Cohort Start: October 2026

To develop a world-class culture, supervisors must be educated and equipped as safety leaders. This starts with a ground-level understanding of safety and risk management processes. This 4-session module is designed as an introduction to the principles and practices of effective safety management for those new to safety-related roles or operations professionals.

Through student-centered interactive sessions with consulting leadership and safety professionals, the participants will gain an udnerstanding in the following key subject areas: Zero Harm Methodologies including Human and Organizational Performance (HOP), framework for safety management systems, supervisory leadership sills, industry-specific risks, and an exposure reduction model from the perspective of the supervisors’ role and responsibilities.

Simply put, your leadership sets the foundation to achieve a winning culture. Leaders, in all capacities, have the ability to help others succeed both personally and professionally. However, those leaders must first understand their role and develop the knowledge and skills necessary to lead cultural change.

This module sets the foundation for safety leaders to recognize what a great safety culture looks like and understand their part in achieving this goal.

A high-impact observation is any conversation with employee(s) initiated by a supervisor or manager in which exposure is observed, feedback is provided, and a two-way conversation is held to strengthen the use of best practices and understanding of exposures.

These observations provide an opportunity to build stronger relationships between your supervisors and employees, but require the supervisor to engage and discuss, not simply instruct.

Area inspections may be standard procedures for supervisors, but how can your inspections be leveraged to increase effectiveness? 

Science has taught us that by learning to analyze hazards as they interact with behaviors, safety leaders can turn routine inspections into opportunities for employee engagement. Changing your approach and process can change the output - leading to leverage for future impact. 

A Job Safety Briefing is a series of interactions that focuses on the specific safety requirements, instructions and exposures associated with a work task. By building on knowledge and experience gained in Physical Hazard Identification, safety leaders will develop skills to move from two-way coaching to leading a larger group. 

Utilizing a genuine approach, leaders can engage everyone in a conversation around safety as it relates to a specific task or subject. 

When an incident occurs, employees watch to see how leaders respond. How leaders interact with the affected employees and communicate to the team creates the atmosphere that affects culture. When bad things happen, personal credibility is on the line. 

All supervisors may have an obligation to investigate the incident, but maximizing the investigation can be an opportunity for positive change, building better relationships, and preventing recurrence.