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How Security and Safety Contribute to Employee Happiness and Productivity in the Workplace ~ with Nadine Anderson Happy Employees
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An interview with Nadine Anderson on how security and safety contribute to employee happiness.
Nadine Anderson (RAS Consulting & Investigations) speaks with Geoff Johansing about how security and safety contribute to employee happiness and productivity in the workplace. Since technology is advancing every day, so should a company's security, as in physical security as well as from an operations standpoint, This can be achieved by having the best policies and procedures in place. The top factors that affect employee happiness, are actually the intangible ones such as interpersonal relationships, culture, and work environment. Employers should want their employees to feel as though they can respond to a situation, that they know what to do, and also have the confidence that an employer has already considered what to do if a dangerous situation should occur.
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About Nadine Anderson
Business Development Manager
RAS Consulting & Investigations
Hermosa Beach, CA
Website: RAS Consulting & Investigations
FULL TRANSCRIPTION:
GEOFF JOHANSING: Hello everyone. I'm Geoff Johansing. I run the Risk Advisor team here in Pasadena, with Insurance Office of America. I'm a property and casualty insurance agent with a focus on having my clients have happy employees, and how do we get there? I'm here today with Nadine Anderson. She's with RAS consulting and investigations. Welcome, Nadine.
NADINE ANDERSON: Thank you for having me.
GJ: Would you like to talk to us a little bit... or tell us please, a little bit about your company? What do you do?
NA: Yes, yes. RAS is a physical security consulting and investigations firm. Ultimately what we do is we take an approach to physical security from a technology and an operations standpoint. So what does that mean? Technology is advancing every day. And as technology advances, so should your security. I'm talking about the cameras, the access control, and all of the other layers that come into play, with physical security. From an operations standpoint, we work with clients to make sure that they have the best policies and procedures in place.
GJ: Ok.
NA: To make sure that they are covered from a legal standpoint. But also, that they have a standardized solution, both from a technology standpoint, but that their policies or procedures are aligned with that.
GJ: Okay, so in having a good security system, a good security program, how does that help the culture of the company? What does that do for the employer and employees?
NA: Well, we found that the top factors that affect employee happiness, are actually the intangible ones. So interpersonal relationships, culture, and work environment. And studies have actually shown that employees who don't feel safe within their work environment are not as productive. Now, if you have an entire workforce that feels that lack of safety, your company's never going to reach its full potential because they're just not going to have the productive employees you'd hope to have.
And, unfortunately, and this isn't, you know, this isn't a scare tactic but it's the truth. Bad things are happening in the news every day and people are more aware of situations that are occurring; active-shooter, disgruntled employees and the first thing an employee thinks is “well, what would I do in that situation?” or “could that happen to us?
An interview with Nadine Anderson on how security and safety contribute to employee happiness.
Nadine Anderson (RAS Consulting & Investigations) speaks with Geoff Johansing about how security and safety contribute to employee happiness and productivity in the workplace. Since technology is advancing every day, so should a company's security, as in physical security as well as from an operations standpoint, This can be achieved by having the best policies and procedures in place. The top factors that affect employee happiness, are actually the intangible ones such as interpersonal relationships, culture, and work environment. Employers should want their employees to feel as though they can respond to a situation, that they know what to do, and also have the confidence that an employer has already considered what to do if a dangerous situation should occur.
For more "Happy Employees" insights, join our LinkedIn Group!
About Nadine Anderson
Business Development Manager
RAS Consulting & Investigations
Hermosa Beach, CA
Website: RAS Consulting & Investigations
FULL TRANSCRIPTION:
GEOFF JOHANSING: Hello everyone. I'm Geoff Johansing. I run the Risk Advisor team here in Pasadena, with Insurance Office of America. I'm a property and casualty insurance agent with a focus on having my clients have happy employees, and how do we get there? I'm here today with Nadine Anderson. She's with RAS consulting and investigations. Welcome, Nadine.
NADINE ANDERSON: Thank you for having me.
GJ: Would you like to talk to us a little bit... or tell us please, a little bit about your company? What do you do?
NA: Yes, yes. RAS is a physical security consulting and investigations firm. Ultimately what we do is we take an approach to physical security from a technology and an operations standpoint. So what does that mean? Technology is advancing every day. And as technology advances, so should your security. I'm talking about the cameras, the access control, and all of the other layers that come into play, with physical security. From an operations standpoint, we work with clients to make sure that they have the best policies and procedures in place.
GJ: Ok.
NA: To make sure that they are covered from a legal standpoint. But also, that they have a standardized solution, both from a technology standpoint, but that their policies or procedures are aligned with that.
GJ: Okay, so in having a good security system, a good security program, how does that help the culture of the company? What does that do for the employer and employees?
NA: Well, we found that the top factors that affect employee happiness, are actually the intangible ones. So interpersonal relationships, culture, and work environment. And studies have actually shown that employees who don't feel safe within their work environment are not as productive. Now, if you have an entire workforce that feels that lack of safety, your company's never going to reach its full potential because they're just not going to have the productive employees you'd hope to have.
And, unfortunately, and this isn't, you know, this isn't a scare tactic but it's the truth. Bad things are happening in the news every day and people are more aware of situations that are occurring; active-shooter, disgruntled employees and the first thing an employee thinks is “well, what would I do in that situation?” or “could that happen to us?
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