ADVANCED LEVEL COURSES
BUSINESS AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS
Advanced Safety Management Methods
Monday, February 12 – Wednesday, February 14 | Advanced | 2.1 CEUs
Safety management no longer is a compliance-driven approach to systems, best practice thinking and concepts. This contemporary approach is influencing the way safety professionals deliver guidance and direction to their organizations. Whether you are an executive-level safety professional or an emerging safety leader, you will develop knowledge and tools to greatly improve safety performance in your organization. This course is the first in a second-course series for obtaining ASSP’s Leadership in Safety Management Certificate.
Instructor(s): Joel Tietjens, CSP, CSHM, FASSP
- Manage organizational safety by applying methods established by recognized and respected contemporary management innovators, behavioral scientists and great leaders in organizations and occupational safety and health (OSH)
- Apply strategy and techniques focused on risk, business and the reality of human performance to provide another dimension to OSH management in your organization
- Demonstrate safety leadership that will build a connection with senior leaders and inspire workers to perform the best safety practices
Establish Your Place in the C-Suite
Thursday, February 15 | Advanced | 0.7 CEUs
Your organization's senior management values occupational safety and health (OSH) leadership and will reward it with resources and support. Assess what senior management wants to know about OSH and develop skills to communicate this information to them. Strengthen your connection to the C-suite by developing knowledge of your organization's business goals and senior management's OSH expectations.
Instructor(s): James Boretti, CSP
- Demonstrate a general understanding of business language and the foundation from which business decisions are made
- Identify the expectations of the C-Suite for the OSH process
- Develop, implement, and align OSH efforts driven by organizational objectives from the C-suite
- Report on and present OSH data that gets the attention and involvement of decision-makers
Influential Leadership Skills
Thursday, February 15 – Friday, February 16 | Advanced | 1.4 CEUs
Safety has evolved from a function that provides only technical expertise to one that provides leadership at all levels of an organization. Contemporary safety professionals must influence executive management through effective guidance and direction. Whether you are an executive-level safety professional or an emerging safety leader, you will learn the principles of leadership, strategic thinking and planning; discuss techniques for influencing executive, middle and line management; review expected ethical behavior; and discuss how to select the best management model to improve your organization’s safety performance. This course is the second in a second-course series for obtaining ASSP’s Leadership in Safety Management Certificate.
Instructor(s): Joel Tietjens, CSP, CSHM, FASSP
- Apply the principles of leadership, participating in strategic thinking and planning to lead organizational safety
- Determine the occupational safety and health (OSH) model that would most benefit your organization
- Demonstrate the unique traits of successful leaders to inspire and influence workers to improve safety performance
- Develop a stronger connection to your executive, middle and line leaders
- Integrate new concepts in OSH management and leadership into your organization
The Fundamentals of ESG and Sustainability
Thursday, February 22 | Advanced | 0.7 CEUs
Explore key concepts related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG), sustainability, stakeholder mapping, human capital, regulations, voluntary consensus standards, and risk and dependency management. Using the risk management and reporting framework presented in this course, you will actively engage in discussions, enhance your understanding of the ESG/sustainability landscape and communicate your role as a safety professional. Hear real-world case studies from recognized ESG/sustainability leaders and participate in dynamic breakout groups.
Instructor(s): Kathy A. Seabrook, CSP, CFIOSH, EurOSHM, FASSP
- Define and explain the fundamental concepts of ESG and sustainability
- Analyze and evaluate the interdependent relationship between an organization’s ESG and its finances
- Demonstrate the ability to integrate and operationalize an organization’s ESG/sustainability and human capital strategy, identifying opportunities to improve worker safety and health
RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Analytics: A New Approach to Health & Safety
Tuesday, February 13 | Advanced | 0.7 CEUs
Organizations have long used data analysis to drive improved performance. However, the quality of data now being accumulated and the speed at which data are being reported enables organizations to gain valuable insights to improve their overall performance. Explore data points that drive success from an occupational safety and health (OSH) perspective and discover how this information can lead to continuous improvement in critical areas such as preventing workplace incidents and injuries, reducing absenteeism, and increasing productivity.
Instructor(s): Todd R. Hohn, CSP
- Determine how your organization can use leading indicators to drive improved outcomes
- Analyze key success factors to enact system and process change
- Review how analytics are being deployed to improve safety performance
- Implement different learning tools to support engagement and implementation
SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Beyond Compliance: A Healthier Workplace Is a Safer Workplace
Monday, February 12 | Advanced | 0.7 CEUs
In an evolving landscape, organizations must redefine their approach to safety and health programs, aligning bottom-line objectives with workplace well-being. Safety and health initiatives often exist in isolation within separate organizational divisions, hindering their impact and potential. This course aims to bridge the gap between these programs, fostering integration to maximize results and improve outcomes.
Instructor(s): Todd R. Hohn, CSP
- Analyze key issues workers face due to changing workplace dynamics
- Demonstrate how aligning safety and health strategies can yield measurable benefits
- Review case studies showing how companies have successfully integrated safety and health
- Discuss best practices for promoting a safer and healthier workplace
- Develop strategies to shift management's perception of safety and health
Measuring Safety Culture
Thursday, February 15 | Advanced | 0.7 CEUs
This advanced course actively engages the safety professional’s knowledge of management systems and safety culture to measure the heartbeat of their safety program. In this working session, attendees will simultaneously use qualitative and quantitative methods to assess and score the two main pillars of their safety program: safety management systems and operational culture. Participants will return to the workplace with a multi-dimensional look at their safety program. This course is ideal for advanced safety managers, safety committee members, and other safety and health stakeholders who have at least seven years of experience with management systems.
Instructor(s): Cynthia E Braun, CSP, CHMM, CIT
- Define ""safety culture"" and ""safety management system”
- Use an integrated measurement tool to assess and score key elements of your organization’s safety management system and safety culture
- Identify at least three ways to improve, support, and/or promote a positive safety culture and management system