Steering Teams as Strategic Drive Toward Positive Safety Cultural Maturity

Authors

  •  Harbans Lal Professor of Psychology (Retd.), SNDT Women’s University, Director - Forum of Safety Culture, Mumbai – 400049, Maharashtra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53739/samvad/2023/v26/172613

Keywords:

Organizations, Safety Culture, Steering Teams, Strategic Groups

Abstract

The steering teams need to awaken and act to the depth and intensity of positive safety culture at sites. They take safety
pledges every day, but injuries and fatalities continue. Risk is live daily; risk control must be live daily. The focus of this
paper is to describe and simplify the action of steering teams as the strategic drive of executing safety culture for the
benefit of organizations. Some salient features discussed are like top to bottom steering teams of safety culture concerning
cultural maturity, what The steering teams need to awaken and act to the depth and intensity of positive safety culture at sites. They take safety pledges every day, but injuries and fatalities continue. Risk is live daily; risk control must be live daily. The focus of this paper is to describe and simplify the action of steering teams as the strategic drive of executing safety culture for the benefit of organizations. Some salient features discussed are like top to bottom steering teams of safety culture concerning cultural maturity, what would motivate steering teams for achieving the next safety cultural levels, and how steering teams work in unity to be a strategic drive for safety culture. The corporate and site steering groups would monitor the progress of a good positive safety culture and ensure that the core principles/values of safety culture intervention do not deviate, failing which the long-term safety culture goals and effects are not achievable. This paper serves the literature reviews, case briefs, and experiences of field experts/practitioners and highlights how the steering teams’ members deliver change through the execution of safety cultural intervention through their leadership, commitment, passion and quality time.would motivate steering teams for achieving the next safety cultural levels, and how steering teams
work in unity to be a strategic drive for safety culture. The corporate and site steering groups would monitor the progress
of a good positive safety culture and ensure that the core principles/values of safety culture intervention do not deviate,
failing which the long-term safety culture goals and effects are not achievable. This paper serves the literature reviews,
case briefs, and experiences of field experts/practitioners and highlights how the steering teams’ members deliver change
through the execution of safety cultural intervention through their leadership, commitment, passion and quality time.

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Author Biography

Harbans Lal, Professor of Psychology (Retd.), SNDT Women’s University, Director - Forum of Safety Culture, Mumbai – 400049, Maharashtra

PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, DIRECTOR

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2023-06-01

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Lal, H. Steering Teams As Strategic Drive Toward Positive Safety Cultural Maturity. samvad 2023, 26, 26-33.

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