Toolbox Talks: Tips for giving positive reinforcement
It should go without saying that positive reinforcement is the best way to improve worker performance. Study after study has scientifically validated what we...
ABC Pelican hosts record Build Your Future Day
More than 1,000 high school students from across south Louisiana gathered at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales in September to learn about...
Toolbox Talks: 3 keys to performance improvement
While recently attending a Human Performance Improvement conference, I had the opportunity to talk with a first-time attendee named Joe. I had been to...
Toolbox Talks: 5 tips to better communicate with millennials
Spoiler Alert: It’s the same as communicating with everyone else.
Since the dawn of time, I imagine the older generation has looked at the younger...
Calling Louisiana to boost state’s trained workforce
It was a trip to a local community college during her junior year of high school that sparked Kassy Giroir’s drive to pursue a career in...
Louisiana is the nation’s No. 3 employer of chemical engineers
Louisiana ranks No. 3 in the nation for the number of chemical engineers it employs—just behind Texas and California.
But according to a recent report...
Billy Arcement: Create the right culture for safety
What do your employees react to or say about your safety initiatives? Do they love it, or moan when they think about it? Not...
Toolbox Talks: Target zero is everyone’s target
In our last article, we looked at why we are inconsistent when it comes to backing our cars into parking spots. We offered two...
Toolbox Talks: Wait a minute; back that car up.
When you’re in a parking lot or parking garage, do you notice that some vehicles are backed into the parking spaces? As you picture...
Toolbox Talks: How a fractured thumb can result in uneven hip bones
A 17-year-old female Australian cricket player went to the hospital with a thumb injury.
X-rays revealed a fracture down the middle of the knuckle on...
