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January 2, 2020
There is no difference between a great leader and a great safety leader. I believe that through strong relationships driven by authentic leadership; setting clear expectations; applying a coaching style; developing a learning culture in their team – especially learning from when we get it right; listening generously; being appropriately wary of the effectiveness of …
August 26, 2019
Leadership behaviour – The few things that can make a huge difference to safety… positively, or negatively: One of the most significant leadership factors that appear during workplace “accident” investigations is a lack of clarity (or perhaps a lack of understanding) amongst leaders of the size of the shadow their behaviour casts. What is often …
January 3, 2017
The basics for a transient workforce: More and more often we use on-tap workforces; to be the arms and legs for maintenance shutdowns activities, to handle short-term surges in headcount need, for longer-term non-core activities and for elements of civil and building construction projects as well as on marine vessels in support of off shore …
July 12, 2016
Authentic Leadership in Safety Two books spring to mind immediately when I think about Authentic Leadership. One is Why Should Anyone be Led by You? By Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones (Harvard Business Review Press, 2006) and the other is Discover Your True North By Bill George (Wiley Press, 2015). Both of these fantastic books …
January 16, 2015
As leaders, we want our people to come on the leadership journey with us. We want them to be the best they can be, to love their work, to become great leaders and we are often looking for ways to make this happen. We go to a seminar, a workshop, listen to a podcast, read …
Why are my team not as passionate about this as I am? Why don’t they get it? Read More »
March 2, 2014
Generous listening is all about listening in order to understand. It is about focusing on the person talking with you, and listening with your body and more importantly with your mind. Do this and you will ooze generous listening. If, however, you are just waiting for the words to stop so that you can say …