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Health and safety leadership workshops

For boards, officers, managers and team leaders | Built on Raise the Standard

Most health and safety training teaches people the rules. Matt's workshops are for the people who make the decisions, from the boardroom through to the team leader running the morning pre-start. Every session comes back to one question: can you see what's really happening at the coal face and can you prove it?

Matt Jones facilitating a health and safety leadership workshop
Small groups, built around your real risks
Trusted across Aotearoa HASANZ Registered Author, Raise the Standard Founder, NZHSP (4,000+ members) 500+ NZ organisations
The workshops

Four workshops or one built around your team

The workshops draw on the three frameworks from Raise the Standard. G.A.P.E. finds where leaders lose sight of what's happening, S.A.F.E.T.Y. designs the leadership that closes the gap and F.E.E.D. keeps the reporting honest once the fixes are in. Each workshop uses the ones that fit its audience and is tailored to your sector and the risks your people are actually managing.

Workshop 1

Health and Safety for Officers

G.A.P.E.S.A.F.E.T.Y.

A session for directors and executives on what officer due diligence asks of each of them personally and how to test whether the report in front of them matches what's happening on site.

For: Boards, directors, CEOs and executive teams

What you'll leave with:

  • What due diligence under section 44 asks of each officer, in plain English
  • What the changes to the Health and Safety at Work Act mean for critical risk and for officers
  • The evidence questions to put to your next board report
  • When an independent view is worth having

Want that independent view every month? See Governance Advisory →

Workshop 2

Critical Risk Management

G.A.P.E.F.E.E.D.

For leadership teams who want to know three things: the risks that could kill or seriously harm someone in their business, the controls standing between their people and those risks and how they'd know if one of those controls had quietly stopped working.

For: Executive teams, senior managers and H&S leads

What you'll leave with:

  • How to pick out your critical risks and the controls that matter most
  • The difference between a control that's written down and one that's working
  • How to check controls in the field with evidence, not belief
  • What a one-page critical risk report for leaders should show
Workshop 3

Health and Safety Leadership for Managers

S.A.F.E.T.Y.

For managers who carry accountability for health and safety and want to lead it with confidence instead of handing it to the safety team. It works through the six elements of S.A.F.E.T.Y., from strategy and accountability right through to trust and the manager's own part in it.

For: Operations, site and department managers

What you'll leave with:

  • Where accountability sits in your team and where it quietly drifts
  • How to get good information up from the coal face quickly
  • Why workers trust patterns, not slogans
  • One move to make on Monday morning
Workshop 4

Health and Safety Leadership for Team Leaders

F.E.E.D.

For the people closest to the work, who run the pre-starts, hear about the near misses first and decide every day whether a concern goes up the line or stays where it is. It's practical, built around real conversations and uses F.E.E.D. to keep the reporting honest.

For: Team leaders, supervisors and leading hands

What you'll leave with:

  • How to run a pre-start people actually take part in
  • How to respond to a concern so the next one still gets raised
  • What feedback, engagement, evidence and development look like in a team leader's day
  • When to escalate and how to do it well

A session built for your team

Matt builds bespoke sessions for boards and leadership teams anywhere in New Zealand, shaped around your risks and the people who'll be in the room.

Matt Jones presenting to a room of leaders Matt Jones with his book Raise the Standard

Who the workshops are for:

  • Boards of directors
  • Officers and executive teams
  • Senior leaders
  • Operations and site managers
  • Team leaders and supervisors
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How they run:

  • Two-hour or half-day sessions
  • In person anywhere in New Zealand or online
  • Groups of five or more
  • Built around your sector, your risks and your people
  • No unit standards or certificates, just practical leadership capability
  • Quoted on scope, group size and location
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Why organisations bring Matt in

  • Practical, not theoretical: more than 500 New Zealand organisations worked with, from small businesses to national operators.
  • Speaks to boards in their language: personal liability, reputation and evidence, with no jargon and no fluff.
  • Knows a room: he founded NZHSP and produces the Safety Summit, where he launched Raise the Standard in October 2026.
  • Built-in trust: HASANZ Registered, Graduate Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health and host of the Health & Safety Unplugged podcast.

What others are saying

"Thank you for facilitating our events. The feedback has been fantastic!"Daniel Novacco, Kinetic Recruitment

"The Canterbury Safety Charter highly recommends your services as workshop facilitator and safety keynote speaker."Jocelyn Larson, Canterbury Safety Charter

What happens after the workshop

A good workshop tends to raise questions about your own organisation, usually the moment a director realises they can't answer one of the evidence questions about their own business. Compliance Compass gives you a clear picture of where you stand and Governance Advisory keeps an independent eye on it every month.

Questions people ask

Is this accredited or NZQA training?

No, there are no unit standards or certificates at the end. The workshops build leadership capability in the people who carry accountability, not a tick in a compliance course.

Does a workshop meet an officer's due diligence duty?

It helps with one part of it. Section 44 of the Health and Safety at Work Act expects officers to take reasonable steps to keep their knowledge of work health and safety matters up to date and a workshop is a solid way to do that. The other steps, like understanding the operations and checking that the resources and processes are in place and working, still need doing.

Can the workshops run online?

Yes, every workshop can run in person or online.

How many people do we need?

Groups of five or more work best. Let Matt know your numbers and he'll shape the session around them.

Does Matt travel?

Yes, Matt is based in Kaikōura and runs workshops anywhere in New Zealand. Travel and accommodation are quoted up front.

How much does a workshop cost?

Every workshop is quoted on scope, group size and location. Book a strategy call and you'll have a price once Matt understands what you need.

Got a board, leadership team or crew that needs this?

Tell Matt who'll be in the room and what you want them walking away with. He'll come back to you personally within one working day.

 

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