From Safety Manager To Business Partner Presented by John McBride, SPHR National Recruiting Team Leader
From Safety Manager To Business Partner
Presented by
John McBride, SPHR
National Recruiting Team Leader
What is a Business Partner?
What makes an EHS Business Partner different than an EHS Manager/Director?
How do you become an EHS Business Partner?
Discussion Points
The “Business Partner”
The “Business Partner”
X
The “Business Partner” Concept
Concept
Has Become
Reality
Ann Mulcahy Nigel Travis
Lisa WeberJohn Hofmeister
Chairperson and CEOChief Executive Officer
President of Individual Business President, Shell Oil US
Why Has the HR Business Partner Concept Succeeded?
Who Else Does This Sound Like?
What makes an EHS Business Partner
different than an EHS Manager/Director?
The Manager’s role:
Is everything a Manager is, BUT also is
Focused on organizational efficiency, profits and performance
Understands the business as a whole
No hidden agenda
Establishes key business partnerships
The Business Partner’s Role:
The Difference
Manager
Designs EHS strategy and plans to meet Business Strategy
Business Partner
Participates in establishing Business Strategy and EHS’s role in achieving that strategy
The Difference
Manager
Supports Line/Operational Management in achieving productivity goals with safe operations
Business Partner
Establishes Productivity goals with Line/Operational Management building safety factors into operational goals
The Difference
Manager
Audits EHS
Business Partner
Audits the business process / operation
Articulate the business goals and the EHS role reaching them
How do you become an
EHS Business Partner?
Yourself
Others
Change is Needed
What is required?
Knowledge
Accredited Institution
Education
Certification(s)
Certification(s)
Credibility
Tied to Productivity and Profitability
Experience with
Accomplishments
Quantifiable
Not just for EHS
Need to be translated into Business Language:
Money, Productivity and Profitability
Cost / Benefit Analysis
Probable Risk Analysis
Measurement Tools
Business Knowledge
Develop new knowledge bases
How
PROCESS
Common Sense is
“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant to say”
Communication
Great Communicators
Self Promotion
664-162 Overall Record; Four 30-0 seasons; 16 Conference Championships; 12 Final Four appearances; 10 National Championships
Communication Challenge
A vase?
Two faces?
Both?
You cannot see both at the same time!
What Did You see?
Productivity Productivity
SAFETY
Productivity Productivity
SAFETY
What Comes to Mind When You Hear the Word Network?
Networking
Net
Where Does The Word Come From?
Work
An interconnected directory of people maintained for the advancement of the group
Building and Maintaining Relationships
Six Degrees of Separation
What Do We Mean By “Networking”?
Leadership
Leadership
Leadership
Partner with Operations
Which Comes First?
Are ‘they’ ready for an EHSBP?
Getting There
Perception is Reality
Perception is Reality
You are changing yourself AND the way others see you
Getting There
John McBride, SPHREnhancing your staff / Advancing your career
See You in the C-Suite!