2013 conference
  The leadership workshop at 2013 HSE/WISH 
  conference provided six clear questions/issues:
   Produce guidance on what safety leadership looks 
    like and how it is demonstrated
   Include safety leadership standards for the waste 
    management industry
   Research how safety leadership could be measured
   Investigate what other industries have done
   Share best practice on safety leadership schemes
   Include safety leadership in current 
    training/competency schemes
  These provided the mandate for the work group...
  Work group
  The NLI initiative had already identified leadership as a 
  key area, so seemed sensible to combine efforts:
   First meeting joint NLI/WISH leadership work group 
   took place July 2013
   Members included local authorities and commercial 
   companies, plus HSE leadership and employee 
   engagement team to learn from other industries
   Over series of four meetings concept of a self-
   assessment tool and guidance document developed
   Included initial testing of self-assessment tool by 
   members of the work group
  Next step was to test the theory more widely...
  ECAP event
  First test of the self-assessment tool – ECAP funded 
  event held in London 13 November 2013
   50+ attendees from wide range of organisations, 
   including SMEs
   Workshop session using self-assessment tool
   Feedback 90% positive
  We appeared to be on the right track...
  Development of tool
  Following the ECAP event, and based on feedback 
  from the event, the tool/guidance was developed 
  further to produce the final version:
   Sections on importance of H&S 
    leadership and culture and 
    practical examples of what 
    leadership looks like and 
    exemplary behaviours
   Self-assessment of organisation
   Self-assessment of personal 
    leadership
   Emphasis on improvement and 
    re-assessment
  Guidance and exemplars
  Describing what good leadership ‘looks like’ can be 
  difficult and language used may put some off, so:
   Example practical 
    behaviours shown by 
    effective leaders:
   Being a visible leader
   Being an involved leader
   Being an engaged leader
   For each, a set of 
    exemplars given of what 
    good leaders do to 
    demonstrate leadership