As an international safety speaker, I often remind audiences more injuries occur off the job than at work. With all the focus we place on workplace safety, I think most people must not be aware of this fact. For many of my clients, their safety record is so good the safest part of their employees’ […]

Success Breeds Complacency As a safety speaker I have discovered in the field of safety, it is ironic that the better your safety performance the more likely people will become complacent. Employees can become complacent and let their guard down. Management can become complacent and believe, “We are now a safe workplace.” As you know, […]

A Powerful Hearing Protection Illustration You Can Use Writing today in Paris on my way to Helsinki for the 21st Nordic Research Safety Conference, where I am giving a keynote address. As an international safety speaker, I would like to provide you a powerful safety presentation you can use. (Because this issue has an embedded […]

Preparing For A Successful 2016 Safety Kickoff Safety kickoffs can have a significant effect on how your employees approach safety. They can set the tone, inspire, motivate and educate your entire workforce to achieve better safety performance. Before you know it, January 2016 will be here and you will be celebrating your safety success of […]

Safety People Are A Special Breed One of the fun parts of being an international safety speaker is the opportunity to travel and meet friends, fellow safety speakers, associates and you at safety conferences. This June safety professionals and team members gathered in Dallas for the annual American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development Conference. […]

Do People Care? As an international safety speaker, I would say, “Absolutely, yes.” In one of my presentations, I ask the question, “What is the opposite of love?” One of the most common answers is, “Hate.” While that is not wrong; I think the real opposite of love is “apathy”. If love is caring about […]

Safety Speaker John’s Tips – Sharing Safety Stories With Your Friends As an international safety speaker, I have the privilege of sharing safety stories with people all around the world. In my presentation, “Safety For Effective Leaders”, I point out people know what is important to you in life by what they hear you talk […]

Safety Speaker Asks, How Powerful Is Your Reason To Work Safely? One of the great pleasures of my career as an international safety speaker, is being able to share with you ways my clients are improving their safety performance. A few weeks ago, I shared with you the best safety briefing I had ever seen with […]

Safety Speaker Insight – Skill vs. Habit As an international safety speaker I sit in on many safety sessions. Over and over I have heard safety speakers say safety needs to be a habit? I think people who are great at something display more than outstanding habits; they demonstrate outstanding skill. It is easy to […]

The best safety speakers need to know how to have fun with serious subjects. As an international safety speaker I fly thousands of miles every year. Like you, I hear over and over again the same safety announcement. It is so boring that no one listens.  That is unfortunate since the subject is serious and […]