The Role played by impactful leadership in health and safety

Leadership is key to success in health and safety and can determine how safe a workplace is. When health and safety leaders put effective strategies in place, they have the power to influence those around them and make a positive impact on attitudes, behaviours, and the overall performance of an organisation when it comes to health and safety.

Top tips for effective health and safety leadership

Health and safety leadership has the power to drastically shape a business and to challenge current practices within health and safety.

From a baseline perspective, you need to start by looking at the current health and safety practices within your organisation and then ask yourself how these practices can be improved on.

To build on that, you should then be able to challenge your workers and present questions to them such as