San Diego Chapter Breakfast – May 14, 2019

Topic:  Coaching and Mentoring the Safety Professional

Mentorship in Professional Safety: Essential Thoughts on the Mentor & Value to the Mentee

Mentorship in business is both an essential activity and unique skill serving as a powerful asset in the world of safety professionals. Critical to the development of aspiring, new or experienced safety professionals, mentorship, as will be highlighted, does not reside solely in the purview of managers and supervisors. Mentorship, that at its core, assists the safety professional in entering the field, achieving technical, operational and business growth and ultimately in becoming leaders is embedded in the model and discussion. Dan will review with us thoughts on a 4 Quadrant Mentorship Model, its connection to safety as well as the important roles of both the mentor and mentee.

About the Speaker – Dan Hopwood – CSP, SMS, ARM

Mr. Hopwood is a very well-known insurance industry professional with over four decades of insurance and risk management experience.  His experience includes years with Zenith Insurance in top level management and advisory roles.  He has also served as the San Diego ASSP Chapter President and Region 1 ASSP Regional Vice President.

Dan has spent countless hours coaching and mentoring general industry, construction, and other safety and risk management professionals and his wisdom and innate ability to positively influence others is well know in the safety community.