Dr. John Austin is the founder of Reaching Results, a company designed to help business leaders improve safety and leadership. For over 25 years, John has applied his extensive knowledge of behavioral science in the creation of his courses to increase engagement and promote real behavior change, which results in a significant and measurable decrease in workplace injuries.

John’s course structure uses a combination of clear expectations, choices and a healthy blend of positive and negative reinforcement. In this episode of Course Lab, Danny, Abe and John discuss how course creators can implement these same components and why they are effective.

In this episode we discuss:

• Getting clients to apply techniques and take action.
• The impact on engagement rates of offering choices.
• How to implement consequences in a positive way.
• Using client feedback to make adjustments in your course.
• Determining the factors that lead to your ultimate desired outcome.
• Danny and Abe’s debrief.

“It’s really easy to set clear expectations; I think it’s much harder to provide consequences.”

“When you give people a choice, it increases engagement by 20%, so I built choice in all over the place.”

John Austin

Guest Bio:

Dr. John  Austin is an internationally recognized coach to business leaders on safety and human performance. He was a professor of psychology for 15 years at Western Michigan University, where he trained masters and doctoral students, many of whom are professors themselves now.

Dr. Austin and his teams have coached university students and leaders in hundreds of companies in a dozen countries to deliver over 10,000 safety, operations, and quality improvement projects that have generated millions of dollars in improvements.

Dr. Austin has consulted with organizations for 25 years to improve productivity and safety in a wide range of industries. Based on his desire to help as many people at work as possible, he founded Reaching Results in 2008. Reaching Results is a company designed to help people improve safety, leadership, & management.

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:

Mirasee
John’s website
John’s LinkedIn

Credits:

• Guest: John Austin
• Hosts: Danny Iny & Abe Crystal 
• Producer: Cynthia Lamb 
• Executive producer: Danny Iny
• Assembled by: Geoff Govertsen
• Audio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher Martin
• Audio Post Production: Post Office Sound
• Music soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely

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