The Art of Safety Leadership
The Art of Safety Leadership
Podcast Description
To truly achieve the highest levels of proactive safety culture, we have to go beyond the technical competencies of health & safety management, to engage in the skills of leadership, innovation, change management, data and debate. The role of The Art of Leadership podcast is to delve deep into the challenges and opportunities that face leaders in the safety profession to keep lifting the bar beyond a reactive culture of safety compliance. Join us as we talk to safety leaders and leadership experts to share their expertise, insights and wisdom.
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This podcast focuses on enhancing proactive safety cultures through leadership skills, communication strategies, and innovative practices, with episodes addressing topics like storytelling as a change tool in safety culture, featuring discussions with experts like journalist Jehan Casinader and EHS Director Daniel McGuigan, who outline practical examples and compelling storytelling techniques.
To truly achieve the highest levels of proactive safety culture, we have to go beyond the technical competencies of health & safety management, to engage in the skills of leadership, innovation, change management, data and debate. The role of The Art of Leadership podcast is to delve deep into the challenges and opportunities that face leaders in the safety profession to keep lifting the bar beyond a reactive culture of safety compliance. Join us as we talk to safety leaders and leadership experts to share their expertise, insights and wisdom.
In this forward-thinking episode of ”The Art of Safety Leadership,” we bring together two experienced minds from within the profession: Liam Tiddy, Head of Executive Search at Shirley Parsons, and Brian Long, Director of Health, Safety and Wellbeing at Wates Group. Together, they explore how safety teams must evolve to meet the challenges of modern business and create genuine value beyond compliance.
This conversation explores what safety professionals should be doing, how they should be structured, and where the profession needs to go to remain relevant in an increasingly complex business environment.
Key topics include:
Why traditional safety team structures are holding organisations back
The shift from compliance-focused roles to value-creating strategic advisors
How AI and technology will fundamentally reshape safety work
The critical skills safety professionals need for the next decade
Moving beyond lagging indicators to predictive risk intelligence
Why safety needs to stop being a separate function and integrate into operations
The future of safety education and professional development
How to demonstrate ROI and business value from safety investments
Whether you're a safety professional navigating career choices, a business leader building safety capability, or an executive wondering how to structure safety teams for maximum impact, this conversation offers essential insights into where the profession is heading.
Liam and Brian don't just theorize—they share practical strategies, real examples, and bold predictions about what successful safety functions will look like in five to ten years. This isn't about incremental improvement; it's about fundamental transformation.
Essential listening for anyone committed to the future of safety leadership and creating workplaces where people thrive while businesses succeed.
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