The Hero Code Project - Safety Leadership

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Much of the focus on safety is around safety management systems and risk assessments, leading to structures and processes that control the work environment. Often, the way people work together is not formally considered; human interaction is overlooked and may lead to workplace cultures that are below standard.

Experienced leaders know that there is a need to focus on developing leadership capability that leads to exemplar safety cultures.

In a collaboration between Craig Docherty and Dr Ross Rynehart, Fusion Safety has developed a product that is having a resounding impact on an organisation’s safety culture. Over the past 3 years, Craig and Ross have jointly pulled together knowledge, skills, and attitudes, to formalise Fusion’s safety leadership offering. They call it the Hero Code Project.

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The Hero Code is a powerful set of guiding principles for leaders. It is powered by a set of knowledge, skills and attitudes, learned through participating in Hero Code courses,
workplace practice and coaching.

The Hero ‘CODE” itself stands for:

The Hero Code develops safety leadership capability at all levels in an organisation, no matter what size.

The foundational elements of forming a Hero Code Project are the appointment of an Executive Sponsor to lead the program implementation and an Ambassador Group that will help embed the program into the organisation or workplace.

Team Members are then selected to undertake eLearning courses, equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to ensure that the Hero Code principles and operational practices are embedded in the workplace.

The Hero Code is delivered to any organisation, no matter the size. It can be rolled out with organisations as small as 50 people, right through to large-scale operational organisations and projects of 30,000 people.

At Fusion Safety, we have created a unique delivery model for the formation of Hero Code Project in any organisation through a process we call Blended Learning. This involves a combination of online learning and face-to-face sense-making to ensure concepts and tools are understood.

The eLearning modules provide the knowledge required to become a Hero Code Leader, while the face to face Experiential Learning and Action Learning will embed C.O.D.E. and the characteristics of Mindful Organising. Applying this model allows Fusion Safety to meet the needs of organisations of any size, anywhere in the world.

If you require any further information on the Hero Code, please download the following brochure or book a 15-minute discussion.

For a full description of the Hero Code, please download the Hero Code Brochure:

Learn more about the Hero Code for Teams at no cost

Comments about the Hero Code Project

The training was well presented and all that participated were led well by the coaching team to improve the safety, culture, and communication daily.

The Hero Code Project is very useful and effective and can be applied at the workplace, at home, in your community and in any other situations that can also help anyone in personal development.

I would recommend the Hero Code Project because the leadership learnings would be inherent to the learner, build the character of the person and would go a long way in his life. Intangible benefits gained.

I recommend the Hero Code so that everyone knows what is the lingo even if he or she is not practising. Skills learned are applicable to other areas such as management.

Because I am from a warrior family we always protect people in the same way we protect employees from injury and losses from the business. So the Hero Code is important to practice by all supervisors to ensure there is no loss of business, maintain the quality of products and precious life, as well as develop income stabilities globally.

I strongly agree to recommend this course because of its good outcome. It engaged and equipped with the right tools and techniques for a successful Hero Code Coach.

Unique and interactive. Highly recommended, when someone is improving the result for the group and for the organization, it will be the same. From good to better. It's a mindset-changing course with impactful content. I will recommend the Hero Code because it is a good course to align the team's mindset about safety.

The Hero Code is a great program, giving a framework for building safety leadership within the team and between the team and the craft. The structure and roles of the Hero Code are easy to understand and for the teams to follow. Very positive feedback on the section that challenges individuals to reflect on what aspects of their own style are good, and what they need to work on to improve as a leader.

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We specialise in the development of exemplar safety cultures that are highly effective, sustainable and ‘sticky’. At the core of exemplar safety cultures is leadership. We build the dynamic leadership cultures that drive safety. At the core of our approach is the Hero Code.

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