This will allow you to better show tangible results after your improved EHS program has had time to work. Insist that top management becomes involved and committed to safety or it will be very difficult to get workers involved. Today, a growing number of CEOs insist that the safety director or manager report directly to the president -to prevent operations' priorities from getting in the way of a safer workplace. But be careful how you suggest it. Most top managers have read about this somewhere.
Studies show that executives prefer overheads during a presentation.
Be sure that the quality of the overheads is top-notch, because poorly drawn charts and unclear photographs can have negative effects on your presentation. Video with narration on a computer is very impressive and gets remembered and talked about -much to your advantage. Another important medium to use during a formal presentation is the Internet. There is now a growing number of suppliers of EHS products and services that have home pages, some even have entire catalogs accessible. For example, by integrating safety into TQM, a major power company in North Carolina reduced recordable injuries by 25 percent the first year and more than 40 percent the second year.