Motivational Safety Speakers Insight – Words Matter – Not Knowing vs. Not Caring

Motivational Safety Speakers Insight – Words Matter – Not Knowing vs. Not Caring

You know what you mean when you write or say something. The question is does your audience or reader understand the same meaning you are trying to convey? Motivational safety speakers who want to get results must use the best word or words to persuade their audience.

One advantage of in-person or phone conversations is you receive feedback. When in-person, you might notice a facial expression or their tone of voice might give you a hint you may not have otherwise understood. On the phone, you can listen to their voice intonation. You can re-state what you meant or ask a question to clarify if they received the same meaning you intended. When you are speaking to a group you can sometimes sense confusion or someone might ask a question to define something they didn’t understand. This is one advantage motivational safety speakers have is they get feedback from their audience as they speak.

Caring for others can mean different definitions to people. What do people mean when they say they care? For many, it is only an emotional state of mind and for others it involves action. For example, when you see a homeless person on the street you may care about this person but you don’t do anything because you don’t know what to do. Should you give them money? They might spend it on something that would make their situation worse. Should you get them some food? Maybe that would be insulting to them. You find yourself several miles down the road wishing you knew what to do. The end result was you did nothing. Did you not care?

One way you can be sure your meaning is conveyed to your audience is to use combinations of words or examples, which make your meaning precise.

My friend, Scott Geller, explains his meaning for caring by adding a modifying word, “actively.” He makes it clear caring emotionally is not enough and you need to act on your caring (the theme of his upcoming book). As he says, “You must actively care.”

There is a statement in the New Testament (James 2:17) “Faith without works is dead.” It might be said caring without action is meaningless. Caring without follow through is only an empty emotional feeling. If we care enough we do what it takes to act. If we don’t know how, we do what it takes to find out.

Managers who truly care about the safety of their workers actively participate in safety meetings. They support their safety teams with the budget, the people, and the time necessary to make safety happen. They understand safety is a value and you must never become complacent.

Be sure people understand your words and therefore understand your message. In the case of caring, make sure they know caring is actively caring. When they do they will take actions to prevent injuries to themselves and others.

To learn more on how to get your employees to take action call Diane Weiss at 209-745-9419 or email, diane@drebinger.com She can bring the best of safety motivational speakers, John Drebinger to your site.

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