I have worked with several EHS departments to increase their performance and cohesiveness. In partnership, we’ve addressed performance beyond simply meeting regulatory compliance, rather looking at ways they could integrate EHS deeper into the organization and impact sustainability and CSR. A starting place in all of these engagements has been to get the EHS management system up-to-snuff and firing on all cylinders. Beyond the EHSMS, we then focused on:
- Team vision. Developing a strong vision based in the team’s collective wisdom.
- Communication skills. Strengthening internal and external communication and generating alignment.
- Team learning. Developing mechanisms for feedback, analysis and integration.
- Systems thinking. Strengthened skills in systems ID and mapping.