Why Attend
The purpose of this course is to provide managers and safety professionals with a deeper understanding of their role in implementing and determing the outcomes of a safety program. 'How to be a Leader in Safety and Health' focuses on the importance of top management involvement in guiding the process of implementing new approaches to health and safety. The course addresses the change management process which can be a challenge for some organizations seeking a significant improvement in their health and safety performance. When routine and traditional risk reduction approaches do not produce the desired results, a new strategy should be put in place. With many real life examples and interactive exercises, a step-by-step process is introduced to enable participants to influence health and safety policies and procedures in their organizations. Moreover, participants will be ready to take a leadership role in promoting good health and safety practices and implementing related changes.
Course Methodology
The course is designed to be interactive and participatory and includes various pedagogical tools to enable participants to operate effectively and efficiently in a multi-functional environment. The course is built on four pedagogical pillars: concept learning (lectures and presentations), role playing (group exercises), experience sharing (round table discussions) and exposure to real world problems and policy choices confronting delegates.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Enhance your ability to effectively manage a safety and health program
Develop skills in safety supervision, leadership and evaluation
Identify and list safety and health training needs
Assess and measure a safety and health culture
Effectively measure a safety culture program after implementation
Target Audience
Safety officers and other safety professionals involved in developing, implementing and making safety an integral part of the overall organizational culture.
Target Competencies
Health and safety management
Planning and organizing
Investigating and assessing
Providing and receiving feedback
Building rapport
Analyzing and evaluating
Leadership
Course Outline
Characteristics of an Effective Safety Culture
Top Management Commitment and Employee Involvement
Effective Communication
Analyzing Incidents and Accidents
Defining a Value System
Why Do Safety Cultures Fail?
Human Barriers to Safety, and Behavior-Based Intervention
The Complexity of People
Sensation, Perception, and Perceived Risk
Identifying Critical Behavior
Behavioral Safety Analysis
Intervening with Activators
Intervening with Consequences
Intervening as a Behavior-Change Agent
Safety Supervision and Leadership
Identifying and Correcting Hazards
Ensuring Safety Accountability
Creating a Culture of Consequences
Tough-Caring Leadership
Journey to a Safety Culture
Developing Goals and Objectives
Identifying and Establishing Goals
Conducting Self-Assessments and Benchmarking
Change Analysis
Actively Caring for Safety
Psychology of Actively Caring
Person-Based Approach to Actively Caring
Increasing Actively Caring Behaviors
Measuring the Safety Culture
Assessment Techniques
The Deming Cycle
What should be Evaluated?
Evaluation Tools
Developing and Implementing the Action Plan