The Safety Edge Newsletter

The Safety Edge is an e-newsletter with news of interest to those in the Human Resources, performance management, and behavior-based safety communities.

Published quarterly, the newsletter focuses on behavior-based interventions for improving workplace safety and productivity. The team of Quality Safety Edge associates contributes articles based on their clients' real-world experiences. News events related to conferences and conventions, workshops, and developments in the behavioral management world are featured. New articles on the qualitysafetyedge.com web site, as well as presentations posted from conferences such as Behavioral Safety Now, are highlighted.

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Articles in the Current Issue (Vol. 5, Number 1 – (January 2008):

• Safety Champions at Devon Energy
• QSE Offers New Safety Culture Survey
• Positive Feedback, by Dave DeJohn
• Positive Influence: the Power of Positive Leadership, by Jerry Pounds
• President's Column: A Recent Research Report, by Terry McSween

Articles in Vol. 4, Number 3 (July 2007):

• Leadership Practices Critical to Sustaining BBS Effectiveness, by Terry McSween (President's Column)
• Giving Immediate Positive Feedback, by Dave DeJohn of All That Media.
• New Quality Safety Edge Products and Services

Articles in Vol. 4, Number 2 (March 2007):

• Keeping Your Process Evergreen: Recognition and Celebrations, by Terry McSween (President's Column)
• The Values-Based Safety Process, by Terry McSween
• Improve Your Safety Program with a Behavioral Approach by Grainne Matthews, Ph.D. and Terry McSween, Ph.D.

Articles in Vol. 4, Number 1 (November 2006):

• From BSN 2006 – "the Practice of Safety Leadership", by Terry McSween
• From BSN 2006 – Keeping the Process Alive: Data Analysis and Reinforcement, by Terry McSween
• From BSN 2006 – Preconvention Workshop – Advanced Topics in Behavior-Based Safety, by Terry McSween
• From BSN 2006 – Preconvention Workshop – Introduction to Behavioral Safety, by Grainne Matthews
• From BSN 2006 – The ABC’s: Critical Factors for Success, by Grainne Matthews, Dedicated to Wanda Myers
• Keeping Your Process Evergreen: Using Your Data, by Terry McSween (President's Column)
• Heart Health: A Personal Story and Suggestions, by Terry McSween

Articles in Vol. 3, Number 3 (May 2006):

• How good is your safety program? Learn about outstanding BBS performance, by Dwight Harshbarger
• In Memory of Wanda Myers, by Terry McSween
• Safety Leadership, by Terry McSween (President's Column)

Articles in Vol. 3, Number 2 (February 2006):

• Devon Energy is Partnering for Safety, by Judy Stowe
• But What About Our Contractors?, by Terry McSween (President's Column)

Articles in Vol. 3, Number 1 (Fall 2005):

• BG Implements Behavior Based Safety in South America, by Francisco Ugalde Bilbao
• Advanced Topics: Adding Leadership Observations, by Terry McSween (President's Column)

Articles in Vol. 2, Number 4 (Summer 2005):

• Feedback - Is it really necessary? by Grainne Matthews
• Understanding The Disconnect Between Safety and The Hispanic Workforce, by Horacio Roman
• Improving Ergonomics Processes Through Peer-to-Peer Coaching, by Tom Burns
• Creating a "Point of Contact" for Behavioral Safety, by Terry McSween (President's Column)

Articles in Vol. 2, Number 1 (Spring 2005):

• First General Contractor Implements Behavioral Safety
• Ten Questions to ask a Behavioral Safety Consultant
• Sample Leadership Commitment Statements
• The Complacency Index: The Value of Voluntary Observations, by Terry McSween (President's Column)

Articles in Vol. 1, Number 1 (Fall 2004):

• New OBM Network Article ("What Behavior Analysis Offers Managers", by Terry McSween and Jerry Pounds)