Everyone Engaged! - Driving Contractor Performance through Advanced Safety Leadership Training Programs at Oil and Gas Assets

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Ivanov ◽  
Annette Nienhaus
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 150-169
Author(s):  
Summra Khalid ◽  
Wang Dan ◽  
Amir Sohail ◽  
Wahid Raza ◽  
Bushra Khalid ◽  
...  

Purpose – The research study aims to assess the women’s Business education and leadership training program at a higher institutional level in order to examine how the program impacts and contributes to women’s empowerment. Further, this research sought to explore women’s leadership training aspect that has not explicitly elucidated. Besides, this study looks upon women’s self-perception by empowering them with skills and leadership capabilities to change hard-core gender stereotypes in society. Research methodology – The sample size comprised of 82 enrolled female students in the training program. The qualitative statistics (i.e., three focus groups) evaluated with the Kirkpatrick model. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was applied to compare pre-and post-training quantitative data (i.e., questionnaire). Effect size is measured to check the effectiveness of the training program. Findings – The post-training evaluation revealed higher scores in knowledge, tools, and leadership skills. The training program encouraged women to bring change in self-perception and gain confidence for transformative changes in society. Findings support the effectiveness of leadership education and training programs. Research limitations – This research conducted in a Pakistani patriarchal cultural context and one region of Pakistan (Punjab). Hence the results are carefully generalised. The long term outcomes of this leadership training program and women’s performance in the job market are not studied. Practical implications – Findings suggest that a training program positively affects women’s learning, knowledge, and behaviour. Training programs empower women with practical tools for self and business development. The program encouraged women to gain better insight into work-life challenges and enhance personal competencies to gain equal rights. Originality/Value – This research will significantly contribute to the relatively scarce literature on the effectiveness of women’s business education and leadership training programs at a higher institutional level in the Pakistani context for women empowerment.


Author(s):  
Kenneth R. Cohen ◽  
Kenneth Hanover

This chapter describes evidence-based strategies found to most effectively maximize the Return On Investment (ROI) of physicians' formal leadership training programs. Recognizing that no two prospective physician leaders are exactly the same, formal leadership training programs cannot be most effective if these do not allow for organizational and situational differences as well as critical differences among physicians' demonstrated personalities and leadership styles. When selecting prospective physician leaders, the authors advocate for an individualized process which requires “Diagnosis Before Treatment,” “Three Dimensional Screening,” and the application of “More Effective Alternative Strategies” in order to avoid committing the “12 Deadly Sins.”


2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 380
Author(s):  
Juliet Andrews ◽  
Louise Rolland ◽  
Tony Cotton

Four broad trends are shaping the workforce of the future: demography, social changes, economic forces and technology. The first two mean that the workforce is much more diverse than before, both in its capabilities and its expectations. The economic forces will affect the nature of business and the organisation of work and how the workforce interacts with work. Technological changes mean that the nature of work is changing, and the workforce will have to adapt to meet the new ways of work and changing needs of industry. Although some have assumed that this will lead to a loss of jobs, more sophisticated analysis shows that many jobs will, in fact, be enhanced or redesigned as a result of the opportunities that technology brings. This paper focuses on our recent research into the changing nature of work and our recent work mapping the effect of technology on the mining industry. This mapping will provide insights into how technology has shaped the skills needed in the industry into the future and how organisations need to respond, including implications for leadership, training and work design. Our aim is to deliver a compelling case for acting now to prepare the oil and gas workforce, and to highlight the talent strategies the sector and its members should prioritise in response.


2019 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 25-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Tafvelin ◽  
Karina Nielsen ◽  
Johan Simonsen Abildgaard ◽  
Anne Richter ◽  
Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz ◽  
...  

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