#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.
A New Reality in HSE! Leadership Assessment as an Element of Safety Assurance!
The article examines the use of an automated system for assessing the leadership qualities and communicative compatibility of employees to enhance occupational health and safety. The program analyzes the results of diagnostic techniques based on the criteria of "Dominance" and "Friendliness", after which it automatically forms the optimal composition of work shifts. Such an approach makes it possible to distribute leaders within teams, prevent conflicts, and increase industrial safety.
Monthly Employee Communications (Online Format)
The article describes the practice of holding monthly 40-minute online "EHS-update" meetings to inform employees about work results and plans in the field of occupational health and safety, environmental protection, and industrial safety. The author shares the presentation structure, which includes five-minute safety briefings, performance statistics, incident breakdowns, as well as sections featuring personal experience and expressions of gratitude to colleagues. Such an approach helps to incre...
Preventing Occupational Injuries Based on Communicative Compatibility Assessment
Development and implementation of an automated software complex for assessing the communicative compatibility of workers in teams. The complex identifies leadership qualities, evaluates the psychological climate, and suggests optimal shift compositions to reduce conflicts and the risk of occupational injuries.
Project Management
The article reveals project management as a process of applying knowledge, skills, and tools to achieve goals under budget, time, and resource constraints. The material examines common mistakes when implementing changes and the conditions for their successful realization with leadership involvement and risk control. Key stages of project development are also presented, from initial idea generation to ensuring the sustainability of results.
What is More Valuable: Tons of Production or Preserving Human Life and Health?
The article examines the differences in safety culture between Russian and foreign industrial companies. The author shows that a formal approach and acceptable injury rates hinder domestic enterprises from effectively protecting workers, while foreign companies place human life above profit. The publication explains why top management needs to make preserving the life and health of personnel the main goal of the company to achieve zero injuries.
Safety Culture, Peter the Great Style: How an 18th-Century Shipyard Fostered Order, Responsibility, and Mentorship
The article examines the "Regulation on the Governance of the Admiralty and Shipyard" of 1722, in which safety requirements were embedded into the duties of specific positions at 18th-century shipyards. Using examples of working with rigging, cranes, masts, and flammable materials, the author shows how hazardous processes and incoming control of materials were regulated. An analysis of Petrine experience demonstrates a historical prototype of modern HSE systems, where a safety culture was built...
My Transformation from a Miner to an HSE Professional
The author shares a personal story of transitioning from a miner in an extraction section of the Zapolyarny mine to a specialist in industrial safety and occupational health and safety. Through his own example, he shows how a principled stance and strict production control help curb violations, change contractors' attitudes toward safety standards, and save workers' lives. The article reveals the specifics of working in the field of industrial safety and occupational health and safety, the diffi...
Client and Contractor: Effective Collaboration in Safety
Implementation of a motivation system and KPIs for project managers (clients) to control the safety of contracting organizations. The practice includes transitioning from reactive to proactive indicators, synchronizing the KPIs of the client and supervisors, and involving contractor managers in regular audits.
From System to Initiative: Leadership as a Trigger for a Cultural Shift in Safety
The article describes the key methodological solutions and principles of a safety leadership development project implemented at Bystrinsky GOK to transition from a systematic to a proactive level of safety culture. The author explains why traditional protection systems reach a "plateau" and how engaging leadership by managers helps transform employee behavior and attitudes toward regular practices. The material reveals practical ways to overcome barriers when implementing changes and synchronizi...
Can You Cultivate the "I Want, I Do" HSE Principle in a Manager?
The article examines the issue of developing personal initiative and responsibility for safety culture (HSE) among managers. The author offers practical ways to engage management — from using a competitive principle to implementing a single tool with HSE data for self-analysis. The material helps HSE specialists build partnerships with managers and convince them of the key role of personal leadership.
From System to Initiative: Leadership as a Trigger for Cultural Shift in Safety
A project to develop safety leadership among line managers at a mining enterprise. The "leadership triangle" methodology was implemented, including personal example, team influence, and regular practices (BSA, leadership walkarounds). Training is based on situational leadership and Kurt Lewin's change management theories.
How HSE Behavior Rules Create Trust and Transform Workplace Culture
The article explains why abstract expectations of industrial safety specialists do not work and how clearly formulated rules of conduct change corporate culture in production. Using the experience of Nornickel as an example, the author shows how specific guidelines help an employee walk the path from a "controller" to a "safety partner." The practical implementation of such rules and their regular evaluation make it possible to create a frame of reference that increases trust and work efficiency...