ANNUAL REPORT SEPTEMBER 2020 Capacity and connections to bounce forward
“The thing I love about the Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum is that of course it forces you to think deeply about health and safety excellence in your organisation, but after attending an event or reading one of their articles, you actually end up as a better leader in every aspect of the role of a Chief Executive.”
Steve Carden, CEO, Pāmu
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Who we are The Forum is a group of CEOs, directors and country heads who are committed to becoming better leaders of health and safety in our organisations and industries. What we want for New Zealand Safe, healthy and productive workplaces. Why we’re here To engage, educate and elevate New Zealand CEOs so they have the skills and confidence to lead healthy and safe organisations. What we’ll do • Build CEO competence • Help CEOs influence and enable the workforce and supply chain • Connect CEOs to take more effective action • Help CEOs work with others to build the movement • Assess progress to deliver on our promises.
“It’s an incredible opportunity to connect across New Zealand with a common language and common vision about how do we help create New Zealand as a safe and productive country.”
Peter Reidy, CEO, Fletcher Construction
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George Reed Craig Davidson Andrew Tombs John McKay General Manager Managing Director NZ CEO CEO 1st Maintenance AECOM Alpine Energy AsureQuality
Richard Keys Andrew Nicol Rod Gibson Adrian Littlewood CEO CEO CEO CEO Abano Healthcare Group Agoge Animates Auckland Airport
Alastair Blackler, General Sue Bidrose Sarah Williamson Jim Stabback Manager, Abergeldie Complex CEO CEO CEO Infrastructure AgResearch Antarctica New Zealand Auckland Council
Scott Pickering Greg Foran Grant Nicholson Tracey Ryan CEO CEO Partner CEO ACC Air New Zealand Anthony Harper Aurecon NZ
Mark Irvine Brian Stokes Peter Conley Richard Fletcher Managing Director Managing Director Group CEO CEO Acrow Airtech ANZCO Foods Aurora Energy
Mark Cameron Graeme Sumner Tony Gray Simon Bennett Managing Director CEO CEO CEO Action Engineering Airways Ara Institute of Canterbury AWF Madison
Teresa Moore David Mitchell Ian Brown Chris Saxby CEO CEO General Manager Managing Director Adecco AJ Hackett Bungy Aratu Forests Babcock New Zealand
Ross Bowmar David Surveyor Jacqui Bensemann Mark Wynne General Manager CEO Managing Director CEO ADM New Zealand Alliance Group Argus Fire Protection Ballance Agri-Nutrients
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Michael Hales Chelydra Percy Brendon Vincent Malcolm Johns Managing Director CEO General Manager CEO Barenbrug Agriseeds BRANZ Cassidy Construction Christchurch Airport
Fiona McTavish John Staples Paul Alston Grant Dodson CEO Director CEO CEO Bay of Plenty Regional Council Bridgestone NZ Cavalier Corporation City Forests
Justine Brennan Matt Bishop Charles Eason Onno Mulder CEO Managing Director CEO CEO Bay Venues BVT Cawthron Institute Citycare
Derek Bilby Craig Stewart Derek Nind Shelley Turner CEO General Manager CEO Interim CEO BBR Contech C3 CentrePort Wellington Civil Aviation Authority
Darryl-Lee Wendelborn Clive Mackay Chris Alderson Sam Abraham NZ Managing Director CEO CEO CEO Beca Cake Commercial Services CHASNZ Clearvision Communications
Todd Grave Vic Crone JB Rousselot Peter Montgomery CEO CEO CEO CEO Blue Sky Meats Callaghan Innovation Chorus Clever First Aid
Debi Boffa Brendon Furness Dawn Baxendale Chris Litchfield Managing Director CEO CEO Managing Director BP Oil New Zealand Cardinal Logistics Christchurch City Council Coca-Cola Amatil
Michael Lewis Matthew Keen Terry Murdoch Gerard Morrison Country Manager COO CEO CEO Brambles NZ (Chep) Carrfields Christchurch Helicopters CODA Group
5 Richard Aitken Dave Bulling Grant McLauchlan Brook Barrington CEO Managing Director Managing Director CEO, Department of the Prime Cold Storage Nelson Cook Brothers Construction CrestClean Minister and Cabinet
Brendan Morrison Mike Toxopeus Una Jagose Jonathan Pooch Managing Director Managing Director (since left) Solicitor-General and CEO Managing Director Commercial Hire NZ Cookes (Bridon) Crown Law Deta Consulting
David Banfield Myriam Mitchell Tim Mackle Brett Hobson CEO Senior Associate CEO General Manager Comvita New Zealand Copeland Ashcroft Law DairyNZ Dominion Salt
Ray O’Regan Glenn Corbett Mike Costelloe Steve Killeen CEO Managing Director CEO CEO Connect 8 Corys Electrical Delta Utility Services Downer NZ
