Managing Safety Risk with Employee Personality Insights

Personalize Coaching for your Employees based on their
Safety Quotient Assessment Results

Risk: Employees who are primarily resistant tend to question rules and standard operating procedures and may be resistant to change.

Manager Tip: Communicate the reasons behind current or new rules and procedures and encourage questions.

Risk: Employees who are primarily accommodating may ‘blindly’ follow rules or procedures even when not appropriate in a given circumstance. May fail to notice when rules or procedures need to be updated.

Manager Tip: Encourage them to be more mindful when following rules and to stop and question when needed.

Risk: Employees who are primarily anxious find it difficult to think clearly and rationally under pressure.

Manager Tip: Limit their time under stress and encourage them to engage in stress-management techniques when they feel overwhelmed.

Risk: Employees who have calm as a primary trait may underestimate the urgency or seriousness of a situation.

Manager Tip: Verbally communicate the urgency and seriousness of certain tasks or situations.

Risk: Employees who are primarily impatient may find others hesitant to approach them with questions or concerns.

Manager Tip: Remind them of the impact of their reactions on others and encourage them to take breaks to “cool off” when needed.

Risk: Employees who are primarily patient may be too tolerant or lenient with others and slow to address negative behaviors.

Manager Tip: Encourage them to speak up when they see negative behavior and to address and correct unsafe actions.

Risk: Employees who are primarily distractable struggle to focus for long periods with routine or repetitive tasks, or move on to the next task without fully completing the first.

Manager Tip: Provide task variety and stimulation wherever possible, encourage them to switch tasks when they start to feel distracted and be mindful to ‘wrap up’ tasks.

Risk: Employees who have focused as a primary trait struggle with tasks that require split-focus and high variability. May be unaware and thus unresponsive to new stimuli in their environment.

Manager Tip: Provide focused and routine work whenever possible and remind them to ‘come up for air’ and recalibrate from time to time.

Risk: Employees who are primarily impulsive tend to underestimate the negative consequences and risks of their behavior and may over-estimate their abilities.

Manager Tip: Remind them to consciously think through potential risks and consequences before acting and to learn from past mistakes.

Risk: Employees who are primarily cautious may hesitate to make decisions and take action and may lack confidence in their abilities.

Manager Tip: Encourage them to rely on their skills and experience to make decisions and remind them that they can ask for advice when needed.

Risk: Employees who are primarily thrill-seeking tend to take unnecessary risks and become restless or bored with ‘mastered’ tasks.

Manager Tip: Help them to understand when risks are not tolerated and remind them that certain risks always exist regardless of comfort level.

Risk: Employees who are primarily apprehensive find it difficult to take necessary risk and tend to avoid novel or unfamiliar experiences.

Manager Tip: Avoid high-risk tasks wherever possible and help them to understand when risks or experimentation are necessary.