Safety and Health Savvy
A User's Guide to Thriving in the Workplace
1st Edition
Published on 24. November 2025
76 pages
978-1-040-42744-6 (ISBN)
Description
In an ever-changing world, understanding the essentials of safety and risk management is more crucial than ever. This concise guide not only revisits fundamental principles but also integrates the latest developments in wellbeing and mental health. Designed to be as user-friendly as possible, it simplifies complex concepts into practical advice that can be easily applied in day-to-day life. This book offers valuable insights for anyone looking to enhance their understanding of personal safety and wellbeing in the workplace. Readers will find a fascinating combination of key safety theories, grounded in the latest safety thinking, alongside actionable tips and methodologies.
Each chapter is designed to be accessible, featuring everyday case studies from a variety of industries that bring the concepts to life. From personal risk management to insights based on lived experience from top experts in health and safety, this book encourages readers to not only practice these principles but to explore further on their own, thus giving them a rounded and contemporary view of how health and safety can be considered in today's modern workplace.
Safety and Health Savvy: A User's Guide to Thriving in the Workplace is perfect for professionals at any career level in occupational health and safety, human resources, and business and management.
Each chapter is designed to be accessible, featuring everyday case studies from a variety of industries that bring the concepts to life. From personal risk management to insights based on lived experience from top experts in health and safety, this book encourages readers to not only practice these principles but to explore further on their own, thus giving them a rounded and contemporary view of how health and safety can be considered in today's modern workplace.
Safety and Health Savvy: A User's Guide to Thriving in the Workplace is perfect for professionals at any career level in occupational health and safety, human resources, and business and management.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
5 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white
File size
2,57 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-42744-6 (9781040427446)
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Person
Tim Marsh is a is a Consultant, Chartered Psychologist and a Chartered Fellow of IOSH. Widely considered a world authority on the subject of behavioural safety, safety leadership and organisational culture, Tim has worked with hundreds of companies around the world, including the BBC, the National Theatre and the European Space Agency, as well as the usual list of blue-chip organizations from manufacturing, utilities, food and drink, oil and gas, and pharmaceutics. He has keynoted and chaired dozens of conferences around the world including the closing keynote at the Campbell Institutes inaugural International Thoughts Leaders event in 2014 and is a Visiting Professor at Plymouth University.
Content
1. Introduction. 2. Do You Feel Lucky? 3. Why People Take Risks of All Sorts. 4. Let's Consider Some Staggering Data. 5. Habits and Mind-Sets.
