New research links leadership values to reduced workplace incidents
Age and gender matter less than leaders’ values when it comes to influence on safety performance, reveals new research.
By Belinda Liversedge on 30 January 2026
Leadership
Top jobs in safety in greatest demand right now, says recruiter
Senior safety professionals who can influence culture, lead transformation, and align health and safety with wider business goals are in growing demand by employers, the recruiter Irwin & Colton have said.
By Belinda Liversedge on 29 October 2025
Inclusion saves lives: embedding equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) into global occupational safety and health
By Umer Changaiz, CMIOSH on 03 December 2025
Psychological safety: a genuine risk to physical safety
A ‘psychologically safe’ workplace where employees feel confident and comfortable speaking up to raise concerns, ask for help and admit mistakes has been shown to make it easier to support worker wellbeing and achieve better management of safety risks, and there are some simple ways of fostering such an environment.
By David Head, Dräeger Safety UK and Ireland on 03 October 2025
Effective stress management is about business performance not policies and support services
Successful management of psychosocial risks involves creating and fostering working environments that enable employees to thrive, rather than just reacting to stress-related issues after they emerge.
By Stephen Haynes, British Safety Council on 01 October 2025
Freediver, Helena Bourdillon on how trust is the key to productive and happy workplaces
Helena Bourdillon has survived and triumphed over chronic depression and now freedives to world-beating depths. A star speaker at SHW Live this year in London, her success she says is built on a philosophy of trust, which she nurtures through her five tools. We take a deep dive to explore how this approach can be applied to reducing stress at work.
By Belinda Liversedge on 31 July 2025
Leadership: The right balance of actions and words
Leadership, we are often told, is about actions and not words. In the world of occupational health and safety, effective leadership must bring together the right balance of actions and words to help workers understand both the how and why of workplace safety.
By Mike Robinson FCA on 09 July 2025
“One ill-judged behaviour can decimate a culture”: leaders debate leadership at SHW Live
“Your behaviour [as a leader] and your words [are so important in creating] a safe space. People underestimate how much [those below you] are looking and watching you [as a role model],” Jonathon Gawthrop, Chair of the MIND charity Mental Health at Work Council said at SHW Live’s leadership panel. “One [ill-judged] behaviour can decimate a culture.”
By Belinda Liversedge on 20 June 2025
Are you a leader or manager? Are organisations missing the mark on health, safety and wellbeing?
Although leaders may have a clear idea about how to achieve an excellent health, safety and wellbeing culture, unless they properly communicate this vision to everyone, managers can struggle to understand how to align their teams and day-to-day work with the expected goals, causing health, safety and wellbeing to suffer.
By Kanthi Ford, Tribe Culture Change on 04 December 2024
Visible Felt Safety Leadership: because we are stronger together
To achieve safety excellence, leaders must create an environment where all workers feel the health, safety and wellbeing of themselves and others is genuinely valued – and there are some simple and low-cost ways of achieving this.
By Dee Arp, NEBOSH on 02 December 2024
