Newsletter Daily Safety Ideas and Thoughts – Safety Speaker John Drebinger
Greetings Safety, Health and Fitness Fans!
In this week’s newsletter:
* Daily Safety Ideas and Thoughts
* An update on my future speaking schedule (Now is the time to bring me back to your site with my new lighter look)
* John’s Fitness Update
Daily Safety Ideas and Thoughts – John’s Blog
Many of you have asked me for more daily thoughts on safety you can discuss with your employees or your safety teams. The challenge is if I sent out a daily newsletter it would just clutter up your inbox.
The solution is to go to my website http://drebinger.com/blog/category/johns-blog/
Every day, even weekends, I will post a new paragraph or two about some safety topic I have been thinking about or have heard in my travels speaking around the world.
Below is a sample of my most recent posts to the blog. Also, very soon, it will have a feature where you can add comments, which will help the entire community of people I work with over the year. A few logistical notes: The blog postings show the most recent at the top and continue down to previous date’s postings. If you would like to quote or use the material, please feel free to do so as long as you give my name, phone number and website. Such as, John Drebinger, 209-745-9419, www.drebinger.com
January 31, 2011
Are you a leader in your organization? Last week, I heard a plant manager comment at their safety meeting that there are two types of safety leaders – safety leaders by position and safety leaders by choice. Which one are you? If you have a title of leadership because of your job, you are a safety leader by position. It is critically important to realize that leaders set the bar when it comes to values and safety is a value. When you value safety as a leader, you make choices and decisions that are supported by or display that value.
Also, if you are a leader by position, you need to realize that you are the key person responsible for the safety of your employees. If you don’t decide to take this responsibility and ensure the safety of your workplace, you risk finding out after an injury that you could have made a difference and prevented that injury. Great leaders are proactive and make sure everyone from the first-line supervisor on up has safety as one of their core values.
January 27, 2011
How often do you think about safety? How often do you talk about it with your children? Look for opportunities every day to share safety with those you love. Just today, I was riding my bike and saw two adults riding with their children. Both children were wearing their bike helmets, as it is a law in California that if you are under 18 you must wear a helmet. Unfortunately, the parents were sending a mixed message by not wearing helmets themselves. They were clearly making the statement that they were willing to follow the law yet they did not really believe in the importance of wearing a helmet. If you saw something similar to this it would give you the opportunity to talk to your children about how important safety is and why. I told my daughter about it and let her know I appreciated how safe she was with her children and she took her own safety seriously, also. Look every day for opportunities to share safety with those you love. And if you are in corporate safety, let your employees know the value of doing this also.
January 26, 2011
How do you show you care about the safety of others? As I mentioned yesterday, I was the safety speaker at a safety meeting in Indiana. Before I left the meeting, several people wished me the typical, “Have a safe trip home.” Several others admonished me to be careful in the snow. I thanked them and went on my way. I know these were not mere words because of something someone did about 4 hours later. It was then that I received a call from the person who had selected me to be the safety speaker for the meeting. He wanted to make sure I made it to the airport safely. That phone call tells me he was truly concerned for my safety.
Think to yourself ways you can follow-up that will convey to everyone around you that you really do care and that safety is one of your core values.
January 20, 2011
Today, as always, presented opportunities to put safety values to the test. I had arrived in Cincinnati last night and checked out the weather forecast. Snow was expected to begin early in the morning. I had planned to arrive at the speaking site at about 11am for my 12-noon safety presentation, “Ensure Your Safety”. As a safety speaker, I customarily arrive about one hour early. Because of the anticipated snow, I decided to leave two hours early in order to make the trip and allow plenty of time for the unexpected. How often do you and your people add extra time when the unexpected could occur? Had I left when I originally planned, I would have possibly been faced with choices to take chances in my driving speed because of the pressure of schedule. Instead, I was able to comfortably go with the flow of traffic, which was about 50 mph in a 65 mph zone. I wonder how many injuries occur because someone made a choice based on schedule instead of safety. Sometimes you can make a small adjustment that can take off the pressure, as I was able to do today.
Yours in Service,
John Drebinger
Upcoming Speaking Schedule
I will be in the following cities in the weeks ahead. If I am nearby you, maybe Diane can save you some airfare and even if I am not in your area, it is a great time to have me come and help everyone work safely.
San Diego CA, Bettendorf IA, San Ramon CA, Everett WA, Hammond IN, Cape Cod MA, Park City UT, Chicago IL and Oakcreek CO.
To book a date for your employees to experience John’s awesome
presentation, call Diane Weiss at 1-800-588-9419.
John’s Fitness Update
Last week was a great one for learning. My friends in Paulsboro, New Jersey, took me out to dinner as part of their VPP team. They know the best restaurants and the best items on the menu. The secret I learned was watching what and how the thin members of the team ordered and ate. They enjoyed the same items as the heavier people at the table, yet there was a difference. I will cover some of these discoveries in the future.
Here’s to your health and safety,
John Drebinger
John Drebinger Jr.
Cellular Phone: 209-747-9645
Office: 209-745-9419
john@drebinger.com
