Step 1 - Commit

What does committing to manage MSI risks look like?

1. Understanding the concerns and opportunites as work changes.
2. Providing time and resources to support and maintain efforts to manage MSIs in a timely manner.
3. Taking an active, visible part in decisions and development of plans with follow-up.
4. Engaging all workplace parties from all levels of the organization.
5. Opening lines of communication.
6. Learning and improving continuously and remaining open to new ideas.

Having all workplace parties involved and committed throughout; especially as work changes and evolves is the key to managing MSI risks successfully. Commitment builds trust and stability allowing for adaptability and learning when changes occur, or when resources or focus needs to shift.

Employers can demonstrate their commitment by regularly seeking out concerns and suggestions from employees. Inquiring about the day-to-day work, surprises, wins and adaptations can build trust and understanding. Consider developing and strengthening two-way communication at your workplace by asking the following:

• Are we actively engaging workers from different departments across the company?
• Is information pursued, acted-on, and shared to promote transparency?
• Is there a plan and a way to communicate ideas, learnings, status updates, upcoming changes and receive feedback?

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Preparing to manage MSI in 3 key steps

• Managing MSI risk
• Step 1 - Commit
• Step 2 - Plan
• Step 3 - Engage
• Case study - A recipe for sucess: How an employer is effectively managing the risk of MSIs

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