Cigna Advantage Engagement Services
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Safety Training Resources
Feel overwhelmed with the amount of safety training needed? Having trouble determining what safety training is essential and what is not? Struggling with your large amount of duties besides needing to organize the safety training for your group(s)?
Well, you’re not alone. I’ve heard you. In response, I want to reach out to tell you how I can help!
- Safety Training Source – I can help you set up web-based safety training for your staff.
- “CBJ Safety Manual Appendix A – Safety Training Plans by Department” shows you what safety training is required per our safety program (Click on “Safety Manual”), which is a good place to start.
- Sample safety training spreadsheets – a valuable tool used by many departments now which list employees, training classes/topics and dates when employees completed them.
- Safety Essentials Online Audio Presentations – another online resource that provides narrated powerpoint slides, handouts, exercises, and more to make training effective
- Safety and Risk management personnel are available to train on several topics with advance notice. Please don’t hesitate to ask us if you need advice or help.
A Brighter Future
This past year, due to a need to increase security of information, I was asked to turn on an automatic screen lock and set it to begin after 10 minutes of computer inactivity. I was not a fan of this idea because I felt like it wasn’t necessary. I felt proud of myself and how secure I kept my computer. I reasoned in my mind that whenever I walk away from the office I lock my computer. Well, after being asked and reminded politely a few times, I conceded to the rule and setup the screen lock.
Surprisingly, after I stopped fighting this change, it made things simpler and better for me. Now I don’t have to worry about losing confidential information when I step away from my computer. I know my computer will lock and any information showing on the screen will be protected from view.
This scenario applies to safety. How many times do we fight change only to find out that by relinquishing our old ways we have improved our lives? So, when I visit you try to remember that I’m trying to point out safer, better ways to do things. A certain resistance to change is natural, but if we are striving to continually learn and improve, we’ll have to set aside our past for a brighter future.
Meet the candidates for Community Development Director May 24
The public is invited to a meet and greet on Thursday, May 24 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Assembly Chambers to get to know finalist candidates for the Community Development Department Director position. Current City and Borough of Juneau Community Development Director Rob Steedle is retiring.
The finalist candidates for Community Development Director are Brenwynne Grigg from Juneau, Jill Maclean from Juneau, and Tom Williams from Gustavus.
Brenwynne Grigg is currently an Administrative Officer with CBJ’s Community Development Department (CDD). She first started working for CDD in 2012 as an Administrative Assistant II. In 2016, Brenwynne was one of the founding creators of CBJ’s Innovation Academy, a process improvement workshop that has trained over 95 CBJ employees. Prior to moving to Alaska, Brenwynne worked in North Carolina, providing management and consulting services in the music and entertainment industries.
Jill Maclean has been a Senior Planner for CBJ’s Community Development Department since 2015. She has over 16 years of municipal experience in Alaska and Massachusetts, including four years as City Planner for the City of New Bedford, MA, managing a staff of four. Jill has a Master of Public Policy in Public Management from UMass Dartmouth and a Bachelor of Science in Geography and Environmental Planning from Bridgewater State University. Jill also has an American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification.
Tom Williams was the Ketchikan Gateway Borough Director of Planning and Community Development from 2007 to 2014. Prior to that, Tom worked in planning and land use positions in Florida and Virginia. Tom has a doctorate in Public Policy and Administration, and a Master of Science in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior from Virginia Commonwealth University. He got his bachelor’s from Indiana University. Currently, Tom is the president of a small business that writes grants for the Chatham School District.
Prior to the meet and greet on May 24, candidates will be participating in an Assessment Center, which is a series of exercises designed to mimic situations that a candidate might encounter if they were hired into the position. The exercises are open to the public and will be held in Assembly Chambers:
Exercise 1 8:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Exercise 2 11:25 a.m. – 12:55 p.m.
Exercise 3 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m.
For more information, contact Human Resources & Risk Management Director Dallas Hargrave at 586-0225 or [email protected].
Effectiveness
A well known business management expert and author, Peter Drucker said, “Effective people find themselves asking other people in their organization, their superiors, their subordinates, but above all, their colleagues in other areas, ‘What contribution from me do you require to make your contribution to the organization? When do you need this, how do you need it, and in what form?’”
Effectiveness is defined as, “The capacity to persuade; the power to produce a desired result.”
Safety is defined as, “The control and elimination of recognized hazards to attain an acceptable level of risk.”
So, therefore, effective safety is: “The capacity to persuade coworkers, supervisors, and direct reports about the importance of safety and the power to produce a work environment where hazards are controlled or eliminated to an acceptable level.” Each employee ultimately will demonstrate whether or not we are effective and safe. It is a shared responsibility to help each other perform safely and effectively.
When have you found that working safely is effective?