Safety Leadership Essentials

AUD $495.00

Online self-paced course

Safety Leadership Essentials explores the key responsibilities and skills of a business leader to influence a culture that is supportive of safety, wellbeing and professionalism.

Please note this course is an extension to Safety Essentials and it is recommended you complete Safety Essentials first. For more information on Safety Essentials click here.

Description

This course is a targeted leadership development program that will help you master the 8 leadership competencies that support the journey of your organisation towards safety citizenship: Supporting, Recognising, Role Modelling, Actively Caring, Collaborating, Challenging, Vision and Inspiring.

On completing this online safety leadership training, you will be able to:

  • Identify the 8 Safety Leadership Competencies (8SLCs) that drive a culture of safety citizenship
  • Create a clear vision for your safety culture maturity goals and identify ways to inspire the workforce
  • Know what is required to create a culture based on trust and active care
  • Identify your conscious leadership frames around yourself and your team
  • Understand a range of leadership communication skills and strategies to improve the organisation’s cultural and safety performance

As part of Safety Leadership Essentials, you will also have access to a personalised Safety Leadership Assessment. This assessment will enable you to identify both your safety leadership strengths and the areas you might benefit from developing further and ensure that you get the maximum benefit from this program.

Ready to equip yourself with the strategies, skills and knowledge required to influence a positive safety culture?

Program Overview

Module 1 – An Introduction to Safety Leadership

Revisit the Safety Culture Maturity Model to review the importance and the benefits of achieving safety citizenship in your organisation, and learn the fundamentals of the 8 Safety Leadership Competencies.

Module 2 – Creating and Communicating our Safety Culture Story

Learn how to communicate your organisations safety Vision in a way that genuinely resonates with your team, how to guide your team through the stages of change, and how to implement strategies to Inspire your team by tapping into their emotional brain, driving increased engagement and ownership.

Module 3 – Leading with Trust and Active Care

Discover how to demonstrate Actively Caring for your people, how this helps build the trust and strong relationships required for effective leadership, and how to leverage the neuroscience of the social brain to influence psychological safety.

Module 4 – Conscious Leadership

Explore how Role Modelling desired attitudes and behaviours influences your team and drives the results and culture you are aiming for. You will also learn how to identify when you are operating from unhelpful child or parent frames, and how to practice reframing to adopt helpful adult frames, enabling you to powerfully influence your teams’ performance and potential.

Module 5 – Supporting our Safety Vision

Learn about Supporting your team by clearly defining expectations and responsibilities, asking for input and fostering open 2-way communication, and encouraging constant and never-ending improvement. You will also discover the power of Recognising your team members, and learn how consciously using attributions can inspire, motivate and reengage individuals and teams.

Module 6 – Having Key Conversations

Explore how challenging perspectives allows your team to see things in different ways, and learn a practical framework to facilitating effective key conversations, to address unhelpful attitudes and behaviours in a timely, respectful, constructive and effective manner.

Module 7 – Promoting a Learning and Improvement Culture

Discover the importance of Collaboration as a key driver to empower and engage your team on the never-ending journey of continuous improvement. This includes strategies to reframe unhelpful attitudes around safety reporting, and to help your team focus on what is possible rather than what is broken.

Module 8 – Safety Leadership in Action

Learn about the four strategies or ‘levers’ of leadership including advocating, guiding, coaching and empowering, how these strategies can support your team through the stages of change and help them maintain focus on your positive safety vision, and how each of these strategies relies on a combination of the 8 Safety Leadership Competencies.

 

FAQs

How does Sentis’ eLearning work?

When you enrol:

  • You will be sent an email with login details to access our Sentis Learning LMS. This is where you will access your eLearning course.
  • If you are not already a member of the Positive Safety Community, you will also receive an email to create a password to access the community.
  • This eLearning course is self-paced and should take around 2 hours to complete.
What is included in Safety Leadership Essentials?
  • Over 30 interactive lessons
  • A downloadable Safety Leadership Essentials activity workbook
  • A Safety Leadership Assessment to reflect on your individual leadership style and behaviours
  • 8 downloadable supplementary fact sheets
How long will I have access to Safety Leadership Essentials?

You’ll receive permanent access to the course – come back to refresh your knowledge at any time.

Is this course only relevant for safety leaders?

While the program is set in the context of safety, the skills you will learn also enhance general leadership capabilities.

Can I redeem CPD points?

Completing this eLearning course offers up to 2 CPD Points towards Learning Activities as part of the Australian Institute of Health & Safety CPD Program.

Who can I contact if I’m having trouble?

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to positivesafetycommunity@sentis.com.au.

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