Please review the key highlights from Trevor Sones’ session during Safety Day 2024. We hope this information sparks continued dialogue in your committees. If you have any questions, please email us at safety.risk@ubc.ca Science and Art of Persuasion Distinction Between Concepts Motivating Action The Three Pillars of Argument Communicating With Vs. Without Authority Communication Likeability Commitment and Consistency Principle
Please review the key highlights from Graeme Hooper’s session during Safety Day 2024. We hope this information sparks continued dialogue in your committees. If you have any questions, please email us at safety.risk@ubc.ca Who is a Supervisor? What are a Supervisor’s Responsibilities? The Safety Supervision at UBC course covers the following topics with a specific focus on the responsibility of the supervisor: Sign up to take the Safety Supervision at UBC course here
Please review the key highlights from the Steven Mah’s session during Safety Day 2024. We hope this information sparks continued dialogue in your committees. If you have any questions, please email us at safety.risk@ubc.ca Institutional Level UBC achieved Gold Certification in Mental Health at work in 2022. The report included recommendations to strengthen our approach to psychological health and safety and the work is ongoing. Learn more at the UBC Wellbeing page. Team Level Individual Level For more information about your extended health benefits, visit the UBC HR website
Trevor Sones: Persuasion & Influence – Communicating to Solicit Action Communicating effectively is more than just getting your message across to the person you are talking to. Yes, you want people to hear what you have to say but as safety leaders you want them to actually do something with what you are telling them. Often people communicate in the same way as everyone else and are frustrated that they don’t get much in the way of results from their efforts. This session draws on the key principles of approach that are most effective in enhancing your message and making your communication efforts more persuasive or influential. Using these approaches, you will have a greater likelihood that your communication efforts get the results that others are struggling to achieve. This session will help you: About Trevor Sones Trevor is an Adjunct Professor of Organizational Behaviour at UBC Sauder School of Business. He is a leading expert in conflict and communication, he is a Harvard trained negotiator and he has been a full-time practicing professional mediator for 16 years. He has extensive experience in helping parties resolve complex communication challenges both big and small involving almost every industry in both the private and public sectors. Trevor has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies, major organizations, School Districts, Municipalities and the Provincial Health Authorities of BC. Trevor’s unique value proposition is his ability to go beyond research and provide participants with real-world tools and techniques that actually work in the field. Trevor is wonderfully energetic and highly reviewed by program participants who have worked with him across Canada. Graeme Hooper: Supervisors and Safety: Roles, Requirements, and Risks While employers have broad general duties to ensure workplace health and safety, much of that work will be accomplished through front-line supervisors. Increasingly, how supervision was performed is at the forefront following any serious workplace incident. In that context, demonstrating effective supervision is key to an employer’s due diligence defence. However, supervisors themselves may face scrutiny in how they have fulfilled their duties, with many of recent health and safety-related prosecutions being against supervisors. In this context, Graeme will discuss the duties of employers to provide necessary supervision, how those duties have been interpreted by tribunals and the courts, and how all workplace parties can effectively mitigate risks of prosecution following an incident. About Graeme Hooper Graeme Hooper acts for employers and workers in all areas of workplace law, with a particular focus on matters involving WorkSafeBC. This includes acting for employers and workers in claims, orders and penalty appeals, assessment matters, prohibited action complaints (formerly known as discriminatory action complaints), statutory injunctions under the Workers Compensation Act, and regulatory and criminal prosecutions. Graeme’s career has included work with the Ministry of Public Safety, the Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia, the Court of Appeal and the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Graeme now uses those experiences to assist clients dealing with all level of government. Steven Mah: The Building Blocks to Psychological Health & Safety in the Workplace There has been increasing discussion within workplaces surrounding the importance of fostering mental health among employees. A newer term that has been used to describe this workplace goal is ‘psychological health and safety.’ But what does that really mean? Steven’s talk provides foundational information about psychological health and safety, simplifying its technical aspects into fundamental and actionable building blocks for audience members. Specifically, this presentation delves into the challenges surrounding mental health at work and discusses how factors such as trust, communication, and support can cultivate a psychologically healthy and safe workplace, proactively address legal requirements, and help workplaces facilitate such strategies. Steven encourages engagement and interactions among audience members to ensure that the psychological health and safety strategies are relevant and tailored to all attendees. About Steven Mah Trevor Sones: Keynote Summary on Persuasion & Influence
Graeme Hooper: Supervisors and Safety
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Steven Mah: Psychological Health & Safety in the Workplace
Steven is an award-winning Health & Safety Professional, with over 15 years of experience in the field of corporate psychological health and safety. He holds a Master of Science degree with a dual focus in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and Educational Leadership. He conducted original research in emotional and social intelligence, resulting in a 45% increase in job and life satisfaction for participants. Steven currently acts as Mental Health Injury Prevention Consultant at WorkSafeBC and is a private Counseling Therapist (R.CT). Steven’s unique skill lies in his ability to effectively simplify and translate technical content into easy-to-understand concepts and actionable steps. When he’s not working, Steven enjoys spending time outdoors, eating good food, and traveling with his wife and two children.