#Leadership
HSE leadership as the bedrock of a proactive safety culture. This section transforms the mindset of executives and line managers. Showcases how a personal example in using PPE, transparent communication, and zero tolerance create an atmosphere of trust.
The "Carrot and Stick" Approach to Managing Drivers
An effective road safety system at an enterprise requires comprehensive work with drivers of contractor organizations who often start work without knowledge of local rules. The article examines how, instead of relying exclusively on penalties, adaptation courses, defensive driving training, and regular meetings for dialogue with drivers can be used. Such an approach helps drivers realize their key role in ensuring safety and allows reducing the number of violations at the facility.
Master Class "Public Speaking Skills"
Developing public speaking and effective communication skills for HSE specialists. Practice includes mastering presentation structure, timing management, eliminating filler words, and holding audience attention during briefings and meetings.
"Leadership VZOR" Project
Implementation of a unified safety leader role model "VZOR" (Engage, Declare, Provide, Develop) for all management levels. Development of a safety volunteer movement among workers without financial incentives, conducting leadership walkarounds and roundtables, as well as monitoring effectiveness via dashboards and pulse surveys.
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How to Become the Best Manager of the Year? Winners' Experience
Participating in the HSE Top 100 professional rating as a tool to increase a manager's personal authority and the status of the HSE department in the company. The practice includes preparing for public speaking, structuring presentations, and sharing experience with the expert community.
How to Manage Risks When Working with Contractors?
A comprehensive risk management system for working with contractors, including perimeter definition, project risk assessment, incoming knowledge control, and audits of standard execution by general contractors. This practice reduced the LTIFR by more than 50% over three years.
Operational Efficiency and Safety: Is There a Compromise?
Analysis of interaction models between production and HSE, transitioning from avoidance and rivalry to cooperation. Implementation of multi-level audits to engage production personnel in safety control in their areas.
Improving the Quality and Speed of Communicating Critical Technical and Production Risks Across the Management Vertical of Large Critical Infrastructure Companies to Prevent Emergencies Before They Occur
Creating a safe corporate environment for the open communication of critical production risks from line personnel to owners. The practice includes changing the top management motivation system, allocating resources to eliminate long-standing problems, and conducting in-depth incident investigations focusing on systemic causes.
Sustaining Safety Culture Improvement Results
Transformation of corporate safety culture from a reactive to a proactive level by creating specialized culture development departments and building a cascade of HSE committees. The practice includes integrating the risk management system with management standards and transferring project teams into permanent organizational structures to sustain results.
Avoid Getting Blown Up by the Mental Mines of Cognitive Biases
The article proposes using Checklist No. 2 with questions about cognitive biases to prevent unplanned losses and minimize decision-making errors. The author analyzes typical mental "mines" that cause people and managers to underestimate or ignore risks. The material shows the insidiousness of these misconceptions through examples and invites readers to discuss the most dangerous thinking traps.
Key Safety Rules
The article describes SIBUR's approach to the application of key safety rules, deviation from which can lead to the most serious incidents. Readers will learn how these rules are brought to the attention of employees, contractors, and visitors, as well as what sanctions are applied under zero tolerance for violations. In addition, the material explains how internal investigation of violations helps identify their causes and prevent precursors to incidents.
"Don't Fall into the 'Pitfall'!" Methodology
The article presents a methodology for assessing the relative probability of committing dangerous acts and erroneous decisions, "Don't Fall into the 'Pitfall!'", developed to block personnel errors and violations. The author identifies four types of risk factors — from situational-personal to organizational — and offers a checklist for employee self-checking. The publication contains a step-by-step algorithm and recommendations for completing mini-trainings to prevent unplanned losses due to the...
Safety Contact!
The "Safety Contact" practice helps engage meeting participants in discussing safety issues from the very first minutes through a short story about an event with negative consequences and recommendations for its prevention. At the beginning of the meeting, the organizer or participants share a relevant topic lasting no more than five minutes, concluding it with a discussion of risk reduction measures. Holding such contacts regularly at meetings allows people to reflect on occupational health and...