Lester Foxall Mike Cosman Charles Spillane Richard Roberts CEO Partner CEO CEO Connell Contractors Cosman Parkes Dentons Kensington Swan Dunedin Airport
John Thompson Kim Calvert Lou Sanson, Director General Peter Dynes Acting CEO Country Manager NZ Department of Conservation – Managing Director Connetics Cottonsoft Te Papa Atawhai Dynes Transport Tapanui
Toby Beaglehole Judy Nicholl Jeremy Lightfoot Sid Miller CEO CEO CEO CEO Connexis Counties Power Department of Corrections Earthquake Commission
Mike Fuge Paul Corbett Paul James Matt Todd CEO General Manager NZ CEO Group CEO Contact Energy CPB Contractors Department of Internal Affairs Eastland Group
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Grant Mirfin Lee Lunt Terry Copeland Mark Troughear Managing Director General Manager NZ CEO CEO ECL Group ENGIE Services ANZ Federated Farmers Freightways
Craig Downie John Thorburn Rhys Jones Lynden Glass CEO CEO CEO Managing Director EcoCentral Entrada Travel Group Fire and Emergency New Zealand Freshpork New Zealand
Manuel Seidel Allan Freeth Paul Goodeve Darren Fullerton CEO CEO, Environmental Protection CEO CEO ecoPortal Authority First Gas Frucor Suntory
Alison Gill Chris Aughton Peter Reidy Mike Horne Managing Director CEO CEO CEO edenfx HSE Recruitment EnviroNZ Fletcher Construction Fullers 360
Nicholas Pole Paul Nicholls Miles Hurrell Cos Bruyn Chief Review Officer Managing Director CEO Managing Director Education Review Office Ernslaw One Fonterra Co-operative Group Fulton Hogan
Dean Addie Steven Newman Steve Anderson Hamish Whyte CEO CEO Managing Director South Island CEO EIS EROAD Foodstuffs (SI) Furnware
Robert Ferris Terry Brown Fiona Ewing Marc England Managing Director Managing Director National Safety Director CEO Electrix Evonik Peroxide Forest Industry Safety Council Genesis Energy
Steve Fuller Toby Sellers Kevin Ihaka Van Tang CEO CEO Managing Director General Manager NZ/Pacific Enable FCB Forest Protection Services GHD
7 Scott Gibbons Scott O’Donnell Murray Robertson Keith Mullett Managing Director CEO Executive General Manager Managing Director Gibbons H.W.Richardson Group Hawkins PHI Inc
Ian Simpson Michelle Kernahan Mitch Cuevas Kevin Larcombe CEO CEO Director Executive General Manager GNS Science Hall’s Group Helius Therapeutics Holcim New Zealand
John Dakin Richard Briggs Gemma Newburn Ajay Anand CEO CEO Managing Director CEO Goodman Hamilton City Council Hemisphere Health Horizon Energy Group
Stephen Parry Bill McCallum Mark Cole Paul Steventon CEO General Manager CEO Group Manager Gore District Council Hancock Forest Management Hick Bros Hutec Group
Andrew Hampton, CEO Glen Cornelius Scott Crampton Andrew Moss Government Communications Managing Director CEO CEO and Security Bureau Harrison Grierson Hilton Haulage Hynds
Greg Campbell Nigel Bickle Guy Clouth Jim Ragg CEO, Greater Wellington CEO CEO National Service Manager Regional Council Hastings District Council Hireace Ideal Air
Elaine Morgan Tim Grubb John Boocock Richard Gibson CEO CEO CEO Managing Director Green Gorilla Haunt Digital Hiway Group Impac Services
Peter Leitch Langley Cavers Dean Brown Chris Hayward Managing Director CEO CEO CEO
Guaranteed Flow Systems Hauraki District Council H J Asmuss & Co Inframax Construction
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Jonathan Gray Wayne Maxwell James Watters Peter Simmons CEO NZ CEO Country Manager General Manager Ingham’s Enterprises Kāpiti Coast District Council Linfox Logistics Mars
Naomi Ferguson Aaron Smith Albert de Geest Greg Thompson CEO and Commissioner CEO CEO Acting CEO Inland Revenue Keith Andrews Trucks Liquigas MB Century
Peter Lennox, CEO Timo Skog Roger Gray Peter Crighton Institute of Environmental NZ Director CEO CEO Science and Research KONE Elevators Lyttelton Port McAlpines
Clare Hadley Scott Bartlett Shaun Wilson Fraser Wyllie CEO CEO General Manager Managing Director Invercargill City Council Kordia Mackleys McConnell Dowell
Paul Cameron Gaye Searancke Andy Lester John Barnes CEO and Director CEO CEO CEO ISO Land Information New Zealand MainPower New Zealand Meadow Mushrooms
Sean Eccles Richard Wilson Richard Gordon Tim Harty General Manager CEO CEO, Manaaki Whenua – General Manager IXOM Landpower Holdings Landcare Research Meateor Foods
Andrew McKenzie Campbell Smith Keith Manch Dean Hyde CEO Country Manager Director and CEO Director Kāinga Ora LeasePlan New Zealand Maritime New Zealand Men at Work
David Ross Wayne McNee Tim Cosgrove Vince Hawksworth CEO CEO CEO CEO Kaiteriteri Recreation Reserve LIC Marlborough Lines Mercury Energy
