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Scott Ellis CMIOSH, group health and safety manager at Eric Wright and vice-chair of IOSH’s Merseyside branch, says keeping his CPD up-to-date has become “a habit”.

Shermin Shali Tech IOSH is occupational health, safety and environment (OHSE) manager at Tebodin in the Middle East (UAE). She says CPD has played a crucial role in progressing her career to date.

As a safety professional, like any professional, I need to keep my skills and knowledge up to date and aligned to current regulations, understanding, and better practices to ensure I give correct, accurate, relevant, and timely advice to my employer regarding safety matters.

Johnson has a small team of direct reports and very definite ideas about how to manage them.

Leadership insight: Emily Ramsay, head of safety, health and environment at the Forestry Commission

First and foremost, we all suffer from interview nerves, there is nothing wrong with this. It demonstrates that you are passionate about the role you’re going for and care about the outcome of the interview.

Cormac Gilligan admits that one of the most important qualities he’s had to develop to be an effective leader is his “soft skills”.

The new postcards that IOSH introduced last year to help members with logging their CPD have been a great help for me.

Dr Sayeed Khan says that good leaders are made through a combination of nature and nurture.

Bill Gunnyeon has spent most of his career in senior management posts and says that setting a clear direction is critical.

Good talent management as key to successful safety leadership at any time

Fell says that the most important characteristic of a safety and health leader is to have a lot of empathy for people who do the job.

Moving to a leadership post in a global company was the biggest challenge Dolan has faced professionally.

What are competency-based interview questions and how should I prepare for them?