Making Safety Personal Through Leader Assessment & Development: The Cascades Case Study
Unlock the psychology of effective safety leadership! Learn how Cascades and Talogy use research, assessments, and coaching to develop leaders who drive real safety change. Join experts Jamie Zawodzinski and Dr. Esteban Tristan for insights, best practices, and lessons learned.
April 15, 2025
12:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM CT / 9:00 AM PT / 5:00 PM GMT
What is the psychological science behind successful safety leadership in manufacturing? Discover how Cascades, a leading provider of packaging and tissue products in North America, has partnered with Talogy to enhance the safety leadership skills of its supervisors, managers and EHS staff. By leveraging research on safety leadership skills and traits and coupling it with psychometric assessment, training and 1:1 coaching, Cascades has implemented a data-driven yet personalized development process that drives impactful behavioral change.
Join Jamie Zawodzinski, OHS Manager, US Region, Cascades and Dr. Esteban Tristan from Talogy as they describe how this process is being used to give leaders the self-awareness and critical skills that they need to reduce risks and prevent injuries on the shop floor. The presenters will also share best practices, lessons learned and how the process fits in with the organization’s broader safety management systems.
Learning Objectives:
Learn the key psychological traits that consistently prefict effective safety leadership
Understand how validated psychometric assessments are used in a training and coaching context to improve safety leader behaviors in a manufacturing setting
Discover best practices and lessons learned form Cascades on implementing this unique process in a way that supports existing safety programs and initiatives.
Esteban is an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist with nearly 20 years of experience consulting with global organizations across various industries. He has designed and implemented solutions for employee selection, leader development, coaching, and organizational safety culture.
James Zawodzinski | US Regional Safety Manager | Cascades
James has over 30 years’ experience as a safety professional working in both industrial and construction settings. James is also accomplished safety trainer and adjunct professor. James has trained over 10,000 people in his career in safety related topics and was also a certified OSHA training instructor. James has spent his entire career promoting and empowering employees to take control of their own personal safety and driving management to lead safety within their organization.
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