Success seekers promote safety

Success seekers are the most desirable participants in your safety improvement plans. These individuals show the highest levels of self-efficacy, personal control and optimism and are more likely to actively care for the safety and health of others. With the high expectancy for success and low fear of failure, success seekers respond to setbacks with optimistic persistence, self-assurance and a sense of personal control.

How do we increase the number of success seekers in a work group? The obvious antidote is to focus on safety achievement rather than injury avoidance. The only way to put an achievement spin on safety is to define proactive things to do for injury prevention, and then hold people accountable for achieving them. An achievement-based accountability system should put more focus on positive consequences for accomplishment, from interpersonal recognition to group celebrations. Plus, your safety scoring system should be based on proactive measures – activities accomplished to prevent injury.