Tag: leadership

On the occasion of 2022 International Women's Day, WISTA Norway President, Siri Sundal Shield, highlights the important challenges facing the maritime industry and invites leaders to take action by signing  the 'WISTA Norway 40 by 30 pledge'. 

The last guiding OCIMF principle on human factor highlights the role of leadership in challenging situations. The worst thing leaders can do is to minimize their mistake, ignore it or try to blame it on others. It is always important leaders to take responsibility for their errors; if they don’t admit fault when they should, this can have a negative effect on team morale.

Adaptability is an essential quality for successful leaders. In fact, without it, leaders could remain too rigid and not allow themselves to get ahead of the curve.

Leadership influences company culture heavily and the seventh guiding principle out of the eight OCIMF principals on human factors comes to highlight this. Leaders can reinforce organizational culture by helping their people grow and develop through goal setting, opportunities, and recognition.

Next Generation Safety Leadership illustrates applications that bring theory to life through case studies from the author's experience in high-risk industries.

The highest-performing teams have one thing in common: psychological safety; the belief that you won’t be punished when you make a mistake. Thus, allowing for moderate risk-taking, speaking your mind and being creative; to put it simply, sticking your head out without fear of having it cut off- in other words, the types of behavior that can lead to market breakthroughs.

While business leaders have recognized the urgency to build a diverse and inclusive culture, they have been slow to adopt traditional accountability measures and have failed to hold their leadership responsible for meeting and publicizing diversity and inclusion targets, according to a new UN study.  

Maintaining people’s efficiency is the great challenge for great leaders in times of uncertainty, crisis, and panic.

Shipping industry is considered stereotypically as a male-dominated sector. However, during the last couple of years it is observed that women in shipping have started gaining momentum. In fact, a lot of companies focus on several initiatives with the aim to equip women with leadership skills within their businesses.

The Human Element is the most important factor on Merchant Ships to address effectively various challenges on board in terms of compliance with the increasingly and demanding legislative framework, highlights Capt Charis Kanellopoulos, Safety, Quality & Vetting Manager / DPA, Sun Enterprises Ltd