Get Real: Staying Alive For A Living

It was Just Another Day. Yet for Theo Venter, removing his insulated gloves while working on a damaged high voltage transmission pole was a decision that would impact himself and his family in ways he could never have imagined. But why did Theo, an experienced liney, make what the safety industry will have you believe was such a 'violation' or 'unsafe act'? Get Real delves beneath these 1940's catchphrases to reveal a deeper hidden explanation why company culture ultimately determines if a worker buys in to your safety program... or not! Using tried and tested psychological concepts, this book examines why accidents still occur even with the multitude of rules and regulations that dominate our industry.

Discussing the role of every individual within an organisation in the process, Get Real is a must read for not just managers and leaders, but each and every member of your work crew. If you want to know the 'real' reason you still have incidents and accidents that cause injuries at work, discover 'why' from the only man known to survive 22,000 volts through the heart-and live to tell the tale.

Ken Roberts has been working at the coalface of industry for over four decades. Combined with twenty years of personal development facilitation and his work takes on a refreshingly new look at why people do the things they do in the workplace.

Theo Venter spent seventeen years as a power transmission 'liney' before his accident. For 10 years Theo has travelled the world as a motivational speaker advising industry as a health and safety professional.