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Shift Managers Leadership Development and Safety Culture training seminar at Novovoronezh NPP

Shift Managers Leadership Development and Safety Culture training seminar at Novovoronezh NPP
On October 20 – 25, 2024 the International Shift Managers Leadership Development and Safety Culture training seminar, organized by Novovoronezh NPP and WANO Moscow Centre was held in Novovoronezh, Russia.

30 Representatives of Armenia, Belarus, China and Russia from 10 Nuclear Power Plants (Armenian NPP, Belarusian NPP, Tianwan NPP, Beloyarsk NPP, Kalinin NPP, Kola NPP, Novovoronezh NPP, Rostov NPP, Smolensk NPP, and Floating Nuclear Power Plant) participated in the seminar. The average work experience of participants in nuclear sector is 17.6 work-years, ranging between 1 years and 44 years of working in the nuclear industry.

In his welcoming speech, Novovoronezh NPP Deputy Chief Engineer for personnel training Vladimir Potanin noted the importance of collaborative work with WANO in organization and delivery of the training program dedicated to the topic "Nuclear Leadership and Safety Culture" for the plant personnel. WANO Moscow Centre IL&D program manager Sergey Loktionov presented WANO new programs and tools for improvement of NPP performance such as “Enhanced performance monitoring”, “Organizational diagnostics” implemented within the initiative “Action for Excellence”.

The seminar instructors Sergey Loktionov, Vadim Tarykin, Anna Tatarinova, Oleg Bezruchko and seminar coordinator Dr. Alexey Soldatov presented WANO leadership philosophy, new WANO leadership principles, guidelines and best practices and deliver training on the following topics:
• Nuclear Industry – Leader and Leadership.
• The Role of Leadership in ensuring the safe operation of the NPP.
• Operation Fundamentals
• Emergency preparedness.
• Nuclear Safety Culture.
• Complex and multidisciplinary role of Shift Managers in NPP safe and reliable operation.
• Personal Styles.
• Inspirational Leadership.
• Leadership Traits.
• Human Performance.
• Observation and Coaching.
• Shaping Behaviors, Positive Reinforcement & Coaching.
• Plant Performance Cycle: Decline and Recovery.
• Time Management.
• WANO Documents for Leadership Development.

The participants highly appreciated delivered seminar, pointed out actuality and applicability of all seminar’s topics to all activities at Russian, Belorussian Armenian and Chinese Nuclear Power Plants. Participants also discussed actual leadership challenges and the progress of WANO Leadership concepts implementation at Moscow Centre Members such as JSC “Rosenergoatom”, Belarus NPP, Armenia NPP and Tianwan NPP (JNPC, China).

The participants of the seminar noted the importance of personal (face-to-face) communication for sharing the information; work experience and leadership skills between shift supervisors representing different Russian and foreign NPPs. Participants suggested holding seminars and workshops for Shift Supervisors on a regular basis in order to share experience and good practices.

In accordance with the WANO “Train-Trainers” Philosophy, all training materials (Lecture slides, practical training exercises, test questions and answer keys) and training methodology were presented to Novovoronezh NPP for continuous leadership training of the personnel.

News in the "Press about us section":
https://new.wanomc.ru/en/publications/2879/
Author: Dr. Alexey I. Soldatov