December 01, 2011 Safety Speaker John Drebinger’s Weekly Newsletter In this week’s newsletter: – Safety and the Holidays – An update on my future speaking schedule – save money and have me at your site when I am in your area – Website update information Safety and the Holidays I hope you survived “Black Friday” […]

Leadership Support For Safety – Tuesday, November 22nd Is Your Leadership Prepared to Support Your Safety Efforts? In my talk, “Would You Watch Out For My Safety,” I point out how we have told people for years, “Be your brother’s keeper.” Yet, we don’t teach them how. In many ways, we do the same to […]

Thanksgiving and Safety Tuesday, November 15th Thanksgiving for Safety Performance In January, we celebrate the safety successes of the previous year and commit to a better year ahead. Next week, we celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States. This week will be a great opportunity to remind people to give thanks for the safety performance we […]

#10 Food – Thursday, November 10th I have noticed that many of the most successful safety meetings and kickoffs include food as part of the event. Conversely, I have seen people take a negative view to a meeting when they arrived and there was no food or beverage. I suspect that had to do with […]

Ten Elements of Creating an Effective Safety Kickoff #9 Scheduling – Tuesday, November 8th When Is The Best Time To Hold A Safety Kickoff? Simple, any time all your people can attend. Now, I know logistically that is a challenge for some of you. Because of your operations, it is impractical to get everyone together […]

#8 Creativity –  Thursday, November 3rd A great safety kickoff comes from the creativity of you and your team. This is another area where you also increase your participation by involving others. In my blog http://www.drebinger.com/?page_id=690 I did a series of suggestions of how to add something unique to your safety meeting. Some thoughts on […]

#7  Logistics – Tuesday, November 1st Announce logistical details during the first morning.  Emergency information, exits, restrooms, food, or anything else pertinent to your kickoff. Cell Phones & Pagers There are creative ways of asking people to turn off cell phones, such as theatre announcements using old movie cuts, jokes, skits, etc. Then announce to […]

#6   Employee Participation / Involvement – Thursday, October 27th Participation may take many roles. There are those who help with the planning and execution of the kickoff. There are those who need to help only the day of the presentation. The list goes on. If you want to have one of the best kickoffs ever, […]

#5   Safety Kickoff Content – Tuesday, October 25th A successful safety kickoff has many elements. The one most people think about is the content of the meeting and they forget the importance of the other elements. Once again, ask yourself does your content contribute to the outcome for which you are looking? Content at a […]

Ten Elements of Creating an Effective Safety Kickoff #4 Relevancy – Thursday, October 20th Have you ever been in an audience and wondered why you had been asked to be there? Nothing seemed to relate to what you do or how you do it. The problem was that no one had considered how relevant the […]