Tag: leadership

Safety is a complex, multifaceted issue, vastly linked to human performance and employee engagement. What is the leader’s role in cultivating a successful safety management in an organization?

Retaining talent has been a challenging task for organizations, especially amid an accelerated pace of change in modern world, driven by the need of creativity and innovation. But what good does this talent do if no one is able to freely share their ideas?

Leadership always comes with challenge, especially in the world of business, where motivation of employees is the A and Z for a healthy workplace and overall efficiency of an organization. But in today’s complex and fast-paced world, how easy is it for leaders to create and maintain an environment where employees feel fully engaged?

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented changes in the way we are doing business, leaving hundreds of thousands employees working from their home and thus redefining the concept of “distance”. But how easy is it for a team to readapt to this radically changed status quo?

Captain VS Parani discusses the need of expertise, as the keel of effective leadership at sea. Citing maritime casualties and personal experience, he argues that STCW certificates are only the starting point.

Teamwork and collaboration play a major role in the shipping industry, as Gard reports that the isolated decision-making style leads to a gap between the one taking the decision and the rest of the team that has to follow.

SAFETY4SEA is pleased to announce that Mr. Andreas Chrysostomou, Chief Strategy Officer, Tototheo Maritime has received the 2020 GREEN4SEA Leadership Award, sponsored by ANDRITZ AG, at a prestigious award ceremony which successfully concluded on March 3rd at Yacht Club of Greece in Athens, the evening ahead of the 2020 GREEN4SEA Athens Forum.

Women in workforce and leadership positions remains a hot issue across all business sectors, and maritime included. Since 2015, an EY initiative aims to encourage stakeholders to focus on diversity and inclusion in leadership and workforce, equal compensation and work life balance.

Have you ever considered what does your sitting style or your voice tone say, or what message do you send when you cross your arms? Mastering body language can have an effect not only on social occasions, but also on your brain!

In the first issue of its Soft Skills edition focusing on leadership, SAFETY4SEA asked leaders across the shipping industry to answer to the following question: If you had to choose one ‘must-have’ skill for leaders, which would it be and why?