Advanced Safety Leadership

Reducing Errors & Influencing Safety Behaviour

Format availability:

In-Person, Online streaming

Duration:

5 Days

Introduction to the course

Striving for safety excellence has to be every safety professional’s endeavor and aspiration. This “must attend” KC Academy Advanced Safety Leadership training course will provide you with powerful tools that with effort will enable you to make an expeditious and comprehensive difference to your workplace’s safety culture on returning to the organisation.

A combination of advanced ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking, new human applications and psychology will transform how you view and approach your future safety climate assignments. If you are committed to safety excellence and you wish to be a world class agent for Safety Leadership then this Advanced Safety Leadership Training Course is for you!

This training course will feature:

  • Safety Excellence, the ultimate (practically achievable?) objective to Zero
  • Transactional, Transformational, Felt, Values-based Leadership
  • Going beyond Behaviour-Based Safety (BBS)
  • Organisational and Environmental Risk, Threats and Impact Perspectives
  • Advanced Accident Investigations & Reporting
  • Actions, Beliefs & Consequences (ABC) - Safety Management Systems (SMS)
  • Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) cycle for continual improvement

Course details

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

  • Apply new leadership traits that can and will make the difference
  • Understand Unsafe Acts vs. Unsafe Conditions, so avoiding the ‘Blame Game’
  • Understand new and effective motivational and engagement techniques
  • Develop your safety culture to spread as a person to person ‘virus’ under three interrelated aspects:
    • Psychological
    • Behavioural
    • Situational
  • Enhance your Safety and Risk Management leadership skills

This Advanced Safety Leadership training course will utilise a variety of proven highly interactive adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes syndicate and individual exercises, relevant DVD and case studies and role-play exercises. A comprehensive e-version of the training course manual including copies of all slides, handouts and checklists will be provided.

This Advanced Safety Leadership training course will provide solutions for the whole workforce to adopt the latest systematic approaches in achieving the potentially achievable target of Zero.

  • New psychological strategies for reducing Human Error
  • Building a safer organisation considering all the behavioural causation factors
  • Providing a clearer understanding of how, why and what went wrong
  • Identify potential deficiencies in your Major Hazards Risk programme
  • Pragmatic solutions to improve your SMS

Attendance at this Advanced Safety Leadership training course will enable Safety professionals to return to the organisation equipped with boldness, self-belief and a renewed confidence eager to engage and communicate.

  • Learn how to direct your efforts to align safety with the business agenda
  • How to motivate your workforce to join you on a journey to Zero
  • How to ensure your colleagues go from “have to” to “want to”
  • Learn new approaches for behaviour, trust, mindfulness, values and leadership
  • How to share the dedication to focus on zero (safety excellence) as the goal

This KC Academy training course is ideal to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Directors
  • Departmental Heads
  • HSE Managers and Advisors
  • Those persons responsible for leading safety within an organisation at a global, regional or local level
  • Those seeking new concepts in aiming for zero exposure to workplace accidents, incidents, illness and injuries as well as others that are interested in developing safety leadership skills from tomorrow’s best practices

Daily Agenda

DAY 1:
Accident & Incident Causation Factors
  • The analysis of accidents – looking at the facts, figures & costs
  • Why do accidents still occur? - human factors, triggers and consequences
  • Conscious and unconscious influences within a safety culture
  • The Bradley Curve and four stages of mind-sets
  • The ‘New ABC Model:’ effective, behavioural and cognitive psychology
  • Understand the psychology behind human behaviour and learn how to apply pragmatic solutions to improve your SMS
DAY 2:
Safety Management in Major Hazard Industries
  • Major hazards and prevention
  • ISO31000 and safety excellence
  • Occupational safety, process safety and asset risk management
  • FTA and ETA
  • Bow ties
  • Emergency response plans, mutual aid, on and off site consequences
  • Inspection and auditing
DAY 3:
Improve Leadership and Communication skills
  • Enhancing your leadership capabilities through increased self-awareness
  • Analyse your communication strategies and social performance
  • Communication campaigns and stakeholder engagement
  • ‘Have to’ or ‘want to’: generating real desire for safety
  • Varying leadership skills for varying scenarios
DAY 4:
Advanced Accident Investigation and Reporting
  • All incidents (including near misses) are thoroughly and professionally investigated by a trained and confident team
  • Role of HSE team leader and management during an investigation
  • Investigation methodology - the essential checklist & process
  • Look. Listen and learn and learn to look and listen more!
  • Report writing techniques which will ‘persuade’ and ‘empower’ actions
DAY 5:
Organisational & Environmental Risk, Threat & Impact
  • Latest international standards: BSI65000, BS11200, ISO31000 / 22301 / 24762
  • Understanding the impact of change or major incidents on the organisation
  • Strategic crisis and emergency management in a resilience framework
  • Strategic risk and risk behaviour
  • Identify and manage current and future threats to your business
  • Take a proactive approach to minimizing the impact of incidents
  • Keep critical functions up and running during times of change and crises

Frequently Asked Questions

There are no prerequisites. Our courses are open to students of all backgrounds who are 18 years of age and older. All courses are conducted in English. Video lectures include English subtitles and the option to slow-down, pause, or replay lectures for better retention. Discussion boards are a critical component of each of our courses; therefore, we suggest students have a conversational knowledge of English when pursuing a Certificate of Completion. For any of the art writing courses, students need to be 100% proficient in written English.

You should have an up-to-date web browser such as: Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Internet Explorer. For more detailed information, please see the guides for supported browsers and basic computer specifications. Our Online Courses can be accessed on a mobile or tablet device, although we strongly encourage you to have access to a desktop or laptop computer and reliable internet connection for certain course components. Former students have told us it is easiest to read discussion threads and complete written assignments on a laptop or desktop computer.

Registration is available on our website. Just follow these simple steps: Click the “Apply Now” button in the top right corner of your screen. Select “Online Courses.” Choose your course(s). You will be asked for basic contact information and your credit card payment. We require full payment at the time of registration and all tuition is billed in US dollars. Be sure to check with your bank or credit card company, as your financial institution may charge a foreign transaction fee.

Our classes are kept small, at no more than 30 students, to better facilitate and encourage personalized interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Your classmates come from all over the globe and contribute their global perspectives and experience. Some are currently working within the arts while others are just beginning. All classmates share in their passion for the art world.

It is recommended that you begin your course promptly. If you do need to start the course a few days late, contact your instructor as soon as possible after the course has opened to discuss your options. Registration closes on the Friday after the course begins.

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London
16-20 Dec 2024
Fee: $5,950
Online streaming
07-11 Jul 2025
Fee: $3,950
London
07-11 Jul 2025
Fee: $5,950
Amsterdam
22-26 Sep 2025
Fee: $5,950
Online streaming
20-24 Oct 2025
Fee: $3,950
Dubai
20-24 Oct 2025
Fee: $5,950
London
22-26 Dec 2025
Fee: $5,950
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