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25-26 May 2016 SKYCITY Convention Centre, Auckland

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Preparing for the changing face of workplace health and safety.

Brave New World

National Health & Safety Conference

2016

2016

National Health & Safety Conference25-26 May 2016 SKYCITY Convention Centre

For more information and to register to go:

www.safeguard.co.nz

Welcome to the Brave New World.The Health and Safety at Work Act will come in to force on 4 April 2016, bringing challenges and opportunities for all those responsible for worker health and safety.

One of the key opportunities is to use health and safety to influence positive change across all levels of organisations. To achieve this, we who are charged with driving health and safety need to become effective leaders, influencers and communicators. There’s a challenge!

The 2016 Safeguard National Health and Safety Conference will aim to inspire delegates to move further along that journey. But to do that – we’re going to ask something of you.

We’re going to ask you not just to attend, but to actively participate. To learn from, and share with, others at the conference. To challenge yourself to think critically about what you can do differently and the changes you can make. Because together, with the expertise, knowledge and passion of the whole health and safety community, we can make a real difference.

The challenge has been laid down. Are you willing to take it up?

DAY ONE WEDNESDAY 25 May 2016

DAY TWO THURSDAY 26 May 2016

9.00AM Welcome from the organisers Peter Bateman, Safeguard Editor and David Nottage,

Master of Ceremonies Sponsored by PeopleCentric

9.10AM Opening remarks from the Platinum Sponsor, WorkSafe New Zealand

9.15AM International Keynote: The person in safety culture We all contribute to our organisation’s culture, whether we

want to or not. With that in mind, Tim covers human error, just culture, leadership, nudge theory, engagement and coaching, with nods to James Reason, Andrew Hopkins and Mike Tyson along the way. Dr Tim Marsh, Chairman, RyderMarshSharman (UK)

9.45AM Facilitated table discussions and reflection10.15AM 15 minutes of information: The HSW Act - ready or not Garth Gallaway, Partner, Chapman Tripp 10.30AM MORNING TEA

11.00AM CEO panel: Health and safety at the top table CEOs determine the nature of health and safety

conversations and set the tone for organisational culture. Our panel discusses the conversations that are taking place under the new Act and how the outcomes affect the health and safety professional as the provider of timely advice. Facilitator: Francois Barton, Executive Director, Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum Alison Barrass, CEO, Griffin’s Foods Steven Carden, CEO, Landcorp New Zealand Dean Addie, CEO, EIS

11.45AM Monitoring and assessing what matters in a due diligence world

Helen Parkes has been working with the Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum (the Forum) and WorkSafe New Zealand, to develop practical information and guidance for CEOs to support them to choose the right health and safety indicators for their business - so they are better able to monitor and report on health and safety practice and performance. She will discuss the key drivers for evaluating and monitoring what matters, the key components of effective health and safety, and the key questions that you can ask to identify how well your business is performing. Helen Parkes, Partner, Cosman Parkes

12.15PM A call for calm The arrival of new H&S legislation can prompt a rush to

change for change’s sake. Paul invites you to examine your own processes and appreciate the things that you’re already doing that are working. Paul Kennedy, Chief Executive, Impac

12.25PM LUNCH Sponsored by Impac

1.25PM WorkSafe address We’re now driving health and safety under new

legislation. WorkSafe’s CEO discusses the Health and Safety at Work Act; the Government’s targets; WorkSafe’s expectations; WorkSafe’s support for the health and safety system; and how we work together to make the most of this Brave New World. Gordon MacDonald, Chief Executive, WorkSafe New Zealand

2.10PM Engaging hard to reach workers How do you get a fragmented industry of stoic, tough

blokes (and women) to open up and engage on mental health and wellbeing? Farmstrong is an initiative which has been grappling with this issue. Gerard looks at the challenges setting it up and the pleasing successes so far. Gerard Vaughan, Consultant, Mental Health Foundation

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2.30PM Worker participation: Together we are stronger! KiwiRail and the Rail & Maritime Transport Union (RMTU)

have been working together to re-energise their worker participation system, this includes commitment to Health and Safety Reps and Committees and working collaboratively to address difficult health and safety challenges. Aaron & Karen will outline the programme, its benefits to safety outcomes, challenges faced along the way and how they were overcome.

