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Safety Leadership The role of Senior Management within business success Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 1

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Context of the organisation (4) Scope of OHSMS Internal and external issues PLAN Planning (6) Needs and expectations of interested parties Support (7) & Operation (8) DO Leadership and worker participation (5) ACT Performance evaluation (9) Intended outcomes of the OHSMS CHECK Improvement (10) ISO 45001 Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © Source: based on ISO 45001 Fig. 1

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Gateways to good project safety management What are the barriers and drivers you would see to create positive health and safety throughout a project ? Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 6

Barriers / Drivers Who are the duty holders? Client What do you see as the barriers and drivers for each duty holder? Designers PC Contractors Barriers Successful project Drivers Client Designers PC Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © Contractors 7

Management of Contractors COMMON PROBLEMS: • Hazards not identified - by either party • Identified but poorly controlled • Contractor not - briefed supervised competent known to be there Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 8

Co-operation and Co-ordination Exercise - What do these words mean to you? Co-operation to act or work together for a particular purpose, or to help someone willingly when help is requested: Co-ordination the act of making all the people involved in a plan or activity work together in an organized way Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 9

What is safety culture? Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 10

Simplest Definition 1999 Perhaps the most user friendly definition came from the Cullen Report into the UK Ladbroke Grove rail crash. “The way we typically do things around here". Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 11

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The Culture Ladder Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 13

The Safety Culture Ladder Prof Patrick Hudson Generative The safety culture is how we do things around here. Business culture = safety culture. Proactive Safety leadership and values drive continuous Improvement across organisation. Criticism encouraged. Bureaucratic We have systems in place to manage all hazards. Lessons learned enable local improvements. Reactive Pathological Safety is important, we do a lot every time we have an accident Who cares as long as we’re not caught. Conceal problems if possible. If caught, blame individuals and move on. Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 14 14

Creating a Safety Culture V Company Values B Behavioural Programs • Conscious • Non-conscious K Company and Individual Knowledge S Documented Management Systems Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 15

Creating a Safety Culture V B K Set-up Review Publish & Measure Implement & Measure & Shake-up S Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 16

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Safety Leadership for Directors and Senior Managers DSA - The Three Golden Rules Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 18

The Three Golden Rules for a Successful Safety Performance Ultimately, directors and senior managers are responsible for safety performance, not safety specialists. Safety comes about by the successful combination of: 1. leadership and management of the safety culture 2. competent specialist safety advice Directors and senior managers need to demonstrate effective safety leadership. Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 19

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The Duties, Responsibilities and Liabilities of Directors – The Institute of Directors (UK) Responsibilities include The board of directors of a company is primarily responsible for: • • determining the company’s strategic objectives and policies; monitoring progress towards achieving the objectives and policies; appointing senior management; accounting for the company’s activities to relevant parties, e. g. shareholders The managing director/chief executive is responsible for the performance of the company, as dictated by the board’s overall strategy. He or she reports to the chairman or board of directors. Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 21

The Duties, Responsibilities and Liabilities of Directors – The Institute of Directors (UK) Consider health and safety aspects. Responsibilities include The board of directors of a company is responsible for: • • determining the company’s strategic health and safety objectives and policies; monitoring progress towards achieving the health and safety objectives and policies; appointing senior management and training them in safety leadership. accounting for the company’s activities, including health and safety activities, to relevant parties, e. g. shareholders and clients The managing director/chief executive is responsible for the performance of the company, as dictated by the board’s overall strategy. He or she reports to the chairman or board of directors. Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 22

Can a Director or Senior Manager influence Health and Safety? Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 23

Making Waves Leader Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 24 24

Sample of Safety Leadership Actions The Leader Reinforce or enquire about - Policy statements and values, other official information e. g. rules Instil importance of official Improve general information compliance Set a good example Adopt demonstrated standard / reinforce values and beliefs Consolidate or improve performance level Offer praise or encouragement Build confidence Consolidate or improve performance level Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 25

Conclusion: If you want to bring about good health and safety performance, you need to be a safety leader. If things go wrong and you need a defence against a charge of gross negligence, or a breach of health and safety regulations, then: you need to be a safety leader, and you need to be able to prove it Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 26

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Strategy and Tactics Strategic To do with the bigger picture, at corporate or project level, long term. Usually remote from the action. Tactical Dealing with more immediate issues, short term. Usually close to the action. Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 28

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Set up – Summary ram g o r Quality A d n g a Plan l P o h lco g m Environm ent Mana gement P lan Was te M anag e r te men t Pla n Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © minations gis re ce an m or QITP Par ty C 3 rd nf co res Thorough Exa n No Temporary Works Procedu alc ula ti u Dr hec kin t Progra ntrol o C t n e Docum on C Risk As sessme n n sig e D in y fet a S 30

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Health and Safety Performance Set up and Fade ment e Continuous improv Set up Fade Shake up Fade Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © Shake up Fade 34

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The Safety Leadership Scheme Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 36

Safety Leadership Commitment Standard Version I am committed to the three golden principles of the Directors Safety Alliance: 1 Ultimately, directors and senior managers are responsible for safety performance 2 Safety comes about by the successful combination of: leadership and management of the safety culture competent specialist safety advice 3 Directors and senior managers need to demonstrate effective safety leadership. By endeavouring to show safety leadership at every suitable opportunity, I want to about, and lead others to bringing about, a successful health and safety culture. bring Signed Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 37

Safety Leadership Commitment MD / Chairman Version I am committed to the three golden principles of the Directors Safety Alliance: 1 Ultimately, directors and senior managers are responsible for safety performance 2 Safety comes about by the successful combination of: leadership and management of the safety culture competent specialist safety advice 3 Directors and senior managers need to demonstrate effective safety leadership. By endeavouring to show safety leadership at every suitable opportunity, I want to about, and lead others to bringing about, a successful health and safety culture. bring As managing director, I will review the safety leadership of my team to ensure that our values and principles are reinforced and together we will search for ways to improve. Signed Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 38

Safety Leadership Commitment Display the commitment – 1 Canteens 2 Noticeboards 3 Meeting rooms Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 39

Code of Professional Conduct Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 40

For more information and coaching, please phone me: John Lacey 07850 870 993 Directors’ Safety Alliance Limited © 41

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