This week, Colin talks to James and Phil, two members of Future Leaders, a group established by IOSH in order to help people starting out in their health and safety careers, through advice, guidance and information.

 KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Through combined wisdom, guidance, advice and access, IOSH's Future Leaders seeks to enable those new to the safety world, in becoming the best professional they can be.
• The group does have some restrictions in terms of age and experience, but these are designed to ensure that the group best benefits the next generation of health professionals.
• The main purpose of the group is to reassure everyone that though you may be young, you always have skills and talents to bring to safety.
• By embracing the next generation of professionals, we create a far more diverse, innovative way of thinking, and imbue safety itself with more creative ways of thinking.

 BEST MOMENTS

'It's about helping people get started on their health and safety journey'

'Basically, you have to be a young professional - young and fresh in your career'

'It's about helping us understand and get better at what we do'

'We can't be future leaders on our own - everyone has to be involved'

 VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Interesting Health & Safety Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/vn/podcast/the-interesting-health-safety-podcast/id1467771449       

Future Leaders - https://iosh.com/membership/future-leaders-community/steering-group/

Future Leaders - https://iosh.com/events/future-leaders-conference/

IOSH Future Leaders Community LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8989508/

ABOUT THE HOST

Colin Nottage

‘Making health and safety as important as everything else we do.’

This is the belief that Colin is passionate about and through his consultancy Influential Management Group (IMG) is able to spread into industry. Colin works at a strategic level with company owners and board members. He helps business leaders establish and achieve their health and safety ambitions.

He has developed a number of leading competency improvement programmes that are delivered across industry and his strengths are his ability to take a practical approach to problem-solving and being able to liaise at all levels within an organisation.

Colin also runs a company that vets contractors online and a network that develops and support H&S consultancies to become better businesses.

Colin chairs the Construction Dust Partnership, an industry collaboration directly involving many organisations, including the Health and Safety Executive.

He is a Post Graduate Tutor at Strathclyde University and a highly sought-after health and safety speaker and trainer. He has a Post Graduate Certificate in Safety and Risk management, an engineering degree and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).