Risk Management Division Video Productions

The following videos are executive productions of the Risk Management Division and the Department of Information Services, Multimedia Productions. For more information or questions about these videos, contact Jolene Bellows at the Risk Management Division.

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Wake-Up Call: Managers Meeting the Challenge

25 minutes: A loss prevention DVD video for state government managers and supervisors. It emphasizes the important role they play in creating professional work environments to prevent workplace conflict that may lead to employment liability complaints, claims, and lawsuits. The video segments cover:

  • Employment Practices Scenarios: Managers Meeting the Challenge – Six fast paced scenarios of fictional managers effectively addressing common workplace situations. (Tip: Pause the video after each scenario for agency-specific discussions).
  • Wake-Up Call: Managers Meeting the Challenge-One Manager’s Story - A fictional story of a manager who confronts an employment related issue. The personal impact message is emphasized in scenes where the manager discusses the issue with the employee, human resource experts, and a training instructor.
  • Your Challenge: The Governor concludes with a message to managers and supervisors to take the challenge to help create state workplaces where employees are valued and respected.

Important: Information in the video can supplement other required employment-related training if desired, but must not replace any agency’s designated training. For more information about using the video, refer to Wake-Up Call: Managers Meeting the Challenge User Guide. Ten Things You Need to Know About Managing People is a one-page handout that summarizes information presented in the video and may be printed and distributed to video viewers. Agencies are strongly encouraged to coordinate use of this video with their risk management and human resource offices.

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Safe Driving Habits: A State of Mind

15 minutes: A loss prevention video for state employees who drive State Motor Pool, agency owned or privately owned vehicles on state business. It promotes safe driving to reduce vehicle incidents, crashes, and claims. This is an excellent orientation training tool for new state employees with driving duties to set the tone about the importance of driving safety. The video covers:

  • Governor's Introduction - Remarks focus on the importance of applying safe driving skills.
  • Three State Employee Testimonials - State employees add a personal perspective to driving safety in describing their state vehicle crash and the valuable safety "lessons learned" gained from the experience.
  • Tips from the Experts - Washington State Patrol Trooper Johnny Alexander provides simple but effective tips for planning a safe trip, pre-trip vehicle equipment adjustments, seat belt use, and more. Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center crash investigator Rob Kaufman addresses driving distractions, which his and national studies show are a major contributing cause in many vehicle crashes.

Important: While this video provides some defensive driver training-related information, it is not intended to be a stand-alone defensive driving course. For driver training course information, agencies are encouraged to contact their internal training office or the Washington State Department of Personnel Training & Development Division at http://www.dop.wa.gov/training/Pages/default.aspx.

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