Organisation Type:
Consultant
Contact details
40 LLlys Sychnant, Conwy, LL32 8RB
Telephone: +44 (0) 7780 606 307
Website: https://www.beecld.co.uk
Associate Member:
Beehive Coaching and Leadership Development
ABOUT
Beehive Coaching and Leadership Development Ltd is an organisational development consultancy that specialises in safety behaviour change. It helps organisations build safer, stronger cultures by developing leaders who take ownership of safety, performance, and people.
Through its flagship brand, b.SAFE Safety Culture, Beehive combines behavioural science & experiential learning to embed lasting cultural change. Its innovative approaches — including reenactments that bring real incidents to life through the i2i (Incident to Insight) methodology — turn workplace challenges into powerful learning opportunities which present a systemic view of incidents, seeking to identify the latent conditions at play that create the conditions for active errors to play out.
For over two decades, Beehive has partnered with organisations across the nuclear, rail and power generation sectors to:
Strengthen safety leadership capability at every level.
Support leaders in making better decisions and taking accountability.
Create environments where people feel safe to learn, speak up, and collaborate.
Develop the skills and vocabulary to build better relationships, fostering understanding and collaboration
What sets Beehive apart is the belief that real change happens when leaders connect head, heart, and habit. Its programmes are designed not only to improve systems but to shift mindsets — helping safety leaders lead with clarity and confidence, going beyond mere compliance to building commitment to safety principles.
As part of the UK Skills Partnership, Beehive is committed to sharing its expertise in safety leadership and culture change, contributing to a nationwide movement of organisations raising standards, improving performance, and keeping people safe.
For over a decade, Beehive Coaching and Leadership Development Ltd, through its b.SAFESafety Culture brand, has designed and delivered innovative reenactment workshops across Europe, delivering in native languages. These workshops bring real incidents to life, enabling leaders and teams to reflect on behaviour, culture, and decision-making, and to embed safety leadership at every level of the organisation.
Beehive’s international track record demonstrates both breadth and depth, with delivery in German, Swedish, Dutch, Hungarian, French, and English across sectors including power generation, engineering, and construction.
Key International Projects
Behavioural Leadership Training – Uniper (Europe)
Delivered 34+ x 2.5-day programmes for site safety leaders across multiple European countries. A four-scene mini-drama illustrated typical challenges, supported by Beehive’s bespoke Five Leadership Habits model (listening, open questions, trustworthiness, feedback, and coaching). Through this we reached over 460 supervisors and leaders, travelling widely to deliver the workshops on site. It was described as ‘the most successful behavioural safety initiative they have ever had’.
Permit to Work Reenactment – Alstom Power Services (Europe)
Facilitated 34 x 1-day workshops for all site personnel, including apprentices, delivering to over 250 people. Alstom Power Services had an issue with violations of the PTW system and wanted a high-impact intervention to reverse that trend. A scenario based on real PTW (Permit to Work) incidents including the contributory factors and relationships that led to it highlighted the critical role of PTW in Alstom’s safety system. The result: a 50% reduction in PTW-related incidents.
“We Got the POWRA” Video – SSE (UK)
Produced a three-scene interactive video reenactment with multiple possible endings. Integrated into a training workshop, it engaged staff in exploring consequences and reinforced correct use of POWRA (Point of Work Risk Assessment).
“Are We Speaking the Same Language?” – Uniper (Germany)
Delivered 1-day reenactment workshops for senior leadership groups. A drama demonstrated how latent leadership behaviours at the top can influence active errors on site, using the concept of “moments of truth.”
“We All Have a Part to Play” – Uniper (France)
Delivered in French, this half-day workshop used a mini-drama based on a real incident. It illustrated the Swiss Cheese Model, emphasising defence in depth and the shared responsibility of every employee for safety.
Lasting Impact
Across these projects, Beehive’s reenactment approach has:
- Enabled delivery in native languages, ensuring authenticity and cultural relevance. We understand that translation is an art not a science, and that machine translation does not provide the technical, professional and cultural subtleties that are required to convey meaning effectively.
- Created space for honest conversations about leadership, responsibility, and human factors. All our workshops enable discussion which gives room for cultural differences and sensitivities to be explored in relation to safety.
- Delivered measurable outcomes, including significant reductions in incident rates. For example, this includes a 50% reduction in incidents relating to permits to Work for one client. However, what we focus on are leading measures. As one participant described it ‘ by next year we may have saved a life but we won’t know.
- Provided organisations with scalable frameworks for embedding learning into culture.
Beehive continues to expand its international activity, supporting organisations to transform incidents into insights — and insights into safer, stronger workplaces.
Beehive Coaching and Leadership Development Ltd brings real events to life in the training room through its b.SAFE ‘Incident to Insight’ (i2i) reenactment workshops. Using bespoke scripts from its in house writers based on real incidents, the mini dramas are delivered on-site by professional actors, providing a fully immersive experience. This adds novelty to even the most familiar topics, making them memorable and leading to lasting change. The workshops combine the reenactment with skills training providing the participants with an opportunity to ‘change the ending’ – to direct the actors or even act themselves to avert the crisis. This engagement leads to changing attitudes, enabling organisations to move beyond compliance and embed a culture of commitment to safety leadership.
Based on the principle of ‘Change the conversation change the culture’, i2i reenactments recreate the critical moments, conversations and relationships of an incident including the days and weeks beforehand, highlighting the behavioural, cultural, and leadership factors at play. By engaging participants emotionally as well as intellectually, these workshops transform the way organisations understand safety — shifting the focus from blame to insight, and from systems alone to relationships, contractor management, leadership behaviours and decision-making.
Beehive has delivered i2i reenactments internationally, working with major organisations in Sweden, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, and the UK. Importantly, sessions have been facilitated in native languages, ensuring authenticity, cultural sensitivity, and maximum impact. Across these countries, participants consistently report that the workshops open eyes, spark honest dialogue, and accelerate cultural change more effectively than traditional training or investigation processes.
At the heart of Beehive’s approach is the belief that real change happens when leaders connect head, heart, and habit. By combining behavioural science, coaching, and experiential learning, the i2i methodology equips organisations to:
- Strengthen safety leadership capability at every level.
- Build cultures of openness, reflection, and accountability.
- Embed sustainable change through insight-led action.
As part of the UK Skills Partnership, Beehive brings proven expertise in safety leadership, cultural transformation, and experiential learning methods. Its international track record demonstrates that while cultures may vary, the human factors behind safety are universal — and when leaders are given the tools to learn from incidents, safer and stronger workplaces follow.
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