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Four hours of highly interactive live virtual workshops for safety and operational leaders in high-hazard industries. Built on the S.A.F.E.™ model to strengthen how you show up, communicate and build trust in your real leadership context.
Powered by the S.A.F.E.™ model
Online programme
4 hours
live virtual programme
In high-hazard industries, safety leaders and operational leaders often have deep expertise and genuine commitment. Yet on the floor, people comply without engaging. In meetings, safety gets noted but not owned.
The gap is rarely knowledge. It is how leaders show up. Whether their behaviour is consistent under pressure. Whether people trust them enough to speak up before something goes wrong.
"I am aware that my own behaviour has a decisive influence on how seriously my team takes safety."Safety leader, high-hazard industry
S.A.F.E.™ is built on almost 30 years of operational experience in high-hazard industries. It identifies what leaders need to do consistently to create conditions in which people can think clearly, contribute openly and perform responsibly.
People pay close attention to how a leader responds under pressure. Ambiguity in the moment that matters most is read as permission, whether or not that was the intention.
What you tolerate on a quiet Tuesday is what your team believes you actually value, regardless of what the policy says. Consistency is what turns stated values into experienced culture.
Accountability without support becomes blame. Genuine accountability gives people clarity, competence and the confidence that raising a concern will be met constructively.
Presence without genuine curiosity teaches people to perform for you rather than talk to you. The difference is felt immediately, and it compounds over time.
A clear, practised, authentic way of showing up as a safety leader. Grounded in your values, consistent under pressure, and genuinely felt by the people around you. Not more knowledge. Real capability.
You work on your own leadership context in a small cohort, not a case study. Marieke knows your name and your situation.
Sessions are recorded so you can revisit the learning after the live programme.
Current availability, commercial details and enrolment are maintained in LearnWorlds.
An in-company version is available on request and can be tailored to your organisation's context. Discuss an in-company programme →
Chemical engineer by training. Former VP Safety and Environment at Shell and Director EHS at AkzoNobel. Fifteen years in direct operational roles across energy, petrochemicals, chemicals and cleantech.
I have worked across four continents, in many different cultures and contexts. That taught me something no classroom could: safety means something different depending on where you stand, who you trust and what you have been through.
I have stood where you stand. I have navigated the crises, the pressure and the moments where everything depends on the people around you. That lived experience is what Be Human Be Safe is built on.
Safety leaders, EHS and HSE professionals, and operational leaders in high-hazard industries. It is for leaders who want to move beyond compliance and build genuine safety engagement at every level.
You work on your own leadership context in a small cohort, not a generic case study. Marieke works directly with every participant throughout the programme.
No. Both programmes stand alone. Design Your Influence helps you get safety proposals heard by decision-makers. This programme helps you lead authentically at every level.
A completed values and leadership assessment, guided reflection and a crafted personal safety story with direct feedback. You leave with a concrete individual development plan.
Yes. You receive a certificate of completion qualifying as structured learning for IOSH, IIRSM and equivalent professional body CPD records.
Sessions are recorded so you can revisit the learning. Check the current access details in LearnWorlds before enrolling.
Yes, and it can be highly effective when a leadership team goes through the programme together. Start a conversation to discuss group enrolment or in-company options.
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"Marieke is an outstanding mentor who invests time in understanding your needs and provides valuable guidance to help you grow professionally. I personally benefited greatly from her insights and coaching, which have significantly shaped my career."
"Marieke exemplifies what modern safety leadership should be. She combines deep expertise with the rare ability to connect authentically across all levels. With Marieke, safety is not a programme. It is a mindset, rooted in trust, learning and genuine care for people."
"Marieke demonstrated outstanding change management skills and was able to steer, energise and influence at all levels of the organisation to achieve the necessary outcome."
"Marieke immediately captured the room with her energetic session at the Industrial Safety Annual Conference. In a fun and accessible way, she demonstrated the importance of the human side of safety. Everyone went home with practical tips to get started themselves."
For EHS professionals and safety leaders who need to get proposals heard and funded by decision-makers. Built on F.L.O.W.™.
Build it deliberately through four live virtual workshop hours grounded in your real leadership context.
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