📘 Course Description:
This intensive course empowers leaders and professionals to create, sustain, and influence a positive safety culture within their organizations. Safety performance isn’t just about procedures—it depends heavily on leadership behaviors, accountability, employee engagement, and organizational values.
Participants will explore the principles of safety leadership, analyze real-world case studies, and apply practical frameworks to improve safety mindset, behavior, and performance at all organizational levels. The course blends psychological, cultural, and operational aspects to instill a proactive safety culture that goes beyond compliance.
🎯 Learning Objectives:
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Understand the components of a strong safety culture
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Develop leadership behaviors that promote safety excellence
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Recognize and address unsafe behaviors and cultural weaknesses
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Strengthen communication and trust around safety issues
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Drive accountability and engagement in safety performance
✅ Day 1: Foundations of Safety Culture & Leadership
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration and Welcome |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Introduction to Safety Culture: Definitions & Models |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | The Role of Leadership in Shaping Safety Culture |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Case Studies: Safety Failures Due to Cultural Gaps |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 – 16:30 | Organizational Behavior and Safety Climate |
✅ Day 2: Leadership Behaviors & Safety Performance
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:30 | Traits of Effective Safety Leaders |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Transformational vs. Transactional Safety Leadership |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Observation & Feedback Techniques for Safety |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 – 16:30 | Leadership and Safety KPIs: Setting the Right Example |
✅ Day 3: Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) and Culture Maturity
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:30 | Behavior-Based Safety: Principles and Practices |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Recognizing and Shaping Safe Behaviors in the Workplace |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Maturity Models for Safety Culture (e.g., Hudson’s Ladder) |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 – 16:30 | Workshop: Cultural Assessment Tools and Gap Analysis |
✅ Day 4: Communication, Engagement & Accountability
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:30 | Safety Communication: Formal and Informal Channels |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Engaging Teams: Toolbox Talks, Meetings, and Peer Involvement |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Accountability Systems and Safety Ownership |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 – 16:30 | Using Leading and Lagging Indicators to Drive Behavior |
✅ Day 5: Strategy, Implementation & Improvement
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 – 10:30 | Developing a Safety Culture Improvement Plan |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:00 | Aligning Culture with Business Strategy & HSE Management Systems |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Workshop: Personal Action Plan & Leadership Pledge |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 – 16:30 | Final Presentations, Feedback, & Certificate Distribution |
📦 Course Materials Include:
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Safety culture maturity assessment templates
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Leadership behavior checklists
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Safety conversation role-play scripts
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Case studies and benchmarking tools
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Action plan templates and improvement roadmaps
👥 Who Should Attend:
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HSE Managers & Safety Officers
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Operations & Maintenance Leaders
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HR & Training Professionals
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Senior Executives & Line Managers
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Team Leaders & Supervisors
