Course Facilitator Profile
The Trainer is a chartered psychologist who has many years of international experience consulting in the area of individual and organizational behavior and learning. He has particular expertise in the design and development of innovative and effective solutions to complex organizational and people performance issues.
He has consulted across a wide variety of business sectors and addressing such issues as productivity, health and safety, quality, productivity and customer service. He is an extremely effective presenter and trainer, applying his background in learning and educational theory to tailor courses to meet specific needs. He is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS)
His projects include:
- Global Oil and Gas Company (Onshore and offshore operations) – Designed and led a variety of safety projects including implementation of behavioral change processes, safety leadership development, and a scheme directed at contractor management. The focus has ranged from work with top teams through to direct work with the frontline workforce.
- International Chemical Company – Designed and led a pan – European project where the focus was on identifying readiness factors relating to the implementation of a behavior based safety process. This work then progressed into various implementations of behavior change process in plants in UK, France, Holland and Denmark.
- Train Operating Company – Led a behavioral programme investigating why train drivers proceed through red signals. Designed subsequent intervention which focused on developing more effective performance management skills in driver managers.
- Major Energy Transmission and Distribution Business – Designed an innovative behavior change process to fi t the needs of this complex UK wide business where the workforce is widely dispersed. The process featured an emphasis on safety team performance and a structured reward and recognition system.
- Nuclear Power Generation and Fuel Reprocessing Company.
- Designed and led workshops targeted at the company’s behavior based safety coordinators and human factor specialists. This work included application of behavioral theory into accident investigation.
Some of his clients include but not limited to:
- AES (US Power Generation Company) – Europe, Asia, Africa
- Essent (Netherlands Based Power Networks)
- Hexcel (US Based Chemical Company)
- TNK-BP (Russian Federation)
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (UK)
Testimonials
“I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies.”
~ Larry Bossidy, Chairman and CEO of Honeywell International, Inc
“Our goal is to be one of the safest coal mining companies in America,....Our success depends on the observations and safe practices of our own people....that empowers our employees to guide and drive our safety process”
~ Randy McMillion, Vice President of Operations, Alpha Natural Resources
Key benefits for attending this course
As the industry’s business landscape continues to change, as a safety officer/professional, manager or executive, you are faced with rethinking how you can successfully navigate the issues and opportunities the new business realities present for personal, professional and organizational success.
If your business has implemented BBS, chances are that your BBS process is out of touch with realities of today’s worksites and as such attending this workshop avails you the resources necessary to update your self with the principles, procedures and solutions required to continue the process in today’s worksite.
If your business/organization is looking into implementing BBS, the workshop will present you an excellent opportunity to understand the external and internal costs of BBS, the techniques to develop and sustain an organizational wide program that is capable of resolving risky behaviors and developing a safety-first culture while helping you to assess your existing safety initiatives and equip you with day to day tools needed to raise and improve your safety performance using the BBS method.
It is aimed at providing you intensive, immersion training designed to educate you on the appropriate planning, implications for practice and intervention and provide you with an in-depth appreciation of the background, theory and practice relating to BBS and how to leverage your BBS knowledge, skills and experience in new ways and the means to develop a behavioral strategy and associated programmes for implementation in operational settings.
The event will be highly interactive, illustrated with in-depth analysis and case studies based on international and regional experiences of companies implementing BBS.
Who should attend
Managers | Site Managers | Risk Managers/Engineer | Health/Safety Manager | Plant Managers | Operations Managers | Operational Risk Manager | Project Managers | HSE Manager | Head of HSE | Safety Superintendent | Safety Manager | HSE Team Leader | Occupation Health and Safety Manager | Maintenance Supervisors | Training Managers | Labour Officer | Labour Consultant
