The State of Safety In New Zealand
An Insight into Our Neighbouring Nation As an Australian-owned company, we share a strong bond with our partners in New Zealand. With so many cultural and geographical similarities between us, you wouldn’t be mistaken for assuming that our statistics and trajectories around safety were similar too. However, when you take a look into the safety […]
New Sentis Study Uncovers the State of Safety Culture Across Industry
Only 14% of organisational sites operate from a positive safety culture, according to a new study of 73 sites across agriculture, construction, government, healthcare, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas and utilities. For organisations whose sites fall into the remaining 86%, operating from a negative or unhelpful safety culture carries an increased risk of serious incidents […]
Maintaining Workplace Safety Culture for Long-Term Success
When it comes to developing a positive workplace safety culture, there’s often a false belief that it’s a once-off activity. You make the decision to invest in developing your culture, you run training and coaching programs across your organisation to shift your team’s perspective around safety, and you enjoy the merits of improved safety outcomes for […]
Moving Beyond Blame and Avoidance Culture in Safety
During our time as safety culture experts, we’ve seen the inner workings of organisations that span across every stage of our safety culture maturity model, each with their own unique traits and characteristics. But of them all, there’s one type of cultural trait that stands out as a key indicator of poor cultural maturity and safety […]
Driving a Positive Safety Culture – Sneak Peek and Waitlist Sign-up
“When you work unsafely, you get higher production and praise.” “If you report something then you have an issue, it’s a blame game.“ “They need to kill a few [people] before anything is done.” Investment in safety culture is crucial. If your people lack the intrinsic motivation to take responsibility for their own safety, the risk of incidents and […]
Encouraging a Culture of Safe Production
A healthy dose of performance pressure is crucial for maintaining optimal levels of production. It motivates teams meet their KPIs, deliver on production targets and stay on-task. Problems arise when levels of production pressure increase to the point that the focus on production starts to overshadow the importance of safe behaviours. Especially if your leaders […]
Safety Masterclass Series Shines a Spotlight on Leaders’ Role in Driving a Positive Safety Culture
When it comes to safety, it’s no secret that what you don’t know can hurt you. That’s why in 2019 Sentis lifted the lid on underreporting and equipped leaders with the knowledge, skills and strategies to drive a culture of learning and improvement with our masterclass series. More than 230 safety managers across industry registered […]
From Policing to Partnering: The Power of Coaching Conversations
Many safety leaders dream of a workplace where individuals are willing to go above and beyond the base expectation to achieve exemplary safe work performance. But how do we make that dream a reality when so many of us are struggling just to gain compliance with safety policies and procedures? Research at Sentis has revealed that 86% […]
Expanding our Global Safety Footprint: Introducting W Cubed Consulting, our Newest Official Safety Partner
Since our inception in 2003, our team at Sentis has had one simple mission—to change the lives of organisations and individuals for the better, every single day, through the development of healthy and empowered workplace cultures. Over the last 16 years, that mission has led to us empowering more than 300 companies and 160,000 individuals […]