Safety Leadership for Managers
Overview
Managers set the tone for safety through what they say, do and tolerate. This course helps managers and supervisors lead safety visibly: understanding their duties, building a positive safety culture, engaging workers, running effective safety conversations and using leading indicators.
Who should attend
Managers, supervisors, team leaders, project managers and senior leaders responsible for people and operations.
Training methodology
Interactive presentations, practical exercises, case studies, group discussions, role-plays where relevant, and a personal action plan that participants apply in their own work.
Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain managers' legal and moral duties for safety
- Assess and improve safety culture
- Lead visible safety walks and conversations
- Engage workers and recognise safe behaviour
- Use leading and lagging indicators to drive improvement
Course outline
Day 1Why Safety Leadership Matters
- The business and human case for safety
- Legal duties of managers
- How leaders influence behaviour
- Lessons from major incidents
- Personal values and safety
- Self-assessment as a safety leader
Day 2Safety Culture
- What safety culture is
- Culture maturity models
- Just culture and accountability
- Measuring culture
- Common culture traps
- Exercise: assess your culture
Day 3Visible Leadership
- Safety walks
- Safety conversations
- Listening to concerns
- Stop-work authority
- Leading by example
- Practice: safety conversation
Day 4Engaging People
- Worker participation
- Recognising safe behaviour
- Addressing at-risk behaviour
- Communicating safety messages
- Contractors and safety
- Workshop: engagement plan
Day 5Performance and Improvement
- Leading and lagging indicators
- Safety in decisions and planning
- Reviewing incidents as a leader
- Safety objectives for teams
- Sustaining improvement
- Personal safety leadership plan
