Date: Tuesday 13 May 2025, noon
Non-Members welcome to attend
How do OHS Professionals leverage power and influence tactics?
Occupational Health and Safety Professionals (OHSPs) are critical in providing organisational safety advice and support. However, OHSPs face significant challenges due to a general lack of authority and operational ownership of how work is performed.
Rob Dival will address this dilemma in his lunchtime presentation to Central Safety Group on 13 May. He will discuss how OHSPs need to leverage power (based on the perceived values of an intended target) and influence tactics (the strategic application of power) to achieve their desired goals.
Rob will provide details of his recently completed Masters of OHS scoping review thesis, which sought to provide a comprehensive state of knowledge on how OHSPs perform these important activities.
Rob will also share some of his career experiences in supporting OHS teams to utilise power and influence tactics effectively in the workplace.
Rob has over 15 years’ experience working in OHS across multiple industries including construction, major hazard facilities, mining, rail, major infrastructure projects and more recently, transport & warehousing.
With a diverse tertiary background of Psychological Science (BPsySc) and Safety & Health (MOHS), Rob has an invested lifelong interest in both disciplines.
Rob is currently the National HS&E Manager for K&S Corporation (one of Australia's largest transport companies), providing ongoing leadership and mentoring to a team of OHS Professionals across the country.
Rob has also been active in the OHS community, serving on the AIHS' Victorian Branch Committee, and joining the OHS Body of Knowledge Occupational Road Use project team. Rob is a Financial Member of Central Safety Group.
Date: Tuesday 13 May 2025
Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm
How: online via Zoom only - the link will be sent out on the afternoon of the Monday preceding the event
N.B. A video recording of the session will be available on the website exclusively for financial members.
Cost: Financial members* free. Others $15
RSVP: COB Monday 12 May 2025. Online using our RSVP form
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RSVP: by Monday 12 May.
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The Zoom event link will be emailed on the afternoon of Monday 12 May 2025.
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