In this episode, Mary Conquest speaks with Stephan Wiedner, an entrepreneur on a mission to abolish apathy in the workplace. He’s the cofounder of Noomii.com, the web’s largest network of independent life coaches and Skillsetter.com, a platform similar to a flight simulator for practicing interpersonal skills.

Safety management relies on trust, persuasion, and approachability, yet EHS professionals may not have been taught these skills during their training. In fact, there’s a common conception these qualities are inherent and can’t be taught.

Stephan presents an upbeat and convincing case for why Safety professionals can - and should - develop their interpersonal skills.

He explains that the key to improving nebulous concepts, such as empathy, is to break them down into specific learnable practical skills. 

Stephan teaches HSE professionals how this is done - with a strong emphasis on the importance of psychological safety -  while dispelling ongoing misconceptions about interpersonal skills.

Find out more about the foundational academic research undertaken by Tim Anderson investigating the impact of interpersonal skills:

A prospective study of therapist facilitative interpersonal skills as a predictor of treatment outcome

The books recommended by Stephan:

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise: Amazon.com: Ericsson, Anders, Pool, Robert

Stephan Wiedner on LinkedIn:

Stephan Wiedner | LinkedIn

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