Safety Speaker Insight – What Shadow Are You Casting?

Safety Speaker John Drebinger Asks, “What Shadow are You Casting?”

As a safety speaker let me share with you a safety discussion you should have with your experienced workers, actually, everybody.

What shadow are you casting? What example for your family, friends, fellow leaders and fellow employees are you? Your shadow is the impression you show people by the actions you take. If you say one thing and do another your shadow will give you away. As a safety speaker I understand the importance of the shadow you cast.

Of course, this applies to all areas of your life but today we will focus on safety. First, think about the shadow you want to cast and then be sure your actions will create such a shadow.

Do you want to be the example of safety excellence, which if people follow will bring them home safe everyday? Or, would you want to be the example, when followed leads to someone being injured.

Whether you can get away with less than the safest actions isn’t the issue. It’s, can those watching you be safe when following you as their mentor.

You may never have considered yourself as someone’s mentor however I assure you that you are. Your children and friends see how you drive and that tells them what you expect out of them. I have had many mentors in my career. My formal mentors I have met with and studied their techniques. There are also many mentors who have influenced me as my teachers, scout and church leaders. In addition, there are all the outstanding speakers I have watched at the National Speakers Association.

A good question to ask yourself is who mentored you? There will be some of the ones I have already mentioned. You can probably think of people who you worked with who set the example of how the job should be done. I suspect you could tell me of people in your life who have made a major impact and who aren’t even aware. When you think of your mentors it is often easier to understand you are probably a mentor to many people whether they have told you or not. As a safety speaker many of you are my mentors as I learned safety from you.

You have a major impact on your fellow workers. What example are you setting for them? To this day, I make decisions in working with others from the skills I learned from my first supervisor as a professional in the Boy Scouts. Dan Gasparo displayed a passion for serving youth with Scouting. Just watching him as a leader in the business helped me improve my skills in working with people. I consider myself blessed to have learned from him and so many others.

How many people feel blessed or lucky they had you as an example to follow? Decide today to be the best safety mentor you can be. Be sure the shadow you cast is one of which you will be proud.

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Until next week,
I’ll be, “Watching Out For Everyone’s Safety™”
Safety Speaker John Drebinger
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