Albert Einstein
This work is designed to help leaders create a working culture where safety is understood, respected and consistently acted upon. Safety coaching gives leaders the practical hazard recognition, communication, and coaching skills they need to influence behaviour, strengthen engagement, and improve safety performance.
Having coached hundreds of leaders around the world – from senior executives to frontline supervisors – I understand the real challenges leaders face in translating safety expectations into everyday action. My approach focuses on practical steps that help leaders become more visible, confident and effective in the way they lead safety.
Safety coaching has been a cornerstone of my consulting career since the late 1990s. Working alongside leading behavioural safety experts, I have led operational safety culture transformation engagements for major international companies including Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron, Cargill, Huntsman and Umicore, among others.
Safety leadership coaching sessions for leaders would generally consist of a series of one hour, one on one coaching sessions over a four to six month period either face to face or virtually.
Where sessions are held face-to-face, it is very beneficial to have them in the meeting room and out in the field where the coaching can have immediate relevance and impact.
Safety Leadership Coaching sessions focus on ensuring leaders:
Safety field coaching entails taking small groups of leaders (usually two to three leaders at a time) into the field for four to five hours and giving you practical coaching on better safety leadership including:
Safety field coaching provides leaders with the motivation to spend more time in the field with their people, engaging with them on safety in a more positive, impactful and meaningful way.
