Yup... I'm totally on board with Alan Boswell.
Health & Safety is ALL about the people, so if we intentionally distance ourselves from the organisation to any degree, then we are also intentionally distancing ourselves from any hope of genuine inclusion and/or collaboration.

I have experienced significant HSE successes in the Oil & Gas, Forestry and Timber Re-Manufacturing sectors by working consistently to create a cohesive 'team' environment where Respect, Trust and Loyalty are the cornerstones of team cohesion, leadership and H&S success.
It's not about being friends, it's about having integrity, skill, experience and the ability to stand your ground for the difficult conversations when you know you should.

Having worked in Aviation, Off-Shore, and later as a warranted Workplace Accident Investigator for the Regulator over more than three decades, I can assure the forum from first-hand experience that robust Health & Safety cultures are built from the inside, so anyone who seeks to do otherwise with only ever 'scratch the paint' at best. And in doing so they will forever deny themselves any real chance to understand what is 'really going on' in their workplace.

It's what's underneath (i.e. Work as Done V's Work as Imagined) that we need to identify, understand and expose, and the only way that will happen is when HSE Practitioners are considered and accepted as an integral part of the team.
He Tangata, He Tangata, He Tangata.