www.ecao.org 26 THE COR™ JOURNEY the fundamentals are about embracing a healthier and safer work force. There is a focus on fact finding and taking action toward continuous improvement that makes the entire operation better for everyone. At the same time, those improvements help your organization ensure your client is always getting the best. In short, your overall culture is the sum of its parts, and it defines how the company functions when it comes to safety. As a result, there is a high regard and respect for the program and a commitment by everyone to the way in which it is maintained in your organization. This is where COR™ can make a big difference for you as an organiza- tion. COR™ is all about having strong and effective processes in place and communicating them to all your employees. COR™ involves measuring performance and implementing continuous improvement plans. In simple words, all your employees play a major role in your organization achieving COR™ successfully. 4S Consulting Services Inc. was proud to be the COR™ support partner for BEC Electric and help them in their journey from compliance to culture. Employee engagement – key for COR™ and safety culture Employee engagement, including middle managers, senior management, and everyone involved in the business operations, holds the key to achieving a sustainable safety culture. This coincidentally is also one of the key objectives of the COR™ program. The IHSA wants to promote strong safety culture through COR™. Can the link between COR™ and safety culture be more obvious and significant? If you can’t explain the significance of COR™ to your employees and get them to work with you to achieve it, how will you be able to create a safety culture? Remember, safety culture doesn’t happen by force. It is an end-product of the individual and team efforts put in by every person in your organization. What does your safety culture reflect? Your safety culture reflects the extent of your organization’s adaptation of safety. Well-managed safety management systems have well-managed processes, which in time make the organization more effective and profitable. The return on investment is inevitable. A strong health and safety management system that helps in building a safety culture coupled with well-defined processes are the foundation pillars of COR™. COR™ helps you as an organization to have a program that is not just people driven, but process driven. With a clearly defined process, the safety program is self-sufficient rather than dependent on one person or resource. Processes need to be specific to the work environment so that they reflect the realities of what your employees deal with on a daily basis and the hazards inherent in that environment. For more information, contact 4S Consulting Services Inc. at info@4sconsult.com or visit us at www.4sconsult.com. Our Experi- enced COR™ Consultants and Associate External COR™ Auditors of the IHSA can guide you right through your COR™ journey from start-to-finish. This article is based on an excerpt from Creating an Awesome Corporate Safety Culture; Sustained occupational health safety programs for Canadian workplaces, by Sobi Ragunathan & Sabesh Kanagaretnam, P.Eng., on how to build a safety culture. The book is coming this Spring 2019. working towards building a sustainable workplace safety culture, one which is not dependent on individuals. How can COR™ make a difference to your safety culture? Take a look at your organization. What is the focus of your culture? Is it one that looks for fault and is busy pointing fingers, or is it one that focuses on prevention? Your safety culture needs to define how every action and reaction is approached. A strong culture embraces an open door policy where there are no “dictators”; faultfinding does not exist. Instead, it is a solution-based environment where the fundamentals are about embracing a healthier and safer work force. There is a focus on fact finding and taking action toward continuous improvement that makes the entire operation better for everyone. At the same time, those improvements help your organization ensure your client is always getting the best. In short, your overall culture is the sum of its parts, and it defines how the company functions when it comes to safety. As a result, there is a high regard and respect for the program and a commitment by everyone to the way in which it is maintained in your organization. This is where COR™ can make a big difference for you as an organization. COR™ is all about having strong and effective processes in place and communicating them to all your employees. COR™ involves measuring performance and implementing continuous improvement plans. In simple words, all your employees play a major role in your organization achieving COR™ successfully. 4S Consulting Services Inc. was proud to be the COR™ support partner for BEC Electric and help them in their journey from compliance to culture. Employee engagement – key for COR™ and safety culture Employee engagement, including middle managers, senior management, and everyone involved in the business operations, holds the key to achieving a sustainable safety culture. This coincidentally is also one of the key objectives of the COR™ program. The IHSA wants to promote strong safety culture through COR™. its culture over the long term, it creates a sustainable program, which adds to the brand value. Workplace safety and corporate brand image go hand-in-glove. We all know what happened to British Petroleum’s global brand image after the massive oil-leak tragedy. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to understand and respect the correlation between company brand and workplace safety. One of the best ways to ensure brand leadership is by working towards building a sustainable workplace safety culture, one which is not dependent on individuals. How can COR™ make a difference to your safety culture? Take a look at your organization. What is the focus of your culture? Is it one that looks for fault and is busy pointing fingers, or is it one that focuses on prevention? Your safety culture needs to define how every action and reaction is approached. A strong culture embraces an open door policy where there are no “dictators”; faultfinding does not exist. Instead, it is a solution-based environment where the fundamentals are about embracing a healthier and safer work force. There is a focus on fact finding and taking action toward continuous improvement that makes the entire operation better for everyone. At the same time, those improvements help your organization ensure your client is always getting the best. In short, your overall culture is the sum of its parts, and it defines how the company functions when it comes to safety. As a result, there is a high regard and respect for the program and a commitment by everyone to the way in which it is maintained in your organization. This is where COR™ can make a big difference for you as an organization. COR™ is all about having strong and effective processes in place and communicating them to all your employees. COR™ involves measuring performance and implementing continuous improvement plans. In simple words, all your employees play a major role in your organization achieving COR™ successfully. 4S Consulting Services Inc. was proud to be the COR™ support partner for BEC Electric and help them in their journey from compliance to culture. Employee engagement – key for COR™ and safety culture Employee engagement, including middle managers, senior management, and everyone involved in the business operations, holds the key to achieving a sustainable safety culture. This coincidentally is also one of the key objectives of the COR™ program. The IHSA wants to promote strong safety culture through COR™.