The Executive Safety Leadership Program (ESLP) equips senior leaders to strategically shape the safety of work across the organisation. Grounded in contemporary safety science and executive-level decision-making, it strengthens governance, alignment, and investment choices — enabling leaders to influence culture, performance, and long-term organisational outcomes.
Built for executives who shape the safety of work.
Designed to have impact. Built for real world operations.
This program equips executives with the understanding they need to improve safety and strengthen operational performance.
Strategic Executive Alignment
Builds shared understanding across the executive team about what it means to shape the safety of work, strengthening alignment between strategy, governance and operational reality.
Safety as a Strategic Lever
Positions safety as a driver of performance and resilience by aligning priorities, investments and metrics with broader business objectives and long-term value.
Strengthened Critical Risk Oversight
Enhances executive visibility and oversight of critical risks, ensuring controls, resources and trade-offs deliver meaningful and measurable risk reduction.
Visible Leadership & Culture Shaping
Builds executive capability to shape culture through inquiry, transparency and response to failure, creating an environment where people speak up early and risks are surfaced.
Clear Governance & Accountability
Enhances executive capability to define accountability, set expectations and monitor performance so that safety is consistently led from the top.
An executive learning experience that shapes decisions.
- Expertly Facilitated
- One-Day Interactive Workshop
- Post-Workshop Executive Coaching
- Customised & Configurable Delivery
- Designed to Align the Safety Futures Suite
Facilitated by Dr David Provan, former Safety General Manager and PhD in Safety Science, combining executive experience, contemporary research and practical insight relevant to board and C-suite decision-making.
A focused, high-impact workshop designed to challenge assumptions, strengthen alignment and generate practical executive actions in a concentrated format.
Targeted one-on-one sessions that convert workshop insights into clear executive actions, strengthened oversight and visible leadership impact.
Tailored content, case studies and discussions aligned to your organisation’s strategic priorities, risk profile and governance context.
Establishes executive clarity and commitment that anchors and reinforces the Safety Leadership, Safe Supervision and Safety Professional programs across the organisation.
Program Content
Four topics. Strategic leadership. Equipping executives to shape the safety of work.
Topic 1: Understanding Safety
Reframe safety by challenging outdated assumptions and strengthening executive understanding of how work is actually performed across the organisation, shaping more informed strategic decisions.
Topic 2: Strategy & Performance
Align safety with business priorities by clarifying governance, metrics, and accountability so that safety strategy supports performance, resilience, and long-term value.
Topic 3: Risk Management
Focus on critical risks by strengthening oversight of control effectiveness and ensuring that investments, trade-offs, and executive decisions deliver meaningful risk reduction.
Topic 4: Safety Culture
Shape a culture of trust and commitment by modelling visible leadership, reinforcing expectations, and creating the conditions for open dialogue and responsible performance.
Delivery Timeframe
ESLP is delivered as a high-impact, one-day interactive workshop, supported by individual executive debrief and coaching sessions to embed insight and drive strategic action. Get in contact to learn more about the program structure, scheduling options, and how ESLP can strengthen executive influence on the safety of work across your organisation.
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