Advanced Safety Leadership

Lead safety beyond compliance—embed values, influence behaviour, and eliminate errors.
This immersive 5-day leadership programme equips senior safety professionals, operational leaders, and HSE advisors with advanced human-centred strategies to cultivate a proactive, value-driven safety culture. Through in-depth psychological models, risk frameworks, dynamic workshops, and live simulations, you’ll emerge prepared to influence behaviour, strengthen resilience, and raise organisational safety standards to new heights.

 Why this course is important

• Shift from compliance to ownership: Embedding safety values and behaviours empowers teams to go beyond rules and adopt a safety-first mindset.

• Harness human factors insight: Deep understanding of what drives unsafe acts enables leaders to reduce errors and improve outcomes.

• Lead strategic safety transformation: Advanced leadership and crisis frameworks prepare you to steer organisations through complex safety challenges.

 Who should attend

• HSE directors, safety managers, and senior advisors steering safety strategy

• Operational and department leaders responsible for team well-being and performance

• Risk, incident response, and compliance professionals in high-hazard industries

• Safety coaches and consultants advising on cultural change and behavioural transformation

 What you will learn

Over five intensive days, participants will:

1. Understand human error & causation: Explore psychological models like the Bradley Curve and ABC framework to grasp why unsafe acts occur

2. Manage major-hazard risks strategically: Use advanced tools including Fault Tree Analysis, Event Tree Analysis, Bowtie techniques, and ISO 31000

3. Drive leadership & influence: Learn transformational communication, stakeholder engagement, and how to inspire “want-to” safety actions

4. Master advanced incident investigation: Employ robust root-cause methods, investigative interviewing, and report writing to influence systemic change

5. Build organisational resilience: Integrate crisis planning, emergency response, and resilience standards to maintain safety under pressure

 What participants say

Ali, HSE Manager – Oil & Gas
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
“The best course I have ever been on. I learned to combine behavioural psychology with leadership influence. The Bowtie risk sessions were incredibly useful, and I loved the interactive investigation role-play. I plan to embed these into our leadership safety rounds.”

Koli, Operations Director – Construction
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
“The speaker was so helpful – nothing was too much trouble. The deep dive into human factors shifted my thinking entirely. I found the leadership engagement tools very powerful, and I enjoyed the group scenario workshops. I’ll roll out a values-led safety messaging campaign across my sites.”

Layla, Risk & Compliance Lead – Utilities
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
“I discovered how to embed crisis resilience using standards like ISO 31000. Everything was explained clearly and there was lots of opportunity to ask questions. The simulations were enlightening and energising, and I’m now designing a structured emergency leadership framework for our critical assets.”