ASSP Philadelphia Chapter Holiday Social and Technical Presentation

Please plan on joining us for our holiday social event and technical presentation, taking place on Thursday, December 13th, from 2:30 to 6 PM, at The General (646 Germantown Pike in Lafayette Hill, PA).

Our event will begin with a technical presentation by Patrick J. Karol, CSP, ARM, SMS (President, Karol Safety Consulting, LLC), who will speak on “Selling Safety to The Front-Line Employee”.

It’s a common complaint from safety professionals and line supervisors; “I can’t get my employees to follow procedures.” They often fail to realize there are two sides to safety; the technical side and the soft skills side. The technical side is the knowledge to calculate sling loads or understand attenuation rates. The other side is the soft skills side. It’s the skills that allow safety professionals, leaders and supervisors to influence change. Both are essential, however too often it is assumed that those soft skills will simply develop over time. That’s not the case. These skills need to be developed.Selling ability is one of those critical soft skills.

Selling is about influencing employees to do more than just follow procedures. We can have the technical skills and the best policies, procedures, and training, but if our employees don’t see the need to change, compliance will be difficult to achieve. Going beyond compliance will be practically impossible.

Selling Safety to the Front-Line Employee provides an understanding of three (3) key components for selling safety: vision, knowledge, and heart. Stories from the presenter’s work history as an hourly employee, supervisor, and safety professional are used to illustrate each component. Understanding and utilizing these components will create a compelling reason for front-line employees to change.

Following Pat’s presentation, there will be a 2-hour holiday social, with hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar, and plenty of opportunity for networking.

Agenda

2:30-3:00pm – Registration
3:00-4:00pm – Technical Presentation
4:00-6:00pm – Holiday social: Networking, Hors d’oeuvres, cash bar