#Mentoring

Mentoring programs and the transmission of safety culture from top management to line personnel and contractors. Real cases of converting mentors into key carriers of safe practices and replacing directive control with trusting cooperation.

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Elena Volvach
Руководитель направления оценки, обучения и развития
Горнорудная компания
March 18, 2026

Mentorship: A Key Link in Developing Professional Competencies

A two-tier mentorship system featuring workforce requirement calculations, rigorous selection, and continuous support through workplace supervision. To practice hands-on skills, a full-scale training and production site was created, operating on a shift schedule synchronized with main production. Bureaucratic burden was reduced by implementing a single three-year additional agreement, while a professional Telegram community was launched to foster engagement.

Mentoring Competence Mining
Case
Ekaterina Gemberova
Head of Safety Systems Development Division
OTEKO
December 18, 2025

Development Tools Without Million-Dollar Budgets: Practice of Building a Strong HSE Team

Forming an ecosystem for HSE team development without external budgets. Implemented cross-functional internships, role exchange with business trainers, brainstorming for idea testing, and internal coaching on practical skills.

Mentoring Employee engagement Motivation
Case
Dmitriy Khodyrev
Project Manager at Competency Development Center
Gazprom Nedra
December 18, 2025

Developing Competencies in HSE

Transformation of the HSE competency development system, shifting from formal training to practical skill building. Implementation of centralized providers, in-house trainer-mentors at production sites, and an LMS for training management.

Mentoring VR Competence
Case
Serik Mazhkenov
Chief Expert
All-Russian Research Institute of Labor of the Russian Ministry of Labor
Dmitriy Zubov
HSE Director
Cherkizovo Group
December 17, 2025

Occupational Safety in the 21st Century: Challenges and Solutions

Transition to a risk-oriented HSE management model, where occupational risk assessment becomes the foundation of all processes. Implementation of a human-centric approach, including quality staff selection considering risk propensity, onboarding, mentoring, and effective communication to build a conscious safety culture.

Mentoring Safety culture Safety leadership
Case
Arsen Azizov
Lead Occupational Safety Specialist
Gazprom Transgaz Ukhta
November 20, 2025

Mentorship or Investment in the Future

Implementation of a mentorship institution to adapt young specialists and reduce occupational injuries. The practice includes developing measurable adaptation programs, integrating HSE requirements into on-the-job training, and a system of material and non-material motivation for mentors.

Mentoring HSE TOP 100 Safety culture
Case
Vladimir Stepanov
Director of Industrial Safety and Occupational Health Department
OTEKO
November 19, 2025

Safety Curators: An Important Element of the HSE System

Introduction of the safety curators institution to overcome stagnation and develop safety culture. Curators act as mentors and a link between the HSE system and production departments, using line walkdowns, behavioral audits, and practical training.

Mentoring HSE TOP 100 Safety culture
Expert blog
Vera Konshina
Head of Occupational Safety and Ecology Service for International Offices
Yandex
November 19, 2025

Mentorship Experience: An Inside Look

Mentoring Safety culture Leadership
Expert blog
Vladimir Stepanov
Director of Industrial Safety and Occupational Health Department
OTEKO
November 7, 2025

A Real Case of Implementing "Curatorship" and Combating System Stagnation

Mentoring Safety culture Leadership
Expert blog
October 27, 2025

A Recipe for a Healthy Corporate Culture: How Not to Spoil the "Old-Timers"?

Mentoring Safety culture Employee engagement
Case
Dmitriy Mokryshev
Chief Specialist for Production Safety Coordination
Kola MMC
October 23, 2025

Safety Ambassadors: From Denial to Awareness

Creating an institute of safety ambassadors (volunteers) from among line employees to overcome the barrier of mistrust between production and the HSE service. The program includes five areas of work (communication, training, methodology, fire safety, prevention) and a motivation system, which allows involving workers in independent risk identification and promoting a safety culture.

Mentoring HSE TOP 100 Safety culture
Expert blog
Olga Emelyanenko
Project Manager, HSE Management Systems Development Division
SUEK-Kuzbass
October 22, 2025

Going to Work with Mom, or a True Mission to Save Lives!

Mentoring Safety culture Employee engagement
Expert blog
October 19, 2025

Safety Culture, Peter the Great Style: How an 18th-Century Shipyard Fostered Order, Responsibility, and Mentorship

Mentoring HSE Safety culture
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