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Dealing with conflicting safety views at the plant. Are you ready to find common ground?

When safety views clash at the plant, it’s essential to bridge the gap with understanding and strategy. To align on safety protocols:

- Engage in active listening. Hear out all concerns without interruption or judgment.

- Establish a shared goal. Reinforce the mutual priority of everyone's well-being.

- Create a task force. Include diverse perspectives to address concerns and develop solutions.

How do you handle differing safety opinions in your workplace?

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Dealing with conflicting safety views at the plant. Are you ready to find common ground?

When safety views clash at the plant, it’s essential to bridge the gap with understanding and strategy. To align on safety protocols:

- Engage in active listening. Hear out all concerns without interruption or judgment.

- Establish a shared goal. Reinforce the mutual priority of everyone's well-being.

- Create a task force. Include diverse perspectives to address concerns and develop solutions.

How do you handle differing safety opinions in your workplace?

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    Mohamed GUEDRI

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    La sécurité passe par une bonne préparation de l'intervention, une analyse des risques sur le terrain et surtout une vigilance accrue pendant l'intervention. Le vrai danger c'est le manque de concentration,durant l'intervention, pendant quelques millièmes de seconde et là c'est l'accident.

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    Jason Jin

    Production Director

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    Acknowledge and respect perspectives, listen actively and recognize validity. Focus on shared common goals, emphasize safety as #1 priority and highlight compliance need Gather evidence, use data to inform decisions and benchmark against standards. Organize a meeting and encourage collaboration to facilitate open discussion. Analyze concerns, address misconceptions and identify rootcauses. Explore compromise and test trial solution to build a consensus. Leverage leadership acting as neutral facilitator and modelling behaviors. Develop clear action plan, document agreement and set timeline. Communicate decisions transparent, effective and in feedback loop. Monitor and adapt, review outcomes and be flexible for new issues.

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    Pankaj Mehta

    Plant Head @ Legrand (India) | Operational Excellence

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    Dealing with conflicting safety views at the plant requires open communication, respect for differing perspectives, and a commitment to a common goal: ensuring a safe and productive work environment. While it’s natural to have different opinions, finding common ground is essential for creating a unified approach to safety. By listening actively, focusing on evidence-based practices, and collaborating on solutions, we can address concerns constructively. Together, we can bridge any differences and reinforce the plant's commitment to safety for all employees.

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    Vijay Tiwari 🇮🇳

    Operations Administrator | Strategic Operations Supervisor| Expert in On-Site Project Execution & Team Leadership

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    Yes, I believe that addressing conflicting safety views is essential to creating a cohesive and effective safety culture. It's important to foster open communication, listen to all perspectives, and work collaboratively to find common ground. Here’s how I would approach it: 1-Acknowledge Differences 2Engage in Open Dialogue 3-Focus on Common Goal 4-Educate and Collaborate 5-Data-Driven Decisions 6-Iterative Improvement Ultimately, by keeping communication open and focusing on the shared goal of workplace safety, it’s possible to reconcile different perspectives and build a stronger, safer culture.

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    David Goodnature

    I went from overweight and stagnated to CEO | Now I help busy professionals drop 25 lbs in 90 days and reclaim confidence, presence, and career momentum.

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    It’s essential to come together as a team and focus on what matters most: everyone’s well-being. 1. Listen with Respect When people is heard, trust grows, and solutions become easier. 2. Focus on the Shared Goal Remind the team that safety is the priority. By working together, we can protect each other and create a safe work environment. 3. Find and Evaluate the Facts Collect feedback, incident reports, and observations. Fact-based decisions = fairness and clarity. 4. Share What You’ve Learned Be open about the findings. Transparency is king. 5. Form a Safety Team Bring people together to collaborate on solutions. 6. Make sure changes are implemented and sustained over time. Have a process for continuous monitoring.

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    Duraiarasan Govindarajan

    --Head -Die casting business

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    Improve the Visual communication system in the plant with training and retraining every 3 months for existing team members , New joining people day 1 to day 3 only safety training with OJT later . 👍

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    Aristos Panteli, MBA

    Senior Institutional Manager at MultiBank Group | Providing Industry Best Partnership Deals

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    Listen to all perspectives objectively. Focus discussions on factual safety data. Identify shared goals, like zero incidents. Involve a neutral safety expert if needed. Propose trial solutions for testing. Communicate the benefits of consensus. Ensure decisions prioritize safety first.

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    Hamid Mukhtar

    Director @ ATG Asia Pacific | Driving Innovation in Robotics and Automation

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    To handle disparate views on safety in a manufacturing environment, I have found it useful to develop common grounds by aligning with established safety standards. By fostering a culture of open communication, and involving all stakeholders in the process, we can effectively address differing safety opinions and create a safer workplace for everyone.

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    Salil Mathur

    Ex-CEO, Mentor, and Business Leader

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    Take all the views of safety in your plant seriously. Choose all those suggestions that enhance safety, and the security at the plant can never be compromised.

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    Rohit Shahane

    KHS | Operations | IE | Lean | Faculty at AMA

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    Conflicting safety views means different perspective on safety and safe work conditions. Having a such a situation is always a plus point. Listening to various aspects can create perfect collaborative environment. Goal is safer environment, on time work and customer satisfaction (internal or external).

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