From Knowing to Doing: Maximizing the Impact of Employee Safety Training

For years, the delivery of information has been the method of choice for driving safe employee behaviors. Bring employees into a classroom, give them information, and then send them back to work with the expectation that they will now act on the information they were provided.
Unfortunately, there is a huge difference between what employees know about safety versus what they do with what they know. Information has value, but its impact is influenced not only by the quantity of content delivered, but also by HOW this content is developed, delivered, supported, and received! Part of the problem is that companies tend to focus on the content they are going to deliver, but neglect the importance of presenting it in a way that reaches the audience and supporting it over time in ways that drive lasting change.
In this session Michael introduces REP; The Rational, Emotional, and Physical approach to effective training. This dramatically improves the impact of training by insuring that the information delivered makes sense to the audience (Rational), that the audience understands what's in it for them by acting on this information (Emotional), and that an environment is created after the training that supports and reinforces the content that was delivered (Physical). This fun, high-energy session offers insights and strategies for training that not only influence what participants know but also what they do with what they know.
This session provides tips for keeping employees engaged in the training along with effective methods for coaching positive changes in behavior long after the training session is over.

• The myths and misconceptions of employee safety training
• Compliance Training vs. Behavioral Change Training
• REP - The Rational, Emotional, and Physical Approach to Training
• The Rational
• The Emotional
• The Physical
• From Knowing to Doing; Turning what employees know into what employees do

This session is for those responsible for providing safety training for employees. Companies are concerned that the safety training they provide to employees is not as effective as it could (and should) be. Organizations spend a tremendous amount of resources, including time, money, and energy on employee safety training. The question is whether or not they are getting an adequate return on this investment.
In many organizations, safety training is viewed as something that needs to be done in order to get it out of the way. Unfortunately, when it comes to safety training, much of this information is the difference between a safe and unsafe act. The good news is that making safety training more fun, more engaging, and more effective does not require a tremendous amount of effort. It simply requires attention to the few things that make a huge difference. 

• Safety Directors
• Risk Managers
• Personnel Directors
• Human Resources and Anyone else that is involved in providing Safety Training to Employees

Michael Melnik is an occupational therapist with a master’s degree in exercise physiology. He is owner and president of Prevention Plus, Inc. and The Energized Approach.

Over the last 30 years Michael has shared his message with more than 750,000 participants around the world. Michael has been a consultant at Wal-Mart, The Home Depot, Coca Cola, Pet Smart and many others. He speaks regularly at numerous national, state and local associates and corporate events and is the author and talent in several award-winning videos that are used by thousands of companies.