Leadership & Culture ‘why is it

important’

Leadership & Culture ‘why is it important’

Name of Presenter

Mr. Peter Bohan

Title: Director of Occupational Health & Wellbeing

Outline

• What is the outcome of poor safety culture

• What have we learned from past accidents

• How can leadership influence outcomes

• What defines good safety culture

e.g. Fatalities in work 137

Death at home

Construction

Agriculture

Roads

Waste

(Recycling)

Asbestos

UK Mortality Rates (2015/2016)

6,000

30

27

1,780

14

4,000

Nasa’s leadership and culture

Zeebrugga Ferry Disaster

Lyme Bay Canoeing Disaster

• ‘If the NHS were an airline company 'planes would fall out of the sky all the time' • Chances of being involved in airline incident 1-15,000,000 • NPSA estimate risk of harm in the NHS 1-10

‘Why do people take significant risks’

‘Reasons Swiss cheese model’

IT’S SIMPLE REALLY. WHEN TEAM MEMBERS ARE MADE TO FEEL LIKE ALL THEY CAN DO IS FAIL, THEY WON’T TRY TO SUCCEED.

Leadership & Culture ‘why is it important’

Sometimes we just have to stop and think!

Sometimes we just have to stop and think!

Thank you!