The railway business environment in Europe is changing rapidly. To respond to this changing world, railway companies need to strengthen their risk-based approaches to safety management. æHowever, this alone is not sufficient – companies need to have sufficient competence of senior staff to be able to effectively lead and manage safety. æThis introduces greater safety leadership and management competency requirements for many senior staff. æHow do you make the business case for the competency development, and then actually delivery it? This paper will examine how to win the business case for developing competence and then deliver the competency development.
