Management and Leadership Skills for EHS Professionals Harvard University

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