LEADERSHIP IN PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT
Empowering Leaders to Drive a Strong Process Safety Culture and Operational Risk Discipline”
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Course Schedule
| Date | Venue | Online |
|---|---|---|
| 24 – 28 Mar 2025 | Online
(Live Virtual) |
USD 1500 per delegate |
Course Introduction
Process Safety Management (PSM) is not only a technical system—it’s a leadership responsibility. High-impact leaders create a culture that prevents major accidents, supports operational integrity, and empowers frontline ownership of process safety.
This five-day online training program is designed for senior leaders, managers, and influencers responsible for shaping and sustaining PSM in high-risk industries. It focuses on leading behaviors, systems thinking, risk oversight, communication, and alignment with global standards such as OSHA, CCPS, and Energy Institute frameworks. Through interactive case studies and strategic planning tools, leaders will strengthen their ability to guide, support, and embed sustainable PSM performance.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Define the leader’s role in managing and sustaining process safety.
- Integrate PSM into organizational strategy and accountability structures.
- Lead risk-based decision-making across technical and operational domains.
- Enhance reporting, learning, and culture through visible leadership.
- Evaluate process safety effectiveness using governance and KPI tools.
- Support continual improvement through leadership walkdowns and engagement.
Key Benefits of Attending
- Understand how to lead process safety beyond compliance.
- Build a culture of transparency, trust, and operational discipline.
- Learn global best practices from high-reliability organizations (HROs).
- Assess and strengthen your organization’s PSM governance and oversight.
- Drive sustainable change in safety behaviors, performance, and learning.
Intended Audience
This program is designed for:
- Senior leaders and directors in operations and safety
- Plant managers and production executives
- Process safety managers and corporate HSE heads
- Risk, compliance, and assurance professionals
- Functional leaders responsible for asset and operations performance
Individual Benefits
Key competencies that will be developed include:
- Process safety leadership skills and systems thinking
- Strategic communication and cultural alignment
- Governance and KPI-based oversight capability
- Organizational learning from incidents and near misses
- Empowerment of middle managers and frontline staff in PSM
Organization Benefits
Upon completing the training course, participants will demonstrate:
- Strengthened process safety culture across departments
- Improved ownership and accountability in high-risk operations
- Enhanced governance of leading and lagging indicators
- Reduced frequency and severity of process safety incidents
- Stronger alignment between leadership strategy and safety performance
Instructional Methdology
The course follows a blended learning approach combining theory with practice:
- Virtual Classrooms – Real-time leadership case engagement
- Strategic Tools – PSM scorecards, audit checklists, leadership walk templates
- Video Case Studies – Learnings from global PSM incidents
- Group Dialogue – Peer exchange, executive reflection, and barrier analysis
- Planning Tools – Strategy roadmaps, performance tracking worksheets
- Post-Session Support – Access to course materials and templates
Course Outline
Detailed 5-Day Course Outline
Delivery Format: Online (Live) | Platform: Zoom, WebEx or Microsoft Teams
Day 1: Leadership Fundamentals in Process Safety
Module 1: Understanding Process Safety Leadership
- Role of leadership in managing major hazard risk
- Learning from historical PSM failures and systemic breakdowns
- Integration of safety into corporate mission and vision
Module 2: Governance and Oversight
- Board-level responsibilities and audit roles
- Policies, standards, and the lines of defense model
- Executive KPIs for safety leadership
Module 3: Group Exercise – Executive Failure Analysis
- Leadership response to process safety crisis
- Identifying missed opportunities and recovery paths
Day 2: Risk-Based Thinking and Decision Making
Module 4: Understanding and Leading Risk-Based Thinking
- Bowtie models and barrier effectiveness
- Enabling the right behaviors through leadership visibility
- Critical risk control ownership
Module 5: Managing Change and Process Safety Culture
- Culture vs. climate
- Influence strategies and culture maturity models
- Communicating vision through actions, not posters
Module 6: Group Dialogue – Leading Through Change
- Facilitating transitions during system upgrades, reorganizations, or events
Day 3: Incident Learning, Communication, and Human Factors
Module 7: Leadership Role in Learning from Incidents
- How great leaders react to bad news
- Promoting a no-blame reporting culture
- Learning reviews, investigations, and system actions
Module 8: Human and Organizational Factors
- Cognitive bias, fatigue, work pressure
- Integrating HOF into leadership walkarounds and meetings
- Bridging the gap between procedure and practice
Module 9: Workshop – PSM Storytelling and Communication
- Building narratives that change mindsets
- Delivering powerful lessons across the business
Day 4: Performance Measurement and Frontline Engagement
Module 10: Leading with Indicators and Dashboards
- Lagging, leading, and predictive KPIs
- Red flags and early warnings
- Visualizing trends and outliers
Module 11: Leadership Walkdowns and Safety Conversations
- Conducting impactful site visits
- Asking the right questions to gain insight
- Observation and verification skills
Module 12: Group Simulation – Leadership Engagement Planning
- Develop a 3-month PSM engagement roadmap
- Share and critique peer plans
Day 5: Strategic Alignment and Sustainable Implementation
Module 13: Aligning PSM with Business Strategy
- PSM integration into business planning and KPIs
- Connecting goals from boardroom to control room
- Resourcing and enabling implementation
Module 14: Building a Sustainable PSM Roadmap
- Short-, mid-, and long-term process safety objectives
- Creating shared ownership across the value chain
- Planning for audits, metrics, and maturity reviews
Module 15: Final Case Study and Strategy Wrap-Up
- Present leadership lessons learned
- Build your PSM leadership call to action
Certification
Participants who complete the program will receive a Certificate of Completion in Leadership in Process Safety Management, recognizing their capability to lead, guide, and embed process safety excellence throughout high-risk organizational operations.