The UK Psych Health and Safety Podcast Safety Leadership and Organisational Culture - with Tim Marsh
Sep 21, 2021
Tim Marsh, founder of Anker & Marsh and a renowned authority on behavioral safety, explores the critical role of safety leadership and organizational culture in fostering psychological well-being at work. He emphasizes the evolving landscape of workplace safety, especially post-COVID, advocating for genuine mental health support. Tim discusses the importance of employee feedback, the FI scale’s influence on safety, and how listening to employees can enhance job satisfaction and retention. Join him in examining how motivated, happy employees drive productivity and loyalty.
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Frontline Input in Safety
- Tim Marsh shares how the best behavioural safety method is to involve workers in identifying why things go wrong and solving them.
- This approach taps into frontline expertise for high impact, low-cost safety solutions that actually work.
Majority of Unsafe Behavior is Structural
- 90% of unsafe behavior is caused by structural and organizational factors, only 10% by the individual.
- Organizations must focus on how they set people up to succeed or fail to improve safety effectively.
Mental Health Impacts Safety Risks
- Poor mental health at work links directly to increased accidents due to fatalism, distraction, and poor decision-making.
- This creates a strong case for integrating psychological safety with physical safety efforts.