9 Richard Whitney Carolyn Tremain Chris Wilesmith Oliver Kearney CEO CEO, Ministry of Business, CEO CEO Mercy Hospital Innovation and Employment Mitre 10 (New Zealand) Network Tasman
Neal Barclay Andrew Bridgman Craig Langley Geoff Douch CEO CEO CEO CEO Meridian Energy Ministry of Defence Mix Network Waitaki
Dean Richardson Iona Holsted Steve Tarrant Craig Stevenson Managing Director CEO CEO CEO Methanex Ministry of Education Moana New Zealand New Plymouth District Council
Glen Sowry Ashley Bloomfield Todd Dawson Sean Gray CEO Director-General of Health CEO CEO, New Zealand Artificial Metlifecare and CEO, Ministry of Health Napier Port Limb Service
Simon Mander Andrew Crisp John Morgan Sam Cliffe CEO CEO, Ministry of Housing CEO, National Institute of Water CEO Metro Glass and Urban Development and Atmospheric Research New Zealand Blood Service
Ray Smith Andrew Kibblewhite Rick Herd Christine Stevenson CEO CEO Managing Director CEO Ministry for Primary Industries Ministry of Justice Naylor Love Enterprises New Zealand Customs Service
Vicky Robertson Debbie Power Mark Eglinton Kevin Short CEO CEO CEO NZ and AU Chief of Defence Force Ministry for the Environment Ministry of Social Development NDA Group New Zealand Defence Force
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Renee Graham Richard Wyeth Jane Sheard Natalie Pollard CEO CEO CEO CEO Ministry for Women Miraka Nelmac New Zealand Oil Services
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Mike Bush Andrew Priest Gareth Marriott Stephen Stuart Commissioner of Police CEO Managing Director CEO New Zealand Police Ngāi Tahu Farming OCS OSPRI New Zealand
David Walsh Quinton Hall Jon Ryder Sarah Gardner CEO CEO (since left) CEO CEO New Zealand Post Ngāi Tahu Tourism Oji Fibre Solutions Otago Regional Council
Niamh Lawless Spence McClintock Gabriel Selischi, Senior Tanya Winter Secretary General CEO Vice-President, Australasia CEO
ew New Zealand Red Cross Ngati Tuwharetoa Holdings OMV New Zealand Otorohanga District Council
Rebecca Kitteridge, Director- Rob Hennin Lees Seymour Chris Pile General of Security, New Zealand CEO Executive General Manager Interim CEO
Security Intelligence Service nib New Zealand OneFortyOne PAE New Zealand
Gretta Stephens Andrew McLeod Greg Managh Steve Carden CEO NZ and Pacific Islands CEO CEO CEO New Zealand Steel Northpower Online Distribution Pāmu
Peter Chrisp Jim Magee Gráinne Moss Warwick Tauwhare-George CEO CEO CEO, Oranga Tamariki – CEO New Zealand Trade & Enterprise Nurse Maude Ministry for Children Parininihi ki Waitotara
Tony Cunningham Barry Hinkley William McCook Geoff Milsom COO CEO CEO CEO New Zealand Woolscouring NZ Bus Orillion Pattle Delamore Partners
Mike Lightfoot Simon Watson Rob Jamieson Bill Peryer CEO Managing Director CEO Director Nexus Logistics & Conlinxx NZ Hothouse Orion Peryer Construction
11 Te Kapunga Dewes Mark Cairns Henry Arundel, General Russel Creedy CEO CEO Manager NZ, Programmed CEO PF Olsen Port of Tauranga Facility Management Restaurant Brands New Zealand
Stephen Guerin Kevin Winders Peter Beggs Robert Sharkie CEO CEO CEO CEO PGG Wrightson Port Otago Rangitīkei District Council Ruralco
Dave Gawn Guy Roper Greg Campbell Gordon MacLeod CEO CEO CEO CEO Pike River Recovery Agency Port Taranaki Ravensdown Ryman Healthcare
Grant Tregurtha Tony Gibson Brendan Slui Christian Sykes Managing Director CEO Managing Director General Manager Pinnacle Corporation Ports of Auckland Rayonier Matariki Forests SaferMe
Hugh Goddard Nigel Barbour Matt Allen Chris Hunter General Manager CEO Director CEO Pipeline & Civil Powerco RCP Safety ‘n Action
David Hughes Jason Franklin Tony King Sarah Spencer, General Manager CEO CEO CEO Operations NZ and AU Plant & Food Research PowerNet Red Bus Saito Labels & Tags
Rhys Welbourn Brent Crawford Naomi James Volker Kuntzsch CEO General Manager CEO CEO Port Marlborough Prime Range Meats Refining NZ Sanford
Hugh Morrison Philip Melhopt Craig Wilson Steve Chapman CEO CEO Managing Director NZ and Fiji CEO Port Nelson PrimePort Timaru Rentokil Initial SeaLink NZ
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Glenn Donaldson Todd McLeay Angie Samuel Chris Watson CEO Managing Director General Manager Director Service Resources Smart Environmental Storelink Taranaki Instrument Services
Peter Hart Nigel Gear Rob Sullivan Josette Prince Managing Director CEO General Manager, Stork Managing Director SGS New Zealand South Port New Zealand Technical Services New Zealand Tasti Products
Paul Ravlich Quin Henderson Chris Baker Marty Grenfell CEO CEO CEO CEO Siemens NZ Southbase Construction Straterra Tauranga City Council
