Value-Based Proficiency Training and Training in Leadership and Culture Building

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Abstract This paper describes an ongoing programme aiming to develop culture and management in a large corporation. A complex demand for dynamic cultural processes resulted in the establishment of a "Value-based Proficiency Training"programme including the entire workforce (phase 1). The programme aims to create a common culture with respect to attitudes and organisational behaviour derived from the notion that value-based proficiency training holds the individual responsible and influence an enduring change in behaviour. The concept seems unique with regards to developing management in practice and influencing culture in large corporations. Through practice and training the participants identify and develop a common consensus with respect to best practice based on successful experience in addition to establishing cultural core values as a foundation for HSE decision processes. The programme made visible a need for leadership training in order to secure and enhance the elements within daily practices. Experiences in phase 1 and interviews with a number of leaders built the foundation for an advanced "Management Leadership and Culture Building"-programme (phase 2). Its aim is to raise the awareness of the importance of leaders as culture builders in order to promote a safe culture of performance. Results reveal a consistent effectiveness of training with respect to strengthening good leadership, culture building and raising personal awareness and responsibility of individual personnel. Based on the above, the company has instituted an in-house training centre as a permanent and integrated part of the business. The training centre is drifted by internal personnel allowing for continuous training and a constant focus on a cultural development within the organization. External consultants and research institutions have contributed with respect to the planning and implementation.