Learning & Development Courses
When was the last time training led to visible changes in how your people think, work, and interact? Many development programmes focus on meeting requirements. But the true value of any training investment is realised when it leads to stronger performance and a safer, more positive work culture.
We design courses with that goal in mind. Our approach turns learning into practical, lasting improvements in daily work. Done strategically, development improves operational reliability, inspection and audit results, and talent retention.
Closing the Gap Between Attendance and Application
Stakeholders expect demonstrable leadership and safety culture, not merely certificates of attendance. This makes effective development more important than ever.
However, the reality presents significant challenges: training fatigue, stretched crew members, and scepticism among senior personnel. Moreover, too many training programmes meet requirements on paper without changing behaviour in practice.
This is why we design our courses and training programmes to:
- Be experienced as worthwhile, far from an administrative burden
- Engage all levels, from new joiners to the most experienced officers and superintendents
- Drive visible behavioural changes that justify the investment in development
- Give you confidence when walking auditors through your learning and development strategy
Our Course Solutions for Your Learning & Development Needs
Flagship Programme
The Maritime Leadership Programme
Our comprehensive leadership development path
Maritime Leadership I: Understanding Your Leadership Role
Leading people
- Leadership mindset
- Key elements of leadership
- Leadership ladder
- Leadership styles
Knowing yourself I
- Johari window
- Self and role-awareness
Maritime Leadership II: Communicating Effectively
Overcoming communication barriers
- Communication barriers
- Communicating across cultures
Communicating the message
- Questioning techniques
- Active listening
- Giving clear instructions
Giving feedback
- Appreciative feedback
- Corrective feedback
Maritime Leadership III: Building Your Team
Understanding cultures
- Cultural awareness and bias
Caring for people’s well-being
- Harassment and bullying
- Stress and fatigue management
- Mental health awareness
Leading teams
- CIA interpersonal needs
- UPI team leadership
Maritime Leadership IV: Getting Things Done
Handling difficult situations
- Conflict management
- Appropriate assertiveness
- Management of change
- Just culture
- Social media awareness
Making decisions
- Decision-making techniques
Maritime Leadership V: Developing Your Team
Appraising performance
- Performance appraisal
- SMART goals
- GROW coaching
Knowing yourself II
- Personal profile analysis
- Human job analysis
Flexible Modules
Leadership
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Develop performance-driving leaders
- Leadership mindset
- Key elements of leadership
- Leadership theories and concepts
- Leadership styles
- Self- and role-awareness
- Personal profiling
- Team building, development, and dynamics
- Psychological safety
- Decision-making
- Collaborative leadership
Soft Skills and Communication
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Strengthen communication, feedback, and assertiveness so your crew speak up, collaborate, and act early
- Active listening
- Questioning techniques
- Giving clear instructions
- Team communication
- Encouraging crew to speak up
- Appreciative feedback
- Corrective feedback
- Appropriate assertiveness
- Objection management
- Conflict handling
- Crisis management
Behaviour-Based Safety
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Build a proactive and resilient safety culture
- Safety behaviours
- Broken windows theory
- Office staff as safety culture carriers
- Risk management process
- Situational awareness and understanding
- Hazard identification
- Risk assessment practices
- Controlling hazards
- Toolbox talk
- Stopping unsafe acts
- Restoring the worksite
- Work debrief
Health and Well-Being
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Address mental, emotional, and interpersonal challenges
- Mental health awareness
- Harassment and bullying
- Fatigue management
- Stress management
- Diversity, inclusion, and belonging
Performance Assessment and Management
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Equip leaders to coach, assess, and develop people consistently and fairly
- GROW coaching
- Mentoring
- Performance appraisal
- Performance feedback
- Train-the-trainer
- Social media awareness
Cultural Awareness
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Build understanding across nationalities and backgrounds to improve teamwork
- Culture: its meaning and layers
- Cultural differences and bias
- Cultural (self) awareness
- Cross-cultural understanding and communication
- Country-specific cultural profiles (e.g., Filipino culture)
Maritime Legislation – Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) Courses
- Safety and health (§ 16)
- Danish maritime legislation for foreign senior officers except masters
- Danish maritime legislation for foreign masters
Tailor-Made Courses and Presentations
In addition to our established courses, we design bespoke training programmes tailored to your specific challenges and goals. We also deliver presentations and workshops for conferences, seminars, and forums.
How We Work – and Why Companies Choose Us
What Our Clients Say
Safety as a Lived Mindset and Shared Set of Values
“Green-Jakobsen manages to make complex topics such as safety and leadership development concrete and meaningful – both for employees on land and crew at sea. They provide us with tools, training, and sparring that embrace the entire organisation and make it possible to work with safety as a mindset and a shared set of values.
At the same time, they are innovative and at the forefront of trends in the industry. They bring new ideas into play when they add real value. For me, Green-Jakobsen is the partner who ensures respect, knowledge, and a strong culture on board, even in a demanding and risky work environment.”
Allan Dan Jensen, Vice President, Head of Marine HR, TORM
Go-To Experts with Practical and Sensible Solutions
“I have worked in partnership with Green-Jakobsen over quite a long time for some different ship management projects. I think they are the best in this sector and the go-to experts for any ship management issues related to safety behaviour or safety culture.
They have a great deal of experience in these subjects and bring a unique insight when trying to understand complex challenges. They can provide practical and sensible solutions that are understood at all levels of organisations and can be successfully implemented.”
Mark Rawson, Former HSQE Director, MOL and Oldendorff
Aligned with TMSA
“For BW, when we respond to our oil majors about how we are offering leadership courses in compliance with TMSA and Element 14, the BW Visible Leadership course plays a very important role in answering the question: ‘How does BW comply?’
One of our oil majors did a limited TMSA audit focusing on human factors and Element 14, and was very happy to see what we are doing regarding leadership courses. The collaboration with Green-Jakobsen brings us to the forefront in implementing leadership courses for our seafarers. I believe this BW Visible Leadership course brings a lot of value to BW LNG to show compliance with TMSA Element 14”.
Bradley Pereira, Head of Crewing and General Manager, BW LNG
What Our Participants Say
Improved Leadership and Safety Culture
“The course was very good and very helpful for improving our safety culture. Our understanding of human behaviours nationality-wise has improved. It’s the first time that I saw all senior officers discuss issues openly with junior officers. It’s a very good experience.”
“Now, there is more talking in our toolbox talks. Even the ratings are involved. Before, only the officers talked.”
Engaging Facilitation
“Let’s say I was prepared to have another waste-of-time course. To my surprise, I participated in one of the best courses I have ever had. The topic was so relevant and useful, and the presentation skill of the instructor was extraordinary. He made us proactive from the beginning so much that I was enjoying the entire course. Thumbs up!”
– Technical Superintendent
Well-Structured, Easy-to-Understand, Interactive, and Practical Content
“The content was well-structured, engaging, and provided real-world examples, which made it easy to understand. The interactive elements and exercises are helpful in reinforcing key concepts. Overall, the course has improved my awareness and confidence in promoting a strong safety culture.”
Relevant to the Job
“The course is very relevant to the current shipping situation, as now, the pressure is getting high due to commercial and work demands. It will help a lot for us as officers on how to be more controlled in handling people so we can promote harmony and the safety culture on board.”
Let’s discuss how we can help you develop performance-driving leaders, engaged personnel, and an organisation people choose to stay in because they feel supported and confident to perform.