(71c) Process Safety Management Mentoring: Developing Leaders

The first pillar of Risk Based Process Safety Management is
"Commitment to Process Safety."  A
formalized mentoring system can insure workforce involvement, compliance with
company and regulatory requirements, increase the competency of personnel and
enhance the process safety culture of the entire organization.  Within this element there are several
essential features that lead to a more effective process safety culture. 

Providing strong leadership is critical for any organization
that strives to manage the risk associated with the activities associated with
process safety.  Leadership is a
skill that is not necessarily intuitive to managers and mentors.  Leadership is a skill that can be
learned.  We will specifically look
at the roles, skills, and signature styles required to lead effective teams.

Another essential feature for an effective culture is to
defer to expertise.  This paper will
describe how a proven model of leadership development can provide the tools
needed for leaders/mentors in the oil, gas, chemical and allied industries to
prepare the next generation of process safety professionals to be
effective.  This model has been
successful in creating functional teams that work across traditional
departmental lines and outside of a strict hierarchical structure. 

An effective process safety culture requires leadership
throughout the organization.  Our
industry will benefit from deferring to expertise from outside the traditional
business environment.