Karen Fletcher, Health and Safety Organiser, Rail and Maritime Transport Union Aaron Temperton, Zero Harm Manager, KiwiRail Freight

2.50PM Facilitated table discussions and reflection3.10PM AFTERNOON TEA

3.40PM International Keynote: Surrendering command- and-control: Safety people as servant-leaders

The strategies used by health and safety people are often bureaucratic. Despite setting out to help workers, we find ourselves making work harder and less pleasant. Why? Because the goals of safety management are misaligned with the leadership styles used to achieve them. H&S managers typically apply transactional leadership strategies, seeking to disempower individuals and inhibit productive work. As a result, the safety function becomes marginalised and loses its ability to influence. Drew shows how adopting a servant-leadership strategy can allow H&S people to ethically seek to acquire and exert influence beyond their formal authority. Dr Drew Rae, Lecturer, School of Humanities, Griffith University (Australia)

4.20PM Ministerial Address Hon Michael Woodhouse, Minister for Workplace

Relations and Safety

4.30PM END OF DAY ONE

7.00PM NZ WORKPLACE H&S AWARDS GALA DINNER & AWARDS PRESENTATION

7.45am NETWORKING BREAKFAST Sponsored by NZ Safety

9.00AM Welcome back from the MC Sponsored by PeopleCentric

9.05AM International Keynote: The secret to happiness The closer an organisation is to having a world

class safety culture, the closer it is to providing an environment supportive of a fulfilling life for all workers. Who knew that the key to happiness lies at the door of health and safety! This session explores the link between safety and happiness, at a social, financial, physical, and community level. Dr Tim Marsh, Chairman, RyderMarshSharman (UK)

9.50AM Back to the future At a time when outsourcing health programmes is

increasingly common, Fulton Hogan took the interesting step of moving their occupational health programme in-house and developed a health & wellness programme – with very positive results. In this session, Nikki and Danielle will share the reasons behind this decision, the benefits to worker health outcomes, and how occupational health has been used as a stepping stone to broader conversations on wellbeing. Nikki Ross, Occupational Health Nurse and Danielle Holden, Canterbury Workplace Wellness Advisor, Fulton Hogan

10.15AM Facilitated table discussions and reflection10.40AM MORNING TEA

11.10AM 15 minutes of innovation: the undercover brother David Williams, Director, Markham Williams

& Associates

11.25AM International Keynote: What does great look like? Businesses often ask “what does good look like?” in the

context of the brave new world of the Health and Safety at Work legislation. Michael Tooma has undertaken a global review of best practice across industries on behalf of a global mining company to answer a related question: “what does great look like?”. He will share practical lessons from the mining, oil & gas, rail, aviation, construction, manufacturing and defence industries to outline the factors behind great safety performance. Michael Tooma, Partner, Clyde & Co (Australia)

12.15PM Delivering meaningful information to your board How can you assist your board and executive to make

the right health and safety decisions? By providing them with the right insights. Learn about key metrics, indicators and formats to ensure your safety reporting has maximum impact. Richard Gibson, Director and Risk Manager Business Leader, Impac

12.25PM LUNCH Sponsored by Impac

1.25PM 15 Minutes of inspiration: taking risks to be safe Gary Leslie, Director, Northern Forest Products

1.40PM Panel discussion: The professionalisation of health & safety – where to from here?

