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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.
Seven Golden Rules of Vision Zero: How to Implement Zero Injuries in Practice
The article examines practical aspects of implementing the international Vision Zero concept and its 'seven golden rules' at enterprises. The author shows how zero injury principles — from management leadership and risk assessment to competence development — are reflected in Russian legislation and real practices of the Zarubezhneft Group of Companies. The material helps understand the transition from formal compliance with requirements to a proactive occupational health and safety, and industri...
The Difference Between a Leader and a Manager
The article examines key differences between a manager and a leader, their roles in a company, and the possibility of combining these qualities in one person. While a manager focuses on making strategic decisions, managing resources, and controlling tasks, a leader builds an emotional connection with the team, motivates employees, and develops their potential. The material helps to understand the characteristics of both approaches in order to create a cohesive team and effectively achieve compan...
Feedback: An Effective Tool for Interacting with Employees
The article reveals the role of feedback as a key managerial tool for engaging subordinates, reinforcing effective behavior, and improving the quality of work. The material examines supportive and corrective types of feedback, basic principles of communication, as well as step-by-step algorithms for interaction within the team. The author explains how proper communication helps develop employees, improve the workplace climate, and reduce the risks of occupational injuries.
Steel and Will: How Leadership Creates a Safety Culture in Metallurgy
The article discusses the key role of a leader in forming a living culture of industrial safety at metallurgical enterprises. Using the examples of Nornickel and Metalloinvest programs, it examines how personal commitment of management, implementation of digital technologies, and a culture of trust help prevent accidents and put worker safety above plan execution. The material helps to understand how to transform formal instructions into an effective system of personnel protection in production.
How Can Social Rules of Conduct Create a Trusting Safety Atmosphere?
Development and implementation of 9 basic rules of conduct for HSE function specialists to form a trusting atmosphere and change the service's image. The practice includes joint development of rules by employees, immersive training, broadcasting expectations to production departments, and regular effectiveness evaluation through surveys and ratings.
HSE Specialist Internships in Production: A Path from Control to Trust
The article examines the practice of internships for occupational health, safety, and industrial safety specialists directly in production workshops, where for several days they work shoulder to shoulder with the team. Such immersion helps to see real production processes and problems from the inside, thanks to which the implemented measures cease to be formal. The practice allows breaking down stereotypes about the OHS&IS service, building an open dialogue with workers, and laying the foundatio...
Debunking the Top 5 Myths Preventing Injury-Free Work
The article examines misconceptions in occupational health and safety that cause organizations to struggle with the consequences of incidents instead of eliminating their systemic causes. The author demonstrates how to move from punitive control to a culture of openness, employee involvement, and collaborative work on processes. The material offers practical steps to create a system where risk prevention, dialogue, and continuous improvement play the main role.
Director's Day as an HSE Specialist: How a Leader Changed Safety Culture in 8 Hours a Week
Weekly personal participation of the top executive as an HSE specialist on the production site. The practice includes direct communication with workers, prompt resolution of household and production issues, implementation of QR codes for hazard reporting, and gamification through the "Safe Shop" competition.
Engagement Board for Effective Communication
Implementation of the "Engagement Board" tool to transform incident analysis into a lively dialogue with workers. The practice involves short 15-minute meetings in front of a magnetic whiteboard on the shop floor, where the line manager discusses incidents with the team through the lens of workspace, personal, and group factors, concluding with a collective choice of corrective action.
Finding an Individual Approach: Communication as a Pillar of Safety Culture
The article discusses how an occupational health and safety (HSE) specialist can find individual keys to communication with colleagues at various levels to solve work tasks. The author shares personal experience of taking nuances into account—from temperament and hobbies to the context of communication—and explains why it is important to maintain professional distance within the team. Building a strong and authoritative position as an HSE manager helps achieve set goals and company plans faster.
Internship. Part 4. Preparing the Report. Or: How to Learn to Be Objective and Persuasive
The article describes the final stage of the internship for future managers, who are to deliver a report on the state of occupational health and safety to management and colleagues. The material outlines an approach to report preparation that helps objectively evaluate a department's performance based on qualitative and quantitative indicators, risks, and positive practices. The experience of public defense before a wide audience helps trainees overcome public speaking anxiety, learn to express...
From Novice to Leader: A Successful Internship Story
Implementation of a mandatory five-stage internship for new managers at the workplace of the Head of the HSE Department. The program includes theoretical training, practical walkarounds to identify violation precursors, leadership walkarounds with top management, and public defense of results.