Simon Limmer Penny Simmonds Julian Cook Charlie Taylor CEO CEO, Southern Institute of CEO CEO Silver Fern Farms Technology Summerset Group Holdings Taylors Contracting Co
Anne Callinan James Kafanelis Richard Cook Dave Samuels Chair Executive General Manager Head of Forests CEO, Te Puni Kōkiri – Ministry Simpson Grierson Spotless Summit Forests of Māori Development
Brett Murray Lachlan Philp Gareth Edgecombe Philip Cryer CEO Managing Director CEO CEO Site Safe New Zealand SSA New Zealand T & G Global Telarc
Guy Stewart Peter Bradley John Holyoake Mark Taylor Managing Director CEO CEO General Manager SKOPE Industries St John Tamaki Regeneration Company Tenon Clearwood LP
Graeme Stephens Peter Hughes Drew Cadenhead Grant Whitelaw CEO State Services Commissioner NZ Country Manager CEO SkyCity Auckland and Head of State Services Tamarind Resources Terra Cat
13 Jeremy Sole Ryan Cavanagh Kerry Hill Justin Liddell CEO Managing Director Managing Director CEO The Electrical Training Company Timberlands Trinder Engineers Villa Maria
Dan Gilbert Doug Johnson Peter Carnahan Greg O’Connor Managing Director Managing Director CEO Country Manager The Griffin’s Food Company Tonkin & Taylor Trojan Holdings VTNZ
Dave Devereux Russell Shaw Ken Sutherland Gavin Ion Managing Director CEO Group CEO CEO The Labour Exchange Top Energy Group Unison Networks Waikato District Council
Richard Moxon Grant Webster Mary Ollivier Jimmy Ormsby General Manager CEO CEO Managing Director The Learning Wave Tourism Holdings Utilities Disputes Waitomo Petroleum
Sean Horgan Peter Lensink Simon Mackenzie Nicole Rosie CEO Managing Director CEO CEO, Waka Kotahi – The Lines Company Transdev Auckland Vector NZ Transport Agency
Nick Grayston Alison Andrew Gordon Shaw Janine Brindson Group CEO CEO Executive Director CEO, Waste Management The Warehouse Transpower Vehicle Inspection NZ (VINZ) Institute of New Zealand
Peter Bateman Caralee McLiesh Alex Lagney Marlon Bridge Editor of Safeguard CEO General Manager Acting CEO Thomson Reuters Treasury Veolia NZ Watercare Services
Alan Pearson Ed Chignell Mike Lange Ian Jackson Group CEO Executive Chairman CEO Acting CEO TIL Logistics Treescape VetNZ Wayfare
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Garth Dibley Natalie Davis CEO Managing Director WEL Networks Woolworths NZ
Barbara McKerrow Phil Parkes CEO CEO Wellington City Council WorkSafe NZ
Steve Sanderson Gillian Cagney CEO CEO Wellington International Airport Worley New Zealand
Colin Crampton Mike Bennetts CEO CEO Wellington Water Z Energy
Pat Hills Paul Atkins CEO CEO Wells Group Zealandia
Peter Armstrong CEO Westpower/ElectroNet
Frances Boyce General Manager Whitaker Civil Engineering
Brian Souness General Manager Wood Training
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Key progress Year to 30 September 2020
MEMBERSHIP
365 354 370 306 Forum 261 members 205 118 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
59 OF THE DELOITTE TOP 200 companies are Forum members
10 YEARS ON – 2010 TO 2020
Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum celebrates its 10-year anniversary
“It’s been a fantastic experience, it’s helped me a lot in terms of developing my leadership style, and I’ve really enjoyed constructive challenge, often quite a bit, from my peers in the Forum. What a fantastic experience and I’m really looking forward to the next 10 years.”
Sheridan Broadbent, Independent Director
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HARM AND INJURY PERFORMANCE 75 FORUM MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN THE 2019 BENCHMARKING REPORT compared with 77 in 2018
5.35 TOTAL RECORDABLE INJURY FREQUENCY RATE (TRIFR) increased by 66.23% from 2018
NEAR-MISS FREQUENCY RATES 49.59 increased by 68.26% from 2018
MEMBER SUPPORT AND SATISFACTION
FORUM EVENTS 44 (virtually and in person) this year with more than 770 attendees – compared with 49 Forum events last year with 925 attendees
MEMBERS INVOLVED 83 in monthly or six-weekly virtual CEO Connection calls from March to September
CEOs AND GENERAL MANAGERS 121 attended our Executive Leadership programmes, including in-house programmes in New Zealand and Australia
30% GROWTH IN LINKEDIN FOLLOWERS
MORE THAN 38,000 UNIQUE PAGE VIEWS on our website, with people spending an average of just over two minutes on the site
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Foreword – Chair and Executive Director Inflection point? Maybe. Learning opportunity? Definitely!
The Forum turned 10 this year. In any normal year, a health and safety organisation for and by CEOs reaching that milestone would be the hero focus! But 2020 hasn’t been a normal year.