The health and safety profession is reaching maturity as employers increasingly look for H&S professionals to be leaders, communicators and agents of change. How to meet this challenge? What will the H&S manager of 2025 look like? How can we ensure these future skill requirements are met? Craig Smith, Chair, HASANZ Sarah Maling, Group EHS Manager, Fletcher Building Chris Till, CEO, HRINZ

2.20PM Supporting the labour hire Industry to raise health and safety standards

ACC has developed a positive and collaborative relationship with the on-hire industry, driven by identified needs and a willingness to find solutions and raise H&S capability. ACC and members of the hire sector discuss initiatives they have collaborated to develop in Canterbury for the wider benefit of the construction sector. Phil Riley, Head of Business Customer Service Delivery, ACC Toko Morell, Relationship Manager, ACC Janice McNab, New Zealand General Manager, Tradestaff Penni Hlaca, Head of Client Solutions, Randstad New Zealand

2.50PM Why safety is contextual; or why safety is really really important to human beings, until it isn’t!

• The role of personal values in ensuring people truly embody the safety message.

• What are values, how do they work and influence people’s perception of priority and focus?

• Why values are critical to safety and how safety as a concept and practice is a human values issue.

• What can organisations do to align people’s personal values with the safety protocol of the business?

Michael Henderson, Corporate Anthropologist

3.30PM Closing thoughts3.45PM CONFERENCE CLOSE

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WORKSHOP 1 (9.00am-12.30pm) WORKSHOP 2 (1.30PM-5.00PM)

Practical Positive InvestigationsA common theme in resilience, proactive safety and “Safety II” is the need to study success as well as failure. A “descriptive investigation” shares the same end-goal as an accident or incident investigation to improve safe, productive work. Instead of occurring after a negative event, descriptive investigations study work as it normally happens, uncovering the conditions that support successful work. Dr Drew Rae will lead a discussion of the practicalities of descriptive investigations, including:• How do we identify successful work in order to study it?• What are the goals and performance indicators of investigations?• How do we avoid descriptive investigations becoming yet

another way to spot and condemn deviation from norms?• How prescriptive should we be in training and processes for

positive investigations?• What do we do with the results of positive investigations?

Dr Drew Rae, Lecturer, School of Humanities, Griffith University (Australia)

Safety LeadershipLeadership is more than just management and refers not just to what, but how a person influences and motivates others. Quite often people are selected for management roles where leadership skills are required based solely on criteria related to technical ability. As a result, under daily work pressures, managers can often be driven to behave in a task-orientated way which can result in a failure to communicate the importance of safety. This workshop introduces the role of leadership and its influence on safety culture. • Practical leadership• Risk literacy and people management• Motivation and positive influence on behaviour• The leadership cycle segments

Dr Tim Marsh, Chairman, RyderMarshSharman (UK)

Optional Post-Conference WorkshopsFriday 27 May 2016 - SKYCITY Convention Centre

Meet your international keynotes and workshop presenters:

Introducing international Keynote:

Dr Tim Marsh, Chairman, RyderMarshSharman (UK)Dr Tim Marsh is considered a world authority on the subject of safety leadership and organisational culture.

Tim is the chairman of RyderMarshSharman, a consultancy that works with some the largest organisations around the world, including Apple, the European Space Agency, World Health Organization and the United Nations. In the early 1990s, Tim led the original UK research in the area of behavioural safety, becoming one of the few people who is both a chartered psychologist and chartered fellow of IOSH.

Today, Tim continues to consult, speak and write books on a range of topics covering the broad field of health and safety leadership, culture and behaviour.

Introducing international Keynote:

Dr Drew Rae, Lecturer, School of Humanities, Griffith University (Australia)

Dr Drew Rae is a lecturer, program director and manager of the Safety Science Innovation Lab at Griffith University.

Dr Rae’s research draws upon his extensive experience as a safety engineer and independent safety assessor to examine the role of safety management.

His recent publications draw together theoretical and practical critiques of safety practices. He seeks to understand how much of what counts as “safety” is driven by habit and ritual rather than evidence of effectiveness. Drew also presents the popular “DisasterCast” podcast.

Each workshop is $395 +GST to attend. Visit www.safeguard.co.nz to register.Places are strictly limited, book now to avoid disappointment!