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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
It was a new safety training program for everyone in “management” with the ever so exciting title Safety Management Accountability Training (SMAT). It was my baby. (No I did not come up with the name.) I was in charge of [...]
You’ve got everything ready and the safety meeting is scheduled to start in 20 minutes. The mechanics begin to stroll in. As always the back seats fill up first. In fact, before they will sit in a near-the-front seat a [...]
Hello Richard, I attended your seminar during the National Safety Council meeting in San Diego last year. It was great! I’m in a new role with a new company and the difficulty I’m having is how do you make a [...]
Hello Again Fellow Safety and Health Leader, It’s been awhile I know. Safety Stuff is still my main writing objective. But I’m back to blogging every week. I wasn’t sure what I should blog on was my main hang up. [...]