Two blog entries ago, I talked about two types of safety leaders. The second type of safety leader is by choice. These are the leaders who volunteer to be on safety committees or safety teams. If you are one of these leaders, I would like to congratulate you on your commitment to help your fellow […]

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 […]

Happy Birthday to my editor, Sandie Gilbert. I wonder what safety topics go with a birthday celebration. My first creative thought related to safety and birthday celebrations is for a more experienced worker you could do a fire extinguisher demonstration making a joke about the number of candles on their birthday cake being a safety […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

Safety Speaker John Drebinger cycling to better health – READ GALT HERALD – Aug 2009 Click here to read

Safety Motivational Speakers – Passion and Safety One of the things I love about being a safety speaker is that it is a subject that lends itself to passion. How often have you heard a safety talk that was flat and didn’t really make a point? Sadly, I suspect that is more the norm in […]