Outcomes and Safety Speakers Safety speakers come in many varieties and with a wide variance in experience and effectiveness. When you are choosing from all the safety motivational speakers in today’s workplace the first question you must ask yourself is, “What outcome do you want to achieve?” Reactions to Safety Speakers The danger is some […]

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 […]

As A Safety Speaker Teach a Lesson In A Story As an international safety speaker I know the power of stories to teach. Years ago, around the campfire, I heard this story and have told it to every troop of which I have been a Scoutmaster. Two brothers were leaving the town they had lived […]

How often do you thank the members of your safety team? Whether they are safety professionals or volunteers on your safety team or even people who have been appointed based upon their position in your organization, they are a special group of people. As a safety speaker, I always end any presentation to safety teams […]

As a safety speaker, I just spoke at a site where they haven’t had a lost-time injury in seven years. I shared with my audience a safety hazard shows up at sites like theirs that sites with many injuries don’t experience. That hazard? Complacency! It doesn’t matter what you did yesterday; it can all change […]

Flexibility and Communication Success Speaking of flexibility one of the best ways to make your point is by using humor. For April Fools fun check out: http://goo.gl/HFI9jP As I was catching up on the goings on of my friends and family on Facebook, I stumbled on a story of a teacher who truly knows how […]