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Creating Safety Cultures In Off-Shore Operations Phil La Duke O/E Learning Presents…

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This presentation---first presented by noted workplace safety expert, Phil La Duke---focuses on developing a safety culture in overseas operations, but because the venue was in Houston many in the audience assumed the term "off-shore" referred to oil exploration.

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Page 1: Creating Safety Cultures In Off Shore Operations

Creating Safety Cultures In Off-Shore Operations

Phil La Duke

O/E Learning Presents…

Page 2: Creating Safety Cultures In Off Shore Operations

Introduction

• Housekeeping• Introductions

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Culture 101

•Norms–Laws (written and informal)–Taboos & Superstitions

•Codes of Conduct•Shared Values•Cultural Incongruence

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Why Do Culture’s Exist?

To :•Achieve Common Goals•Establish predictable

behaviors (norms) •Keep order and to keep

people from killing each other

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Vocalize Stereotypes and Prejudices

•Stereotypes are a form of superstition

•Everyone has prejudices•Stereotypes and prejudices

only have power as long as people remain silent about them.

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Understand Your Safety Culture

• Manners• Taboos• Values• National Culture• Corporate Culture

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Understand the Safety Culture of Your Workforce

• Manners• Taboos• Values• National Culture• Corporate Culture

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Expect and Identify Differences

• Cultural differences go far deeper than language

• Sometimes a different culture will have a better perspective

• We don’t always understand that when we export a culture final product is a hybrid of the two cultures involved

• It is far easier to build a culture that capitalizes on diversity and differences than on homogeny

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Cast the Vision of the Culture you want to create

• What are the best elements of each culture?

• To What do we as an organization aspire?

• Ensure that your policies reinforce your desired safety culture

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Be Flexible

• Some things that seem essential in one culture are not important in other cultures

• Sometimes we don’t really understand why we do things we’ve always done them

• Constructive conflict can be used to develop strong bonds and a good cultural foundation

• Recognize that the off-shore safety culture may differ distinctly from the culture of your domestic locations

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Don’t Cop Out

• Don’t blame the other culture for not adopting your rules

• Actively engage those who behave differently than from the desired state

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Conclusion

• Every organization has a Safety Culture • Cultures develop to protect their members

and govern behavior• You must first understand your own

culture’s strengths and weaknesses before trying to export it

• Casting the vision of the culture you want to create is an important step in exporting a safety culture

• Questions?

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Thank You!This presentation is

available at www.safety-impact.com