Will the global pandemic be an inflection point leading to fundamental change? Possibly. Whilst significant, has the disruption from Covid-19 been too limited to effect transformational shifts? Maybe. What feels less ambiguous is that we’ve been tested, and we have all learned some important things about our own leadership, about the capacity and capability of our people when pressured and about where the choke points and fragility sit in our businesses, supply chains and national systems. The opportunity we’ve had thrust upon us is as potentially rewarding as it is challenging – to be deliberate and committed to finding those lessons individually and collectively, and to implement them in a way that works for your organisation and people.
Care and protection is a good strategy Our national strategy is that a strong and robust health response is inextricably linked to a better and more resilient economy – the care and protection of people is acknowledged as a legitimate part of a resilience strategy. For members this is a compelling and profound affirmation of the development and leadership in which you’ve invested in over recent years. Whatever the specific economic trajectory over the next few years, the mental wellbeing of all New Zealanders will be tested and challenged and require protection and support. The breadth of work demands, legal and strategic expectations and the risk of harm to people at work will only grow. This means that the importance of capable, supported and committed CEOs has never been greater. The Forum is a community of leaders that was established by that commitment and is focused on providing that support and capability.
Forum members connecting to share and learn together We have remained anchored to that purpose for the past six months, and adapted our approach to the new operating environment. As a result hundreds of CEO connections have been have made via short, sharp Zoom exchanges amongst peers, and via more facilitated discussions with fellow members and experts in their fields. These opportunities to connect, share and learn have supplemented the many other sector-specific groups our members are part of. But our CEO-centric focus and deliberate diversity of sector and organisational perspectives have proved valuable and have been welcomed. They have also ensured we have been directly plugged in to the specific and changing issues on your plate. As a result, we have managed to curate a range of peer-to-peer and expert-led sessions for members, focusing on key challenges ranging from mental wellbeing in a crisis to flexible work arrangements, adaptive leadership in uncertainty, working with boards, and cannabis impairment in light of the 2020 referendum.
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Mental health – the ‘hidden pandemic’ Through the CEO webinar series, Leading Wellbeing Through Crisis with Dr Hillary Bennett from Leading Safety, we learned that 50 years of research into natural catastrophes have taught us that mental health is the ‘hidden pandemic’ following a disaster. Whilst leaders and business cannot “make that all better”, we know leadership and action are needed to ensure work helps rather than harms people’s mental wellbeing. Mental distress is not only a type of harm in itself, it can be an amplifier both of other risks (such as commercial judgement, interpersonal as well as health and safety) and of control effectiveness.
Optimising for resilience Through two expert-led webinar series with Dr Philip Voss from Leading Safety and Dr Todd Conklin, we explored how and why dynamically uncertain environments demand very different leadership skills and approaches. Philip got us to understand the value and importance of CEOs accessing a diversity of perspectives, and that enlightened trial and error and ‘zig-zagging’ is a smart strategy, not indecision. Todd reminded us that Covid-19 has simply underscored the reality that our ability to predict has always been patchy, and a better strategy for CEOs is to focus on understanding and ensuring that we have the capacity to respond, flex, learn and adapt. He challenged and encouraged us to stay attuned to what this current context of global health and economic crises is teaching us – especially the importance of relationships and connection across our organisations and people, and the reality that adaptability and resilience sit at every level of our businesses. Whether we’re responding to a health pandemic or ensuring safe and healthy work, the presence of capacity is a more fruitful focus than outcome measures alone.
Looking to the next 10 years Having had a successful first 10 years since inception, the Forum’s Steering Group is now looking to build a vision and a plan to guide our next 10 years. Supporting and enabling CEOs to play their unique and influential parts in a safer and healthier New Zealand remains at the centre of who we are and what we do. We also recognise, however, that there are some system realities that make it more challenging than it needs to be to do the right things and do them properly. Consequently, our new strategy will also include a deliberate focus on the critical system issues that are hindering good health and safety leadership. We want to finish by acknowledging the increased economic pressures experienced by many of our members. We are delighted with your continued support and patronage. By way of acknowledgement of the economic challenges, we were pleased to be able to reduce membership subscriptions by 15% at the end of 2019, as well as offer a 20% Covid-19 discount for this membership year. Thank you for your support of the Forum, your fellow CEO peers, and your leadership for a safer, healthier New Zealand.
