For over three decades, Nicole Thunich has led safety initiatives across industries, transforming safety from a compliance checkbox into a driver of performance and productivity. In this session, she shares a clear, experience-tested playbook for diagnosing culture at the front line, turning leadership commitments into real behavioral change, and proving ROI through measurable outcomes. Nicole doesn’t mince words, she breaks down what truly works, what’s just noise, and how emerging leaders can earn trust fast.

What You’ll Learn

  • From Perception to Action: How to run a culture perception survey and turn the findings into a practical roadmap for change.
  • Making Safety Real: Why safety must be a core value—not just a slogan—and proven strategies to close the gap between boardroom intent and frontline reality.
  • Visible Leadership in Action: A simple, structured leader visibility program that delivered measurable results within two years.
  • Quick Wins That Build Credibility: How to identify low-effort, high-impact fixes that earn early trust and momentum.
  • Metrics That Move the Needle: The leading indicators that matter most—and why relying on lagging metrics alone keeps organizations stuck.
  • Tech Meets Human Connection: Where tools like telematics, machine vision, and AI can accelerate progress—and why human relationships remain the ultimate deciding factor.
  • Strategic Influence: How to “pick battles to win the war,” use influence without formal authority, and build allies across HR, Operations, Finance, and Legal.
  • Career Growth for Safety Leaders: Practical networking tactics, finding mentors beyond the safety function, and how to “fail forward” to accelerate your impact.