It’s very inexpensive to do and can be easily used with any audience that isn’t too large. It’s a technique I’ve used successfully hundreds of times with all kinds of audiences including pipefitters, CEOs, nurses, truck drivers, engineers, and of [...]
One of my favorite sayings comes from humorist Charlie Jones, “You are the same today as you’ll be in five years except for two things: the people you meet and the books you read.” I get a chance to do [...]
I’ll admit it, I was nervous. Not about getting in front of an audience, I’ve done that hundreds of times and I get more of an excited feeling than a nervous one before I step out on stage. I was [...]
When I was conducting Radiation Worker Training for PSEG in Salem, NJ, one of the concepts that new employees had to understand in order to pass the exam, was the difference between Radioactive Material (the stuff that gives off radiation) [...]
I was getting ready to speak to a group of linemen and meter readers for the city of Springfield, MS. Before the talk, I was hanging out with the audience and introducing myself to as many people as I could. [...]
Larry was a cool boss. He let me come to work whenever I wanted as long as I gave a safety meeting to the craft every week, kept the OSHA log up to date and spent some time out in [...]
It had only been a few weeks since I got my new job as an “Access Training Instructor.” I was assigned to give a “Radiation Worker Review” class, which was an annual requal class for anyone who had to work [...]
Last Friday was a beautiful day in Peru, Indiana. Everything was setup for my talk and I had time to schmooze with the employees from Schneider Electric as they strolled into the tent to sit down. Retirees and their mates [...]
Last May, I got a chance to speak in India. It was an amazing experience. I hosted three two-day safety leadership training sessions. My audience consisted of managers and safety professionals from several different companies in three cities; Mumbai, Chennai [...]
Vicki was sitting next to me at a safety leadership convention. She was a manager for an engineering and construction company. I asked her if her company was doing anything innovative with their safety program. “Yes, she said. I love [...]