Dean Taggart

Background

About Dean Taggart

A professional engineer and collaborative leader with 28 years of experience, I have been involved in a variety of roles. Friends and colleagues would describe me in the following way:• Strong service attitude and belief in customer satisfaction• Ability to apply technology and innovate creative solutions to solve problems• Takes ownership of problems or new challenges, relentless in resolving them• Incredibly passionate about building relationships and improving team performance, using mentoring and coaching techniques, and a great listenerI have several years of experience managing large engineering teams as well as managing multi-million dollar projects. These engineering and project tasks have led me to conventional oil and gas production and refining, oil sands, offshore, and chemicals. I take pride in seeing the big picture and striving for continuous improvement, always looking to strengthen processes.I have a mentoring and coaching approach to team-building, using tools like StrengthsFinder, Lominger, and DISC to hire and develop individuals and improve teams. Great satisfaction comes from helping others develop their careers and truly shine. Goal Setting: Excel at long and short term planning, using vertical and horizontal alignment in setting SMART goals to achieve objectives Career Development: Relationship building, Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose drive my philosophy for empowering and developing teams Self-Awareness: my "hobby" includes understanding the underlying behavior, strengths, and values that drive us, and how to apply those in daily life Brainstorming and Facilitation: Learned from PHA facilitation, I have applied this skill to a wide range of problem solving, brainstorming and workshop activities Process Safety: Expert in technical safety (process safety, functional safety, and loss prevention) and Process Safety Management Risk: Expert in Risk Management (operational integrity, business and project risks) as well as in Management of Change, which is all about managing risks associated with change Project Management and Execution: Developed PMO and Project Execution processes that have been used on a global stage Organization: my strengths include the ability to interpret data and information, and the ability to arrange optimal solutions (right people on the right tasks at the right time) Training: strong trainer, mentor, coach