Over the many years of my career, I’ve had dozens of fellow safety and health professionals ask me for advice on becoming a professional speaker. Typically the person will ask, “I’m an excellent speaker, and everybody tells me how good [...]
Unfinished and inaccurate accident reports (or incident reports if you prefer) can be found in every industry. Most companies require supervisors to complete accident reports when one of the people in their crew is involved in an accident—particularly if medical [...]
Today I was scheduled to have lunch at Penn Station in Philadelphia with my friend and colleague, Terry. It got canceled. She sent me a message last night that her husband Joe (also a friend) was in the emergency room. [...]
It drives me crazy! It’s 2019 and still I see “Safety Speaker” after “Safety Speaker” boring their audience with the same stuff I heard when I started my career over 35 years ago!! Don’t get me wrong; I’ve experienced some [...]
Author Irving Stone dedicated a lifetime to studying the lives of great people. He is renowned for having written novelized biographies of men such as Sigmund Freud, Vincent van Gogh, and Michelangelo. Stone once was asked if any similarities or [...]
Just for you fellow Safety Pro! (Or anyone who wants to show their "safety colors.") I’ve finally created a store with all kinds of “fun safety stuff.” I’ll be officially launching it on July 15th. But right now you can [...]
Once you leave the board you might as well flip Because there’s no way you’re going to start the dive over Those are verses from a song I wrote several years ago entitled "16 Positions." It's about being committed to [...]
Like an icon that represents a software program, your name represents you. Nothing captures a person's attention more than hearing their name called out. The renowned speaker and author, Dale Carnegie recognized this. In fact, he devoted an entire chapter [...]
During my “Mindfully Safe” talk I show the results of a large driving study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. Here are some details from this extensive, landmark study: The biggest study of its kind. 3,500 drivers between 16 [...]
How you finish your presentations or training matters way more than how you start, I use to think otherwise, but now, after 50 years or so in front of hundreds of audiences, I’m positive your finale matters most. (The first [...]