Understand the Value – Why This Course Matters
This course is designed to help organizations understand the critical role that culture plays in achieving strong and sustainable safety performance. It explores the underlying attitudes, values, and behaviours that influence how people approach safety at all levels of an organization.
Through this course, participants learn practical strategies to assess their current safety culture, identify gaps, and implement targeted actions to build a more proactive, engaged, and accountable workforce.
Improving safety culture leads to better decision-making, stronger leadership, and ultimately, safer workplaces.
Senior and middle managers
HSE professionals and safety advisors
Team leads and department heads
Anyone responsible for managing people, resources, or workplace risks
Module 1: The Foundations of H&S Leadership
What is H&S leadership
Moral, legal, and business cases for safety
Shared responsibilities for H&S
Module 2: Safety Culture
Safety culture as part of organizational culture
Characteristics and maturity of safety culture
How leaders shape and influence culture
Module 3: A System Approach to H&S
Management system thinking
Setting H&S policies and objectives
Measuring the right KPIs
Commitment to continual improvement
Module 4: A Risk-Based Approach to H&S
Risk terminology and assessment process
Risk profiling within the organization
Module 5: Human Failure in Decision-Making
Human factors and types of failure
Cognitive biases and mental shortcuts
Personal beliefs and risk perception
Module 6: Visible Leadership in H&S
Building a shared vision
Practical leadership actions that promote H&S
Module 7: Engaging Employees and Building Relationships
Rapport, trust, and leadership practices
Encouraging employee participation
Module 8: Motivation and Recognition
Internal motivation
Recognizing safe behaviours and achievements
Module 9: Effective Communication in H&S
Communication tips and “safety moments”
Asking great questions
Leading safety tours
Understand the impact of leadership on safety culture and performance
Apply system and risk-based thinking to safety management
Use practical tools to assess, influence, and improve workplace safety culture
Identify and address human factors affecting decision-making
Engage employees in meaningful safety conversations and actions
Promote motivation and recognition strategies to sustain positive change
Online Course (for individual learners):
Join from anywhere in the world and start learning right away!
Enjoy 8-16 hours of flexible, self-paced study, 1 month of access, and unlimited support from our expert instructors.
In-Company Training (for corporate groups of 8–20 participants):
Our expert-led, 1-day course is delivered exclusively for your team, at your location or other agreed venue or live via Zoom
Upon completing the assessment, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from Canadian Safety Institute.
Absolutely. Both the face-to-face and online versions of this course are designed around active learning and practical application. Activities reflect real safety leadership challenges, helping participants connect the course content to decisions, conversations, and situations they may encounter in their own organizations.
The face-to-face course includes:
Facilitated group discussions
Breakout team exercises
Realistic leadership scenarios and case studies
Analysis of workplace safety culture and leadership challenges
Video analysis
Risk-based decision-making activities
Exercises exploring human factors, cognitive biases, and mental shortcuts
Opportunities to practice and improve safety communication
Self-assessments and reflection activities
Activities are never included simply for the sake of interaction. Each one has a clear learning purpose: to help participants understand how leadership decisions and behaviours influence H&S, recognize factors affecting safety culture and decision-making, engage employees, and identify practical actions they can take to demonstrate visible safety leadership.
The online course includes:
Realistic H&S leadership scenarios and case studies
Interactive decision-making activities
Video analysis
Knowledge checks and quizzes
Practical assignments based on workplace leadership challenges
Activities exploring safety culture, human factors, and risk-based decision-making
Self-assessments and reflection activities
Although the online course is self-paced, participants are not left to learn from an automated system alone. Knowledge checks provide immediate results, while practical assignments are reviewed by real instructors who are experienced safety professionals. Participants receive personalized feedback to help them recognize their strengths, deepen their understanding, and identify how they can become more effective and visible H&S leaders.