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Think about your first impression of any site or workplace that is tidy, well organised and visibly being planned. It is also safe, healthy, does not harm the environment and is ultimately profitable – the management approach on the profitable element of business is always visible to the workers by their individual and organisational approach or behaviours towards SHE.

Many organisations now recognise the need for leadership programmes or models and it makes sense for these to have SHE issues at their heart. Doing this has positive effects in functional and cultural areas of the business, for example how an individual feels about an organisation and their part in it, or how a community looks upon their corporate neighbour.

You may not know every technical SHE hazard or defect, but your behaviour, how you act and how you are perceived, is where you can have a huge impact. ‘Walking the talk’ is a much over used phrase but is none the less true, but also your commitment to the organisational SHE objectives and criteria is key. This is always tested most when conflicts between delivery or production and SHE issues come to the fore.

The ECI SHE task force has produced a number of publications on SHE management, the latest is a Management Guide. The task force has also produced a briefing note on SHE Leadership and Motivation.

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