Management and Leadership Skills for EHS Professionals

Overview

What you will learn

The learning objectives of the Management and Leadership Skills for EHS Professionals course offered by Harvard University are:

• Develop clear objectives, goals, strategies, and measures for integrating health, safety, and the environment into the culture of your organization

• Create specific methods for pitching occupational health, safety, and environmental initiatives to organizational decision makers

• Employ listening skills to develop more effective negotiation and conflict-resolution techniques

• Establish measurable expectations for your services by identifying appropriate performance metrics and implementing a performance measurement system for accountability

• Manage time effectively and coach others in this practice

• Identify the best possible course of action and prioritize work that is both urgent and important

• Meet common challenges with proven techniques in risk communication

• Use the most appropriate management style for every situation

• Understand the characteristics of both a transactional and transformational leader

• Understand legal issues and professional ethics

• Use technology as a management tool

• Understand the role transformational leadership plays in achieving functional excellence in safety and other critical business areas

• Transformational leadership’s critical role in the COVID-19 world

• Assess your organization’s and your own current transformational level