The definitive leadership guide on safe practices
The release of chemicals and other hazardous materials pose significant,
potentially catastrophic threats worldwide. An alarming number of such
events, all of which are preventable, occur too often. Reducing the
frequency of serious incidents is a fundamental responsibility of
leadership at all levels, from frontline managers and supervisors to
C-suite executives and the board of directors as well. Process Safety
Leadership from the Boardroom to the Frontline is a practical,
authoritative guide that clearly demonstrates how to create a viable
culture of safety within an organization, implement and maintain
disciplined management systems, and address the risks of process safety
deficiencies.
The most important factor in any management system is leadership. For
chemical process safety management, effective and informed leadership
provides direction, reinforces commitment, and drives responsibility.
Written by experts from the Center for Chemical Process Safety, the
world's largest provider of engineering curriculum materials for process
safety, this pragmatic book contains the critical information and
guidelines required to lead and manage process safety. Detailed yet
accessible chapters examine topics such as strengthening management
system accountability, driving operation within constraints, ensuring
corporate memory, verifying execution, and more. Designed to be
frequently used, shared, and discussed by leadership teams throughout an
organization, this indispensable resource:
- Demonstrates the many ways process safety benefits an organization,
based on benchmarking and broad industrial experience
- Develops skills and expands knowledge needed to drive consistent,
reliable process safety performance
- Describes essential behaviors and actions for leaders to drive
excellence in process safety cultures and disciplined management
systems
- Helps establish risk criteria and safeguards for companies
- Presents new and previously unpublished experiences, approaches, and
thinking
Written for executives, plant leaders, functional managers, frontline
supervisors and also individual contributors, Process Safety Leadership
from the Boardroom to the Frontline provides a much-needed guide for
instituting safe practices within a company.
The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) has been the world
leader in developing and disseminating information on process safety
management and technology since 1985. The CCPS, an industry technology
alliance of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), has
published over 100 books in its process safety guidelines and process
safety concepts series, and over 10 training modules through its Safety
in Chemical Engineering Education (SAChE) series.
