David Broadbent
David G Broadbent is a Psychologist and has worked in the field of safety and leadership for almost twenty years.
His well developed interpersonal and group work skills have resulted in recognition both nationally and internationally of his ability to facilitate the delivery and understanding of complex information in both a successful and entertaining style. The applications of David's experience and skills to the world of safety have contributed to his becoming internationally recognized as one of the leading thinkers on the relationships between applied (real-world) leadership competencies and safety outcomes.
Qualifications
B.A. (Psychology - Honours) - University of Newcastle
Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training – Australasian College of Commerce and Management
Advanced Trauma Specialist – International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
Experience
David has worked in the fields of applied occupational health management for much of his career.
Initially he worked with the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service specializing in the area of pain management and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. He was particularly sought out for his ability to provide education on the impact of traumatic incidents in the workplace and the value of dealing with them from an OH&S perspective.
In 1997 he commenced his own independent organizational psychology practice; with an emphasis upon safety management.
For a number of years he has explored the constructs surrounding workplace safety from the perspective of the leadership functions which occur in and around the safety environment. He is the inventor of the Integrated Safety Culture Assessment Model™; which incorporates aspects of traditional safety auditing (BSI 18000 and/or AS/NZS 4801), quantitative assessment (safety survey metrics), and qualitative assessment (targeted focus groups). The Integrated Safety Culture Assessment Model™ then draws all of the data together and presents it in a form that takes advantage of one of the leading safety cultural frameworks available today.
Recently he presented his thinking about safety and leadership at the 28th International Congress of Psychology which was held in Beijing, CHINA during 2004. This presentation cemented David's position as an internationally recognized voice on the associations between safety outcomes and leadership. Subsequently, he has developed the Transformational Safety® Improvement System and is the first to coin the phrase "transformational safety®" as a descriptor for the powerful relationships between transformational leadership theory and its associated safety correlates.
Professional Affiliations
- AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COACHES
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SAFETY PROFESSIONALS
- POSITIVE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS COUNCIL
- THE GREEN CROSS FOUNDATION
- AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
- INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS ASSOCIATION
- CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA
Upcoming conference presentations
SAFEGUARD National Health and Safety Conference
Auckland, New Zealand 1-2 May 2007
SAFEmap NSW Managing Director David Broadbent will present 'What kind of safety leader are you?'
Publications
Leading your business towards the Holy Grail: A transformational exploration of how your leaderhip impacts safety performance. Proceedings of The Safety Conference 2006, Sydney, Australia, 17–19 October 2006 Click here for downloadable PDF.
“Leading your Safety Culture toward Best Practice: Integrating the Transformational Safety Culture Improvement System within traditional BBS Programs”, Proceedings of Safety in Action, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, 16-18 May 2006 Click here for downloadable PDF.
“Maximising Safety Performance via Leadership Behaviours”, Proceedings of 28th International World Congress of Psychology, BEIJING, CHINA, 8-13 August 2004
“Managing Traumatic Incidents within AMCOR”, Corporate publication for the AMCOR group of Companies, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, September 2001
“Managing Traumatic Incidents in the Workplace”, Proceedings of Futuresafe 2001, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, 6-8 June 2001
“Traumatic Events in the Workplace – An Operational handbook”, Proceedings of Huntersafe 2001- Managing Workplace Risk, NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA, 8-9 March 2001
“A review of rehabilitation procedures for Custodial Officers experiencing Occupational Stress”, cited in “Psychological Health in the Workplace: Understanding and Managing Occupational Stress”; Peter Cotton (Ed.): 1996
“A review of psychological reactions to occupational injury and associated pain”, Proceedings of the 1st National CRS Conference, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, 30 April - 3 May, 1991
Conference Presentations
Leading your business towards the Holy Grail: A transformational exploration of how your leaderhip impacts safety performance. Proceedings of The Safety Conference 2006, Sydney, Australia, 17–19 October 2006 Click here for downloadable PDF.
“Leading your Safety Culture toward Best Practice: Integrating the Transformational Safety® Culture Improvement System within traditional BBS Programs"”, Safety in Action, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, 16-18 May 2006
“Maximising Safety Performance via Leadership Behaviours”, 28th International World Congress of Psychology, BEIJING, CHINA, 8 -13 August 2004
“Leadership Styles and their Impact upon Safety Outcomes”, Transfield-Worley Best Practice Conference, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA, 22 – 23 March 2004
“Managing Traumatic Incidents in the Workplace”, Futuresafe 2001, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, 6-8 June 2001
“Critical Incident Stress Management in the Workplace”, Huntersafe 2001 - Managing Workplace Risk, Newcastle City Hall, NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA, 8th – 9th March, 2001
"Occupational stress and rehabilitation; The need to give 'em EAP's", Third National Employee Assistance Professionals Association of Australia Conference, 9-10 November, 1994, AIRPORT SHERATON, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
"A review of rehabilitation procedures for Custodial Officers experiencing Occupational Stress", 1st National Occupational Stress Conference, ANA Hotel, SURFERS PARADISE, AUSTRALIA, 15th - 17th June, 1994
"Behaviour Economics Theory and its implications to medical practice", Tenth National Behavioural Medicine Conference, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA, 29th September – 1st October, 1993
"A review of psychological reactions to occupational injury and associated pain", 1st National CRS Conference, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, 30th April - 3rd May, 1991
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