MANAGEMENT AND

LEADERSHIP SKILLS
FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND
SAFETY PROFESSIONALS

MARCH 27-30, 2023 | BOSTON, MA

IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH AND SAFETY
PERFORMANCE

Develop the environmental health and safety

management and leadership skills you need
to lead teams, make decisions, drive change,
and achieve EHS functional excellence in your
organization.

In this course, you will develop proficiency in

key management disciplines critical to your
success as an effective leader. These skills will
allow you to set a plan tying EHS outcomes
to organizational goals, develop strategies to
achieve these objectives, establish expectations,
and measure outcomes.

You will also acquire the skills needed to

influence and guide others across organizational
boundaries, build relationships and networks,
drive long-term change, and assume senior
positions in your organization.

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WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE
This program is designed for health, safety,
medical, and environmental professionals from
all types of organizations and businesses who
want to increase their individual effectiveness or
who have functional responsibilities, including:
•B
 iosafety
•E
 ngineering
•E
 nvironmental health
•F
 ood safety
•H
 ealth physics
• Industrial hygiene
•O
 ccupational health
•O
 ccupational medicine
•P
 ublic health
•R
 isk management
• S
 afety
• S
 ustainability
• T
 oxicology

EHS PROFESSIONALS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Develop clear objectives, goals, strategies, and measures
for integrating health, safety, and the environment into the
culture of your organization

Create specific methods for pitching occupational health,

safety, and environmental initiatives to organizational
decision makers

Employ listening skills to develop more effective negotiation

and conflict-resolution techniques

Establish measurable expectations for your services

by identifying appropriate performance metrics and
implementing a performance measurement system for
accountability

Identify the best possible course of action and prioritize

work that is both urgent and important

Manage time effectively and coach others in this practice

Meet common challenges with proven techniques in

risk communication

Use the most appropriate management style for every

situation

Understand the characteristics of both a transactional and

transformational leader

Understand legal issues and professional ethics

Use technology as a management tool

Understand the role transformational leadership plays in

achieving functional excellence in safety and other critical
business areas

Assess your organization’s and your own current

transformational level
 PROGRAM DIRECTORS
Louis J. DiBerardinis, MS, CIH,
CSP is an Instructor in Industrial
Hygiene in the Department of
Environmental Health at the
Harvard T.H. Chan School of
Public Health and the Director of
Environment, Health and Safety at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr. DiBerardinis has been a visiting lecturer at
the Harvard T.H. Chan School since 1986, where
he teaches in several graduate courses and
continuing education programs. Mr. DiBerardinis
has been affiliated with MIT since 1989 and with
Harvard since 1970. In 1976, Mr. DiBerardinis
established and directed the Industrial Hygiene
Program within Harvard University Health Services.

Richard D. Fulwiler, ScD,

CIH, FAIHA is an Instructor
at the Harvard T.H. Chan
School of Public Health and
President of Transformational
Leadership Associates, a
consultancy that specializes
in improving individual and organizational
effectiveness. Dr. Fulwiler had a 28-year career at
Procter & Gamble, retiring as Director of Health
and Safety Worldwide. During his tenure, Procter
& Gamble achieved broad recognition for its
health and safety excellence, as well as for having
developed a comprehensive behavior-based
management system leading to world-class results.

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 This course provides new
learning, a refresher on
important topics I’ve previously
learned, and ways to carry
forward and improve my EHS
role within my organization.

Lori Elam
Site Head of EHS
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Interactive leadership sessions on effective

business and risk communication, managing
and motivating people, negotiation and
conflict resolution

Explore how EHS professionals have played

a wide range of roles in responding to the
pandemic that call for adept leadership skills

Learn directly from the EHS field’s

leading experts

Develop critical leadership abilities including

effective listening, strategic planning, and
transformational leadership skills

Advance your management skills needed to

improve the EHS function in your organization
PROGRAM DETAILS
For more information regarding program fees
and cancellation policy, please visit hsph.me/
EHS-leadership. For a full list of Executive and
Continuing Professional Education courses, visit
hsph.me/portfolio.

LOCATION
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
651 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

CONTINUING EDUCATION
CREDITS
This program is accredited by Harvard T.H.
Chan School of Public Health. Credit types and
amounts will be determined once the agenda has
been finalized. This may be subject to change.

HAVE QUESTIONS?
For more information, please contact us at
(617) 432-2100 or contedu@hsph.harvard.edu.

ABOUT HARVARD T.H. CHAN SCHOOL

OF PUBLIC HEALTH EXECUTIVE AND
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
We prepare individuals and organizations to solve
the most pressing global public health and health
care challenges. Leaders in government, corporate,
and nonprofit sectors around the world attend our
programs, which provide strategies for addressing the
critical issues facing their organizations with proven
tactics that drive change.