Dr. John Austin

“Dr. John Austin is an internationally recognized expert in providing behavior-based solutions to organizational challenges. He is founder of Reaching Results, a consultancy for management, motivation, leadership, and safety. He has consulted with organizations for 20 years to improve productivity and safety in various industries including:”

Aviation, Health care and hospitals, Chemical, Higher education, Construction, Public accommodations,Food service, Transportation, Glass and plastics manufacturing, Utilities, Government, and Retail.

John has experience in occupational safety, motivation, performance measurement, leadership development, coaching, and organizational change management.

In the area of improving human performance he has published nearly 100 articles and chapters, delivered over 200 presentations at regional, national, and international conferences, and has published three books, Organizational Change, Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis, and Mindfulness at Work.

At Western Michigan University, John has taught college and graduate level courses and conducted research in the areas of occupational safety, organizational performance improvement, consultation, motivation, and behavior change for 15 years.  He earned his BA from the University of Notre Dame, and his MS and PhD from Florida State University. He is past Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, and on the board of editors for four other comparable scientific journals, including the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

John is past Director of the Organizational Behavior Management Network, a Trustee at the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, and a leading member of the UK & USA based BMT Federation (www.bmtfed.com), a group of independent consultants that specialize in using behavioral science techniques to improve business performance.

Bob Cummins

Bob Cummins is a graduate of Portsmouth University and Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. Bob is a strategic leader with over 20 years experience within the private and public construction sectors.

Bob moved from construction management into Health and Safety Management in 1997 and has worked for a number of multinational companies and large projects. He is a frequent speaker at Health and Safety conferences including the BMT Federation, RoSPA and IOSH. His areas of expertise include; Safety Leadership and Coaching, Behavioural Management and Science, and Strategic and Business Safety Management.

Over the last 5 years Bob has specialised in leading strategic Health and Safety management and improved performance throughout multi-million pound programmes and projects.

During his time at Scottish Water Solutions Bob successfully reduced injuries by over 200% whilst maintaining an efficient and effective delivery model for the £1.2bn capital programme.

After significantly improving Scottish Water Solutions Health and Safety performance Bob joined Transport Initiatives Edinburgh Ltd as the Head of Engineering, Health, Safety, Quality and Environment. Transport Initiatives Edinburgh is the Client organisation providing feasibility studies, procurement management and project management for the Edinburgh Trams Project.

Bob’s challenge with Edinburgh Trams involves one of the UK’s largest civil engineering projects through the heart of the historic capital. Bob has driven a Health and Safety strategy that has resourcefully improved the management, focus and performance of Client and Contractors.

Bob is also a director of Alternative Safety Limited (ASL). Its goal is to challenge much of the current entrenched thinking about Health and Safety. ASL works with a number of experienced business leaders, behavioural practitioners and safety professionals; supporting major national clients across the globe, improving their management and safety performance, reducing injuries and increasing efficiency.

Nicole Gravina, Ph.D., Consultant

Dr. Nicole Gravina, a member of the BMT federation, is an expert in behavioral science and using behavior-based techniques to create positive changes in organizations. Her consulting work has helped organizations in various industries including manufacturing, utilities, healthcare, government, and human services to achieve substantial improvements in safety and performance while maintaining and improving employee satisfaction and engagement.

Nicole is also a faculty member at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in Performance Management, Occupational Safety and Health Psychology, Systems and Processes, and Applied Behavior Analysis. She has delivered presentations and workshops at national and international conferences and has published numerous research articles.

Nicole serves on the editorial board at Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, the board of directors for the Mid-American Association of Behavior Analysis, and the Board of Advisors for the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies. She obtained her Master’s in I/O Psychology and her Ph.D. in Applied Behavior Analysis from Western Michigan University and completed a research fellowship at Liberty Mutual Safety Research Institute.

Safety Highlights:
Led a BBS rollout at Pfizer in the injectable inspection unit that earned the prestigious Pfizer Year-End Award in Health, Environment, and Safety

Howard Lees

Howard Lees is a British Chartered Civil Engineer with 40 years construction experience. In the 1990′s Howard was Operations Manager for Bechtel Water and Construction Oversight Manager for Bechtel in Europe. Howard lead major work programmes in the public and private sectors, up to £2.8bn programme value and with up to 3000 staff. He had an exemplary track record in delivering profitable safe projects and improving group performance whilst managing these programmes. A number of current successful leaders of major projects around the world worked within Howards organisation during this period.

In 1999 he was asked by Bechtel to train in Behavioural Science in the USA. On graduation Howard was responsible for working to improve the professional culture within the Bechtel Corporation. With colleagues, he developed a programme for the dissemination of applied behavioural science tools and
deployed them to both Project and Functional groups by means of coaching and workshops.

He assisted in the reorganisation of the global Bechtel business. Working with the major business units to improve leadership and accountability, he delivered specific improvement plans to a number of major UK projects including Coryton Power, Great Yarmouth Power, The Channel Tunnel Rail Link.

Also Dabhol Power in India and the Bechtel regional offices in London and New Delhi comprising over 6000 professional engineers. Howard is now the leading UK practitioner in Behavioural Management Techniques (BMT). He is the founding member of the BMT Federation and an international speaker on business, leadership and safety. In 2004 he set up Hollin Consulting Ltd which specialises in applying behavioural science within businesses to improve safety and efficiency. He has written six popular books on the use of BMT and is now executive coach to a number of emerging leaders in a number of different fields and industries in the USA, UK and New Zealand.

Over the years Hollin Consulting have continued to provide consulting services working on the West Coast Route Modernisation (£11bn) project for Network Rail; they have expanded consulting activities winning major cultural change contracts at United Utilities and Scottish Water. During this period they have developed the Hollin BMT materials, cemented links to USA behavioural expertise and worked with clients to improve workplace efficiency and safety. During this period the business has expanded and the Hollin list of major engagements now includes Bechtel, Carillion, Network Rail, Scottish Water, Costain, Veolia, MWH, The City of Edinburgh Council, Galliford, Morgan Est, Atkins, Southern Water, United Utilities, SPSA, Turriff, 4Delvery, Wrexham Borough Council and Mouchel.