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What we have done Build CEO competence
Highlights • Health and safety leadership and lessons during Covid-19 • Adaptive leadership during a crisis • Preparing for the 2020 cannabis referendum
Health and safety leadership in Lessons from our leaders a Covid-19 environment We ran a three-part short video series in As the emerging crisis with the Covid-19 May 2020 asking our leaders to answer pandemic became clear from early some questions about their leadership March 2020, the Forum worked quickly learnings during Covid-19: to establish straight-forward and • If you could have written a letter to frequent communications with yourself a year ago with what you members. We facilitated small groups know now, what would you have of CEOs to meet virtually and discuss told yourself as a CEO and leader? their challenges and opportunities in • What’s the one thing you’ve learnt the current context. From these, we through leading through crisis, that pulled together a resource designed you want to hold on to? to support leaders in uncertain and • What’s the leadership work for you extraordinary times. Health and safety as a CEO in creating a better normal, leadership in a Covid-19 environment not just a new normal? was written from ideas, experiences We had an overwhelmingly positive and questions from Forum CEOs who response to these videos, with the continued to operate through the first video trending under #leadership Alert Level 4 lockdown. It positioned on LinkedIn. the work as finding not just a ‘new normal’, but a ‘better normal’. Adaptive leadership discussion series In lieu of a regional round of CEO events “We’re already seeing future planned for May 2020, the Forum opportunities for a ‘better normal’, adapted its programme and organised such as less travel and better use an eight-part virtual series with Dr Philip of technology for communication Voss on Adaptive Leadership – Leading and meetings.” through Covid-19. Around 40 CEOs took part in these hour-long sessions, which Forum CEO, April 2020 built on Ron Heifetz’s Practice of Adaptive Leadership and gave members a chance to discuss the adaptations they were seeing in their organisations. A member advisory was developed from this series.
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Southland and Otago members join Dr Philip Voss for a virtual session on adaptive leadership.
Preparing for the 2020 New foundation course cannabis referendum added to the Executive With a referendum on the legalisation Leadership suite of of cannabis due in October 2020, programmes the Forum pulled together a series The Forum launched a new foundation of resources to support members course in November 2019 for CEOs to manage the risks of impairment. who want to ensure they have a sound While the Forum had no formal position foundation on which to build their on the referendum question itself, health and safety leadership. Obligation it encouraged all businesses to use creates opportunity is a one-day course the cannabis debate as an opportunity focusing on the CEOs’ key obligations to reflect, refine and refocus their under the Health and Safety at Work current approaches to managing Act 2015 (HSWA), while exploring how impairment risks at work – from CEOs can leverage these obligations cannabis, as well as other drugs and to create opportunities for better health fatigue. Our resources included: and safety and improved business • Focusing on what matters: Managing performance overall. In the past year cannabis impairment risks at work – we’ve run two of these courses, with a reflective guide for members, 14 CEOs attending. published in June 2020 • A two-part webinar series with the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) on Lessons from Canada, which Reflective Guide legalised recreational cannabis Focusing on what matters in 2018. 140 people joined in live, Managing cannabis and more watched the videos impairment risks at work following both events • Two podcasts, one with the CCSA and another with the Institute for Work and Health in Toronto, on emerging research into how cannabis use at work has changed since legalisation in Canada. More than 150 people Developed in preparation of the 2020 cannabis referendum have downloaded these podcasts June 2020 on Spotify and iTunes.
The Forum’s reflective guide for members to support them with the upcoming cannabis referendum.
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What we have done Help CEOs influence and enable the workforce and supply chain
Highlights • Celebrating ten years of the Forum • New Plymouth District Council paving the way in supply chain leadership • Continuing our focus on mental health and wellbeing
10 years of the Business Leaders’ New Plymouth District Council Health and Safety Forum paves the way in supply chain In July the Forum marked its 10th leadership anniversary. In that time it has grown Supply chain leadership is an area from just under 100 CEO members to many organisations find challenging, 365, with a focus on making workplaces so we were thrilled to give members safer by growing world-class CEO safety the opportunity to hear about the leadership in New Zealand, and by New Plymouth District Council’s success leveraging the combined skills, influence story in this area at our October 2019 and resources of members. A number of Summits in both Auckland and members helped to mark the anniversary Christchurch. by sharing their thoughts on what being The Council had been relying on the part of the Forum meant to them – in a Lowest Price Conforming model when short video on our website and LinkedIn tendering for work, but it had a vision and YouTube channels. of becoming a supply chain leader, where its role was to coach, mentor, lead and inspire its contractors. In early “... what it’s become ... is a business 2019 the Council implemented a new excellence forum in my view, approach when tendering for its where CEs bring together their annual maintenance contract. It used best ideas around culture and a weighted-attribute system to focus on continuous improvement and investment in the workforce, health and how you create a better, fairer safety, hours worked, and moving the and more equitable and more contract from three years to ten years successful workplace...” – resulting in some great outcomes. Nicole Rosie, CEO, Waka Kotahi – Written and video case studies were NZ Transport Agency also produced for Forum members.
“We’re trying to develop a culture where our staff are not just good at planning and execution but prepared to challenge the status quo, be a bit curious, push the boundaries and do some innovative stuff.”
