Scott Geller

In addition to being a founding partner and co-owner of Safety Performance Solutions, Dr. E. Scott Geller is a faculty member of Virginia Tech's Department of Psychology where he has taught and conducted applied/experimental research for more than three decades. In this capacity, he has authored more than 350 research articles and over 75 books or chapters addressing the development and evaluation of behavior-change interventions to improve quality of life.

His recent books in occupational health and safety include: The Psychology of Safety; Working Safe; Understanding Behavior Based Safety; Building Successful Safety Teams; Beyond Safety Accountability: How to Increase Personal Responsibility; The Psychology of Safety Handbook; Keys to Behavior Based Safety from Safety Performance Solutions; The Participation Factor; People-Based Safety: The Source; Leading People-Based Safety, and People-Based Patient Safety: Enriching your culture to prevent medical error; coauthored by Dave Johnson, The Courage Factor, and When No One Is Watching: Living and Leading Self-Motivation, both coauthored with Bob Veazie, and Actively Caring for People: Cultivating a Culture of Compassion.

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  Scott Geller Talk Titles

Engaging Employees for Safety:

Engaging Employees for Safety:

This presentation focuses on energizing employees to be more actively engaged in safety. Ways to improve employee person states and attitudes are addressed along with an explanation of behavior analysis as it relates to motivating safe behaviors and eliminating safety shortcuts.

Improving Safety Leadership:

Improving Safety Leadership:

This presentation provides guidelines for improving safety leadership along with ways to avoid common leadership pitfalls with safety. Topics include improving leadership behaviors for safety, optimizing safety management systems, and improving safety communication.

Advanced Communication Skills for Saf...

Advanced Communication Skills for Safety:

This session focuses on specific communication styles (e.g., Sheriff, Diplomat Investigator) as they relate to optimal safety communication. Strategies for improving safety communication are provided including acknowledging safe work behaviors, respectfully providing corrective feedback for risky actions, and improving non verbal communication.

Other Titles:

Other Titles:

Behavior Based Safety

Communication Skills

Safety Culture

Leadership Skills for Senior Leaders

Safety Leadership

Safety Leadership Skills for Senior Leaders

Culture Change

Observation Process Evaluation & Enhancement

People-Based Safety

Data Management Software

Behavior-based Incident Analysis

Safety Culture Assessments

Human Error Reduction

LEADS (Leadership Evaluation and Development for Safety)

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