Safety Motivational Speaker Tip – Get their attention first As a safety motivational speaker I was flying home, my connecting flight was through Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. As I went to my gate, I noticed a small group of TSA employees being briefed. There were ten to eighteen people in the group. The leader was talking […]

Safety Motivational Speaker Tip – Secrets of Safety Success – Part Three – How To How to Do It As a safety motivational speaker I have learned many secrets of success from my clients. Here is part three. When President Kennedy said we were going to the moon the people at NASA were thinking, can […]

Safety Motivational Speaker Tip – Secrets of Safety Success – Part Two – Commitment As a safety motivational speaker I have discovered the elements of safety success from my clients over the years. So you have a vision now what? Commitment! That is exactly what President John F. Kennedy did on May 25, 1961 when […]

Shooting for Safety – Safety Speakers Tip I had the privilege of being one of many safety speakers at the Region 6 OSHA VPPPA conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. The topic of one of my classes had to do with how to motivate employees to work safely even when no one is watching. Sitting in […]

Safety Speaker Secrets of Safety Success Part One – Vision I am writing this on the 56th anniversary of Gus Grissom’s sub-orbital flight. Alan Shepard had made the first flight May 5th of 1961 and between the two flights President John F. Kennedy announced to the world that we would land a man on the […]

Persuasion, Sales and Safety I bet you never thought when you became a safety person you would be a salesperson. Safety team members and safety speakers need to understand the importance of sales in what they do. Part of being effective in communicating safety is your approach. Safety speakers have the job of selling people […]

Luck Is Not A Plan – Safety Speaker Insights As a safety speaker, I have the opportunity to hear some great insights by other safety speakers and leaders. One corporate leader speaking before me used the slogan, “Luck is not a plan.” Their insight was very powerful for several reasons. First, they had recently experienced […]

As a safety speaker between trips, I sit looking at my backyard which has been incredibly landscaped by my wife I was thinking that over 400 people or more would not survive Memorial Day or any other holiday weekend. Because I fly so often I am also reminded that people often fear the wrong hazard. […]

Being One of Several Safety Speakers As a professional, I often follow the remarks of other safety speakers before me. Either the plant manager or corporate executive may be making comments to open the meeting. You, also, may be speaking at a safety conference following another speaker. You can take advantage of either of these […]

Secrets to Successful Safety Day Events As a safety motivational speaker, I have attended hundreds of safety day events. I know some of you will be planning quarterly safety meetings, year-end meetings and many of you are planning ahead for safety kickoffs for 2025. I thought I would share some elements I have noticed contribute […]