Craig Stevenson, CEO, New Plymouth District Council
David Langford from New Plymouth District Council
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Supply chain leadership in practice – New Plymouth District Council
Supply chain leadership The Forum produced its first podcast in during Covid-19 late 2019 to highlight the personal and During the early weeks of the Covid-19 work-related mental health journey of lockdown, the Forum gathered tactical Steering Group member Martin Byrne, advice from members to share with the former CEO of Port Nelson. Martin others on operating during a crisis. spoke openly about his own mental Part of this information was focused health challenges and the work he on tactics that were useful in their had led at the Port to change the relationships with clients and their conversation around mental health supply chains – including communication and wellbeing. To date the podcast about working at various alert levels, has had more than 100 downloads sharing pandemic plans and procedures, on Spotify and iTunes. and where possible committing to some Sharing our leaders’ successes minimum hours of work. Following our new series Spotlight on Continuing our focus on our Leaders, started in 2019, a short mental health and wellbeing case study was produced with Forum With the emerging crisis of Covid-19 Steering Group member James Fletcher, and the impacts on mental health and the former CEO of Treescape, in January wellbeing, the Forum ran four sessions 2020. James was a finalist in the Leader in May and June 2020 for members to of the Year category at the 2015 and explore the CEO’s role in leading mental 2019 New Zealand Workplace Health health and wellbeing. Led by Dr Hillary and Safety Awards, and provided some Bennett, around 30 CEOs took part in advice on how to get an organisation’s small-group discussions via Zoom to culture humming and find new understand their work in this area and solutions to persistent problems. share what others were doing to protect the wellbeing of their workers during Covid-19. Hillary also ran another, tailored session for General Managers.
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What we have done Connect CEOs to take more effective action
Highlights • Connecting members like never before • ‘Bouncing forward’ virtually with Todd Conklin • Adapting to a changing health and safety landscape
Connecting members ‘Bouncing forward’ virtually like never before with Todd Conklin In the immediate aftermath of the Alert The Forum was delighted to host virtual Level 4 lockdown announcement in late sessions for members with Todd Conklin March 2020, members were seeking in July 2020. Todd is an internationally support, ideas and opportunities for recognised organisational psychologist operating in an unknown environment. and health and safety expert, and As a result, the Forum immediately set focused on supporting leaders to up small discussion groups, via Zoom, ‘bounce forward’ from Covid-19. In the to help connect members. We ran these three Zoom sessions for CEOs, with ‘CEO Connection calls’ across industries breakout rooms, Todd discussed how and regions, and by early June 2020 we businesses doing best during Covid-19 had seven of these groups connecting were the ones that had previously monthly, growing to 11 groups by the invested in building capacity to enable end of August 2020 and involving more them to be adaptive and resilient. Todd than 80 members. Topics focused on also hosted a webinar with close to ‘one word to describe Covid’, mental 150 people – and the Forum reproduced health and wellbeing, the second wave, this into a short video as a resource for and Boards and governance in a crisis. Boards and leadership teams. These CEO connection calls will continue throughout 2020 and beyond.
A ‘word cloud’ to demonstrate members’ ‘one word to describe Covid’ during the June 2020 CEO Connection calls.
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Todd Conklin delivering virtual sessions with members in July 2020, focusing on ‘bouncing forward’.
Adapting to a changing health Continuing to support and safety landscape H&S Managers and GMs In February and early March 2020, As part of the February regional as part of our planned regional sessions for CEOs, we ran sessions engagement programme, the Forum immediately following for GMs and ran eight sessions for CEOs from H&S Managers. More than 80 people Auckland to Southland on ‘adapting attended these events during to a changing health and safety February and March. landscape’. Facilitated by Dr Philip Voss, As well as this, we ran two workshops for these sessions looked at the changing GMs and H&S Managers in September New Zealand environment around 2020, looking at a ‘better normal’ in a health and safety in the past decade, post-Covid-19 environment, asking and challenged leaders to consider those attending to consider what they how they were fundamentally had learnt about their organisations’ structuring and controlling their capacity during Covid-19, and how they organisations’ work, and holding each had learnt it – in order to build not just a other to account. Each session was ‘new normal’, but a ‘better normal’. This kindly hosted by a Forum organisation event was moved online for Auckland in the region – particular thanks go to and run in person in Christchurch. South Port, Otago Regional Council, Foodstuffs South Island, Taylors Contracting, Worley New Zealand “Thanks for the workshop this and Horizon Energy Group. morning. These [sessions] help me maintain my sanity and feel part of the wider H&S community.”
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What we have done Help CEOs work with others to build the movement
Highlights • Continuing to get in front of Ministers • Supporting innovation and capacity sharing • Strengthening relationships with Directors
“We’ve influenced major legislation and we’ve been able to drive change in our respective businesses.”
James Fletcher, Director and Forum Steering Group member
Continuing to get in front Supporting innovation and of Ministers capacity sharing We continued to engage directly with In late 2019 the Forum was pleased to government, meeting the Minister of support the development of a new group Workplace Relations and Safety several of health and safety industry leaders in times during the year. We also engaged establishing a Community of Safety with the Minister of Justice, Minister for Innovation. After an initial workshop Building and Construction, and Minister with 20 health and safety managers and of Finance, and with the Minister for relevant GMs in their fields, in November Regional Economic Development and 2019, the Community was underway, for Infrastructure. supporting those people to trial new In September 2020 the Forum produced and innovative ideas for better work in a submission for the Productivity their organisations. With the support of Commission’s inquiry into frontier firms. WorkSafe NZ, the New Zealand Institute In it we detailed the wider business of Safety Management and industry factors that both supported and leaders the community has steadily grown constrained improved health and safety – with more than 75 practitioners now and productivity, and identified four having completed an initial ‘innovation’ levers to improve the environment in workshop and taken those practices which New Zealand businesses operate back to their respective businesses. that would contribute to lifting productivity and health and safety performance in New Zealand: 1. Systemic and more robust deployment of the HSWA 2. Government as a better, more connected client Francois Barton leading a webinar for the 3. Leveraging the Covid-19 stimulus Community of Safety Innovation with Queensland funding to achieve better productivity, Urban Utilities in September 2020. safety and environmental outcomes on ‘shovel ready’ projects 4. Better integrating how we monitor health, safety and productivity performance beyond simple outcome measures.
