Elements and Performance Criteria
- Assess current state of organisation’s WHS culture
- Analyse current good practice theories, programs and policies about organisational WHS culture
- Assess current organisational WHS-related compliance with identified good practice according to organisational policies and procedures
- Document assessment outcomes according to organisational policies and procedures
- Communicate desired WHS culture to required personnel
- Develop a strategy for creating a positive WHS culture
- Identify current and future organisational priorities and objectives for WHS culture
- Determine resourcing required to implement a leadership-driven WHS culture
- Develop policies and procedures to support identified priorities and objectives in consultation with required personnel
- Develop key performance indicators (KPIs) for measuring WHS culture according to organisational policies and procedures
- Document strategy for creating a positive WHS culture and communicate it to required personnel
- Implement developed strategy
- Establish roles and responsibilities relating to strategy implementation
- Consult with required personnel to confirm their roles and responsibilities in relation to leadership and strategy implementation
- Lead implementation of strategy for creating a positive WHS culture
- Disseminate information and data that promote WHS culture to required personnel, according to organisational policies and procedures
- Identify and address learning and development needs of workforce in adopting policies and procedures relating to WHS culture
- Monitor and evaluate strategy that supports WHS culture
- Establish processes and procedures for evaluating effectiveness of implemented strategy against established KPIs
- Seek feedback on implemented strategy from internal stakeholders, and external stakeholders as required
- Apply established evaluation processes and procedures
- Document evaluation outcomes and communicate them to required personnel according to organisational policies and procedures
- Adjust strategy components in response to evaluation outcomes and feedback received
- Establish and implement future review mechanisms to ensure continuous improvement of WHS culture that reflects desired culture