"It’s difficult to judge the benefits of something like a Management Development course when you are in the middle of it, and only when you go away from it and get on with the working day are you able to determine its worth.........so, I just wanted to, again, say thanks to you both for helping me develop. It meant something to me and you’ve made a difference. I believe I am a better manager than I was before. I’m less stressed, more in control and believe I have a genuine understanding of who my staff are and what they want from their time with our company."
We chose the name 'Beehive' because we think it's a great metaphor for a buzzing, creative, productive organisation. It's how we see ourselves and it's what we work towards with our clients. As a 'boutique' organisational development consultancy with a passion for what we do, our aim is to help you get the most from and give the most to your most valuable resource in your organisation – your workforce. We do this by helping you:
b.SAFE is Beehive's safety culture brand. We are at the cutting edge of behavioural safety research, having a partnered with Bangor University's Psychology Department and Paul Carter, neuro-psychologist, to explore new areas of behavioural safety, in particular the key interpersonal factors that most impact on safety behaviour. The work we do is appreciated by our clients:
'This is a cutting edge company for behavioural safety way ahead of their rivals. I should know I worked with them when developing our company behaviour programme. Achieved amazing results. Just ask our clients 😀', Mick Edwards, EHS Manager at GE
The D2iP is an NSAN endorsed programme. This is a quality standard given to high quality training provided to the nuclear industry for which there is no industry standard.
Beehive is an employer-nominated approved provider for the National Skills Academy Nuclear, specialising in individual and organisational behaviour change.
There is now growing recognition of the contribution to safety culture of non-technical training such as the development of coaching, mentoring, leadership and management skills – areas where Beehive excels. Beehive is involved in the development of Human Performance capacity in the nuclear sector at a time when recent significant research and analysis of accidents has highlighted the need to focus on the Human Performance aspects of organisational arrangements within the nuclear industry to enhance the development of High Reliability Organisations (HROs). Regulatory authorities now increasingly require employers to provide a clear demonstration of organisational competence in the area of Human Performance and that’s where we can help your organisation.
Expected to be published in the first half of 2018, ISO 45001 is the new international safety standard that will replace the current OHSAS 18001. The new standard is designed to change the position of EHS from one of being ‘bolted on’ to the business to it being ‘built-in’ to organisational systems. This shift in focus represents a real opportunity for cultural change.
A look at some of the key differences between the two standards might help to explain why. ISO 45001 includes:
Applying changes in the strategy, structure, and/or processes of an entire system, such as an organisation, a single plant of a multi-plant firm, a department or work group, or individual role or job.
Improving organisational effectiveness by helping members of the organisation to gain the skills and knowledge necessary to solve problems by involving them in the change process, and by promoting high performance including financial returns, high quality products and services, high productivity, continuous improvement and a high quality of working life.
As an OD consultancy Beehive is perfectly placed to help organisations make the changes to mindsets, skills and tools needed to transition to ISO 45001. If you have certification to OHSAS 18001 you will have a window of three years to migrate to ISO 45001 to maintain the validity of certification (see
We wanted to maintain the integrity of the level 5 accreditation with its focus on skills development and organisational context, but replacing the usual organisational models with those from behavioural modification, safety culture and human performance to make the programme context specific. After consultation Beehive was given permission to design and market the programme.
We are the only organisation offering this particular combination of accreditation, skills development and context-specific content.
The programme is five days in length, comprising three taught modules with guided learning and practical workplace activities in between. Accreditation is achieved through the submission of assignments and the completion of 12 hrs of documented workplace coaching or mentoring.
Beehive – putting the ‘buzz’ into business!
because we think it's a great metaphor for a buzzing, creative, productive organisation – just what we are. Our aim is to help you get the most from the most valuable resource in your organisation – your workforce – and to apply the principles of sustainability to organisational learning, behavioural safety and safety culture. This requires two things:
We're passionate about coaching and mentoring – they are the underpinning methodologies behind our sustainable learning approach....
Beehive is a values-led organisation, committed to providing a consistently high level of quality of service to its clients, the community and the environment. We are proud to be:
An Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Approved Centre, able to provide accredited organisational post-graduate certificate and diploma programmes at levels 3, 5 and 7
An ISO 9001, 14001, 18001, 24001 accredited company
An employer-nominated approved provider for the National Skills Academy Nuclear (NSAN), able to gain NSAN endorsement for development programmes
Supporters of local business, using suppliers from the local area wherever possible