ABSTRACT
Safety is as much an art as it is a science. In order to achieve the cultural shift to the integration of safety into all activities and to empower your employees to take “ownership” of the safety function, your workforce, from top to bottom, must be motivated as well as empowered to make this change. Generally, different levels within the organization or company possess different motivating factors; however, the motivating factors may also be unique to the working area or individual employees. Painting with a very broad brush, upper management is often motivated by monetary gain in the form of prot, shareholder returns, production increases, bonuses, or related areas. Mid-level managers are motivated by monetary gains but also in terms of time and job functions. Base-level employees are motivated beyond the paycheck in terms of time, activities beyond the workplace, lifestyle, and family/ friends. As we can see, each level as well as each individual possesses different motivating factors, and these factors can change with the circumstances.
