Georgia

Atlanta

30310

Organizational Consultant

Environmental Resource Management

ASSP, NSC, APA, APS, NASP, BCSP

Leadership, Organizational Culture, Safety, disaster management, emergency preparedness, and infectious disease prevention & control COVID-19 Response, Diversity and Inclusion.

Title: Getting Strangers to Respond to Dangers (CERT Topic): In this session, we discussed teaming or teamwork "on the fly". CERT programs are comprised of volunteer community members, most of whom do not know each other. Conflict can arise when we are not familiar with our team members. This session outlines characteristics of teaming and how to promote an interdependent mindset.

Title: May The Forces Be With You (Training and Education Integration): Sensitivity education and character building are topics typically associated with Human Resources (HR) and Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs). However, psychology provides evidence that four distinct character strengths can have a significantly positive impact on organizational culture and safety programs. This session will explore an alternative and indirect method of improving safety culture by integrating character strength building into a previously established safety curriculum. The speaker will provide examples of how this approach is being implemented at the City of Atlanta, discuss ways to incorporate character building into an organization's safety processes, and will provide useful tips and tricks for attendees to try.

Continuation of Operations Program/Planning, Resource Management, Return to Work Planning, Training & Education, Communication Strategy, Resilience, Mental/Psychological Wellbeing, Vaccination Programs, Testing, and After Action.

Emergency response, safety, leadership, organizational culture, School Preparedness, Public Health, Crisis Simulation Exercise, Critical Operations, Emergency Operations, Vulnerable Populations and Inclusion, Community Emergency Preparedness. I also offer Diversity and Inclusion education.

First Aid/CPR/AED certification available topics include: Acting in an emergency, bleeding and wound care, hygiene, BBP & ABP, broken and dislocated bone care, burn care, spinal and head injuries, CPR and AED training and certification.

Community Emergency Response (CERT): Community emergency preparedness, organizing, training, and education.

Interdependence, First Aid/CPR/AED, Leadership, Emergency Response, leadership, organizational development, infectious disease prevention, guiding and, Joint Commission Compliance, Provider-Patient Communication, recognition programs, training & education, educating vulnerable populations.

Title: Disarming Active Shooters: Review of active shooter similarities and differences. This session includes a discussion on precursors to an active shooter event and a proactive approach at preventing them. This session is "data heavy" and provides access to Homeland Security analysis of Active Shooter events, education, and approaches.

trainer, drills/exercises, culture change, organizational development

ICS 100, 200, 700, and 800. IPAWS, event training, and table top exercises.

character strength building, organizational competence, organizational culture, organizational change, interdependence, everyday leadership, transformational followership.

Psychological Ergonomics:

The relationship between psychosocial factors and negative employee outcomes (i.e. sick leave, turnover, hostile work environments, etc.) has been a popular topic for research and discussion. Similar to a physical ergonomics program, a psychosocial ergonomics program is a systematic process that communicates mental health support needs to ensure that adequate and feasible solutions to mental health risks can be implemented to improve the workplace. For example, where tradition ergonomics programs focus on posture, wrist positioning, and eye strain; psychosocial ergonomics focuses on workload, interpersonal communication (e.g. conflict resolution and problem solving), and intrapersonal needs (i.e. feeling valued, feeling heard, and support from management/leadership). The two most essential pieces of any successful workplace program are leadership commitment and employee involvement. The purpose of a psychosocial ergonomics program is to reduce distress in the workplace, thus improving productivity, reducing turnover, reducing lost time, and increasing interdependence. The good news is, we don’t need a new and expensive program provided by a company or consultant that is unfamiliar with our organizational vision, workforce, and company culture. The speaker will discuss program components and provide tips on how to indirectly implement strategies into pre-existing curriculum and/or programs. Attendees can expect to learn how to define Psychosocial Ergonomics, perform an assessment, describe the benefits of a healthy Psychosocial Ergonomics Program, and implement effective implementation methods.

Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, Recovery with few resources, Leadership, Organizational Culture, Safety, disaster management, emergency preparedness, and infectious disease prevention & control COVID-19 Response, Diversity and Inclusion.

Training, teamwork, collaboration, interdependence, first aid/cpr/aed, evacuation, mitigation, extraction, planning, COOP, Leadership, Organizational Culture, Safety, disaster management, emergency preparedness, and infectious disease prevention & control COVID-19 Response, Diversity and Inclusion.

Education & competence building, character strength building, leading organizational change, organizational culture

Training, resource management, leadership

Emergency Preparedness and Infectious disease Prevention & Control, character strength building, building a diverse workplace, growth mindset, workplace bully prevention, and organizational culture.

First Aid/CPR/AED, Active Threat, Planning and implementing exercises, Defensive Driving, OSHA 10 & 30, Evacuation exercises, table top planning and implementation, ergonomics, psychological wellbeing & resilience, lift truck training, electrical safety, workplace violence recognition & prevention, welding safety, crane operation, and teaming/teamwork.

Ben is Head of Analytics for the Pacific region at RCA (recently acquired by MSCI) and is responsible for producing thought leadership for the benefit of RCA’s clients, covering both the major property sectors and newly emerging ones.

Ben has over a decade’s worth of experience in safety, emergency preparedness, organizational development, and project management 9both public and private sectors). Additionally, h he is a Ph. D. educated psychologist and has authored books, book chapters, peer reviewed journal articles, and encyclopedia chapters. He is currently a Behavior Based Safety, Safety Culture, and Organizational Development Consultant for Environmental Resource Management.

Ben began his career as a safety culture intern for Shaw industries, Inc., then moved on to lead the safety and emergency response training program for the City of Atlanta-Department of Watershed Management. Benjamin then moved to the City of Atlanta Mayor's Office to build and lead a citywide safety program. He has used his unique blend of education and industry experience to apply a systems approach when providing solutions for organizations.

Rising Star of safety (National Safety Council 2019)
Georgia Safety Program Award (ASSP-GA Chapter 2019)
Safety Driving Instructor of the Year Award (GA Governor's Highway Safety Administration 2018)

Yes

Informal: Full refund and flexibility