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The HIVE platform in action.
At the same time the Forum has been Strengthening relationships working with Future Work Studio to trial with Directors a new shared capacity platform. HIVE Our relationships with stakeholders, connects people with opportunities particularly the Institute of Directors and initiatives within and across (IoD), continues to strengthen. During organisations – enabling us all to tap the Alert Level 4 lockdown in April, in to the talent across New Zealand. and the uncertainty around starting In August 2020 we launched a trial work again in Level 3, the Forum phase of HIVE with seven Forum worked quickly with IoD to develop organisations and believe this could Four key assurance principles for a be a fantastic tool to connect Forum safe-start risk plan. These were quickly organisations in a way like never before. distributed to members in both organisations to support their plans to restart work at varying alert levels.
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What we have done Assess progress to deliver on our promises
Highlights • Benchmarking report – in its eighth year • Strong response to Deloitte survey on mental health • Strategic interviews with our CEOs
Benchmarking report – Strong response to Deloitte in its eighth year survey on mental health This year 75 Forum members were We were delighted to see a strong involved in our annual benchmarking response to our fourth annual Deloitte/ project, down very slightly on the year Forum survey on CEO health and safety before. As in previous years the trend leadership – this year focusing on is showing large increases in near-miss mental health and wellness. reporting which showed a rate of 49.59, 140 people responded, of whom 110 up 68% on the year before. were CEOs or Managing Directors from The Total Recordable Injury Frequency around New Zealand. Of those surveyed, Rates (TRIFR) for employees was 70% of CEOs and Managing Directors recorded at 5.35 – up 66% percent said mental health and wellbeing are on the year prior. always considered when setting This was the first year in which the timeframes; however, only 45% of Forum used a new provider for its health and safety or human resources benchmarking report, and we’re looking executives shared that view. forward to more members coming on The biggest risk to work-life balance was board for the 2020 report. seen as long hours, but few limit work hours or actively manage fatigue. Many leaders are using strategies to support people who are unwell, but fewer are using strategies to prevent harm to mental health and wellbeing, or to promote mental health.
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Strategic interviews with our CEOs We have continued with our rolling one-on-one interviews with CEO members, started in 2019, to assess the Forum’s impact and the health and safety leadership mindsets of members. Thank you to the 21 CEOs who have taken part to date and supported the Forum with new thinking, challenges and ideas. We look forward to continuing more of these interviews in the coming year.
Covering all the bases How leaders are managing mental health and wellbeing in the workplace Health and Safety Leadership Survey November 2019
Key findings of the Deloitte/Forum report into mental health and wellbeing in November 2019.
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Statement of Financial Performance for the year to 30 June 2020
Business Leaders’ Health & Safety Forum Incorporated for the year ended 30 June 2020
2020 2019
Total Revenue $1,235,575 $1,489,888
Total Expenses $1,046,956 $1,235,771
Surplus for the Year $188,619 $254,117
Audited accounts for the 30 June 2020 year (including the audit opinion) are distributed before the AGM and are available to members by emailing [email protected].
Membership The Forum had 370 members at 30 September 2019; this decreased slightly to 365 members at 30 September 2020, which is a 1.35% decrease.
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Our people
Forum Steering Group Our Steering Group is made up of CEOs, Directors and leaders from major organisations around New Zealand. We would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their governance, support, and rich discussions at our quarterly meetings throughout the past 12 months. George Adams Hugh Goddard Independent Director (Chair) General Manager, Pipeline & Civil Sheridan Broadbent Gavin Ion Independent Director (Secretary) CEO, Waikato District Council Toby Beaglehole Mike O’Brien CEO, Connexis (Treasurer) Independent Director Debi Boffa Phil Parkes MD, BP Oil New Zealand CEO, WorkSafe NZ Jono Brent Emma Powell CEO, Connetics Business Customer Service Delivery, ACC Martin Byrne Andrew Priest Independent Director CEO, Ngāi Tahu Farming Gillian Cagney Gordon Shaw CEO, Worley New Zealand Executive Director, VINZ Mike Costelloe Jeremy Sole CEO, Delta Utility Services CEO, The Electrical Training Company Albert de Geest Gretta Stephens CEO, Liquigas CEO, New Zealand & Pacific Islands, Shane Dufaur New Zealand Steel GM, Ballance Agri-Nutrients Warwick Tauwhare-George Marc England CEO, Parininihi ki Waitotara CEO, Genesis Energy Carolyn Tremain Fiona Ewing CEO, Ministry of Business, Innovation National Safety Director, Forest Industry and Employment Safety Council Francois Barton James Fletcher Executive Director, Business Leaders’ Independent Director, Treescape Health and Safety Forum
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