Videos
Impacting Total Recordable Incident Rates through SCCi Coaching
SCCi has been working with Roger Ashfield, Managing Director of Mercer Peace River, to use Applied Behavioural Science to transform their safety culture.
In this video, Mr. Ashfield describes shaping culture through focusing on behaviour and the impact SCCi has brought on Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR).
Motivating your Leadership Team
Are you looking for an innovative way to motivate your leadership team?
In this video, Mr. Ashfield describes the role of Tom Wilson, author of Moments of Impact, and SCCi in their Leadership Symposium.
The Role of Leadership Interaction in Culture Change
Good leadership interactions are the key to performance and impact.
In this video, Mr. Ashfield describes the role of impactful leadership interactions in shaping behaviour and maximizing outcomes.
Shaping Culture One Behaviour at a Time
Your culture is made up of patterns of behaviour and these behaviours can either be enhanced and discouraged.
In this video, Mr. Ashfield describes how to define, measure, and actively shape culture by focusing on the patterns of behaviours that make up your culture.
Podcasts
The Behavioral Leadership Podcast
People do what they do, good and bad, because it works for them. It might not work for us, the organization, etc., but it works for them. Decades of research on the science of behavior offers us a tested and replicable path to understanding and supporting behavior change.
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Episode 1: Applied Behavior Science 101 with Steve Quesnelle
People do what they do, good and bad, because it works for them. It might not work for us, the organization, etc., but it works for them. How do I know this? Because decades of research on the science of behavior offers us a tested and replicable path to understanding and supporting behavior change. On this episode of The Behavioral Leadership Podcast, hear Steve Quesnelle from SCCi discuss the value of Applied Behavior Analysis (a.k.a. Applied Behavior Science) and his journey as a leader and practitioner using the science to create sustainable positive culture change.
Episode 2: Putting Human & Organizational Performance (HOP) into Action with Gordon Walsh: Part 1
Human and Organizational Performance, or “HOP”, is a relatively new safety philosophy that is gaining increased attention. Often called “New View”, “Safety II”, or “Safety Differently”, HOP contains a set of core principles based on the role of safety systems and the inevitability of errors. But the success of HOP is dependent on workers demonstrating the behaviors based on HOP. On this episode of The Behavioral Leadership Podcast, Gordon Walsh from Energy Safety Canada offers an overview of HOP and discusses a practical approach to putting HOP into action.
Episode 3: Putting Human & Organizational Performance (HOP) into Action with Gordon Walsh: Part 2
Even the best-designed training, guidelines, and principles fail if people do not integrate them into their day-to-day routines. On this episode of The Behavioral Leadership Podcast, Gordon Walsh from Energy Safety Canada continues his discussion of putting Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) into action, offering tips and a path to maximizing the impact of your safety systems.
Episode 4: What Coaching Is and Is Not with Sherry MacEachern and Goldie Hartford
You might have heard about “coaching” in your personal and/or work circles, but did you ever wonder what coaching actually IS? What is the difference between a coach, a trainer, and a mentor? Is coaching for you? On this episode of The Behavioral Leadership Podcast, certified professional coaches Sherry MacEachern and Goldie Hartford take us on a journey to explore the details of coaching and ways to maximize the impact of a coach.
Episode 5: “Crunchy” Coaching Conversations with Goldie Hartford
What challenges do you face as a leader? How do you handle having difficult conversations with your team? On this episode of The Behavioral Leadership Podcast, certified professional coach and project manager Goldie Hartford discusses strategies for having these “crunchy” conversations and how you can build systems to set yourself up for success as a leader.
Books
In The Company of Sacred Cows
Our first book and the true story about a successful turnaround at telecommunications producer Mitel. In two short years we led a large-scale effort, involving over 500 people, that improved company profitability by a multiple of 40 — from $2 million to $80 million.
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Moments of Impact
Tom Wilson was the sole survivor of a plane crash that killed seven others. Moments of Impact tells Tom’s story, examines risk tolerance the the behavioral factors that influence safety.
Canada Has a Productivity Problem
Released on June 4, 2010, this white paper outlines our research findings on the behavioral differences between mediocre and high performing organizations. Learn tips on a simple yet powerful way to increase employee engagement and improve productivity.
Available as a free download from our website.
Articles
Integrating ABS and HOP
There has been increased interest of late in the world of occupational safety on an approach to safety called Human and Organizational Performance or “HOP”. Often referred to as “New View”, “Safety-II”, or “Safety Differently”, HOP centers on the notion that danger, risk, and injuries are inevitable and safety systems must account for this…
New Year Fresh Start Initiatives
As you remain focused on achieving a strong finish to 2023, SCCi is prepared to help you jump-start 2024. Many companies kick–off the new year with a Fresh Start initiative – what if you could enjoy the upcoming holiday parties knowing that your 2024 launch was already fully designed and ready to go? SCCi has worked across numerous industries…
ABS 101 – Nothing Changes until Behaviour Changes
Nothing changes until behaviour changes. You’ve built new operations objectives and management systems, but how will you know when these new systems and process improvements had an impact? You won’t know until behaviour changes. You’ve integrity state-of-the-art training protocols, but how will you know the training worked? You won’t know until behaviour changes. A company can be dedicated to improving culture, but you don’t know culture is improved until behaviour changes…
Do Leadership Differently
You’ve updated your safety training, clarified safety protocols, improved safety gear, and actively worked to eliminate barriers, but you’re still observing at-risk behaviors. Why is that? You’ve worked hard to ensure that you have an environment that is setting people up for safe performance. So should you go back to the drawing board and look for a way to do safety differently? Not necessarily…
Science of Safety Culture
Ponce de León would be proud. He was searching for a magical fountain of youth when he arrived in Florida from Spain in the early 16th century at a time when the average life expectancy was 35. De León himself beat the odds and lived to be 47. By 1950, global life expectancy had increased from 35 to 47. Today it is 73 years globally and as high as 83 years in Spain. Spoiler alert…
There’s No Such Thing as Constructive Criticism
Constructive criticism. When you think about it, it sounds like an oxymoron. The constructive piece implies that, when relayed to another, this type of statement is designed to help the recipient. This makes sense, as this is the purpose of feedback…
Why Are You REALLY using the Sandwich Method
“You did a great job processing those reports, Jill! However, you still showed up 15 minutes late today, which is your third time this week and will get you written up. But I do appreciate you helping the new person with getting acclimated!” Have you received feedback like this? Have you given feedback like this? In my experience…
A Behavioural Safety Model for Clinical Settings
Decades of research in the field of behavior analysis has offered a framework to assess behavior–environment interactions across any population and setting that involves behavior. This foundation makes a behavior-analytic perspective of safety systems a vital area of applied behavior analysis and one that can have a tremendous impact on the tens of thousands of behavior analysts working in…
HOP Implementation Fact Sheet
Even the best designed training, guidelines, and principles fail if people do not integrate them into their day-to-day routines. Sustainable culture change depends on understanding what behaviours are necessary to achieve your organization’s desired outcomes…
Infographics
Coaching Infographic
Press Releases
SCCi Welcomes Dr. Nic Weatherly
Sacred Cow Company inc (SCCi) is proud to welcome Dr. Nic Weatherly as the GM of US & EMEA Operations. Dr. Weatherly is an experienced senior-level executive, field coach, and trainer with over 15 years of success leading progressive people operations and culture change. His expertise is in maximizing safety and leadership performance by monitoring KPIs, implementing science-based coaching practices…