Safety governance seems like a straightforward concept. Yes, we have committees, we involve people from different levels, they meet regularly and talk about safety. However, when observing these committee’s in action, there is a tendency towards a “check the box” approach. No meaningful improvement results from the time and effort spent together. This presentation will make the connections between structure, critical team behaviors and meaningful actions that will drive long term safety continuous improvement. These highlight the “what” of governance. The secret sauce is the “how” of governance. How an organization builds culture, engagement and vision into their governance. This presentation provides insights and best practices that drive world class governance. Using governance to build a workforce of engaged safety champions has additional benefits. The first improvement is in safety, but the ability to move the lessons learned to other performance measures is just as important.