Some of the finest safety cultures meet the goal of Zero Injuries, only to find that a tragic event shatters Zero, leaving it a hollow memory of what was, but no longer is. Why does this happen?
Is Zero really the right goal or is there a better one that will drive continuous safety improvement? Learn what lies Beyond Zero, and how this is the goal your culture must strive for to not only survive, but thrive in today's competitive landscape.
BEYOND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
Unleashing the Power of R+
For years, Gallup and other firms have reported on the “engaged employee”…and the search for how to increase engagement has become the Holy Grail of HR.
Engaged employees, however, are becoming more rare. In China, the “lie down” movement has business leaders very worried. Globally, 70% of workers are disengaged or actively disengaged.
So, how do we solve this problem? How do we create a culture where more people reach not only engagement, but move to the next level beyond engagement?
The answer may surprise you, but it’s been staring us in the face all along. It’s not better healthcare benefits, it’s not an improved 401K plan. The secret to getting more engagement, and then to moving beyond engagement is a simple 5 word phrase.
Join top ten global speaker Bill Sims, Jr. as we travel far beyond engagement.
Attendees receive a free copy of Bill's book: “Green Beans & Ice Cream: The Remarkable Power of Positive Reinforcement.”, this presentation explores how R+ Leadership ensures that your employees perform at their best. Not only will R+ Leadership attract and retain high-performance employees, it will also produce rapid performance improvement among low-performer employees. We will focus extensively on the mechanisms needed for successful behavior-based processes and consider areas that are often overlooked.
Learning Outcomes:
• Learn the definition of Positive Reinforcement and how it improves culture, safety, quality, and customer service.
• Determine what types of employees you have: compliant, non-compliant or committed, and what drives each type
• Learn how positive reinforcement drives commitment and employee engagement, which translate to improved profits!
Green Beans & Ice Cream
The Recipe for a Culture of Commitment
It’s a no-brainer that happy employees make better employees. But how do you get happy employees that deliver their best work on a consistent basis? And how do you overcome the "us versus them" mentality?
Learn how to create a Culture of Commitment in your organization thru the power of positive reinforcement.
Attendees receive a free copy of Bill's book: “Green Beans & Ice Cream: The Remarkable Power of Positive Reinforcement.”, this presentation explores how R+ Leadership ensures that your employees perform at their best. Not only will R+ Leadership attract and retain high-performance employees, it will also produce rapid performance improvement among low-performer employees. We will focus extensively on the mechanisms needed for successful behavior-based processes and consider areas that are often overlooked.
Learning Outcomes:
• Learn the definition of Positive Reinforcement and how it improves culture, safety, quality, and customer service.
• Determine what types of employees you have: compliant, non-compliant or committed, and what drives each type
• Learn how positive reinforcement drives commitment and employee engagement, which translate to improved profits!
