By Tonya Cheek When I first started as a safety supervisor, my motives were pure. All I wanted to do was help other people. My goal was to show fellow employees how to work safely. Hazards were my enemy and [...]
A fellow safety speaker who was starting out in the speaking business asked me if I would critique his style. "Sure, I said, send me a video." He had a charming style, connected well with the audience, had a wonderful [...]
(See my last blog for Mistake #1) I would be lying if I told you this mistake doesn't upset me on occasions. It sometimes hurts my performance and can confuse an audience. If you are scheduled to talk for 20 [...]
Recently I was setting up for a talk, and the speaker who was ahead of me on the agenda was also in the room preparing for her talk. I brought over the hand-held mic and said: "here's the mic we have." [...]
Here's an idea from one of my "Safety Stuff" subscribers Cindy Nielsen/HR Manager from CRG: We are a small manufacturing company in Marathon Wisconsin. During the Easter Season starting in April, we will have a Safety Easter Egg Hunt. There will be plastic [...]
Shake hands and say "Hello." I know what you're thinking -- "But I work with these people all the time, and they know me already." So? Isn't this a special occasion? Aren't you happy you're getting the chance to get [...]
You are powerful. You can change thousands of lives. You can spread your personal energy throughout your company and community and make good things happen. You can be a strong factor in creating or improving your "safety culture" or any [...]
The Last Instalment of a Three-Part Series (Here are links to Part II and Part I). During my travels I get to work with a wide variety of companies and many different safety and health teams/committees. As with anything in [...]
(This is the second of a three-part series on adding new life to your HSE teams. Here's a link to Part One.) * * * Safety teams, after they've met for a while can lose their heart. I've sat through [...]
This is the first of a three part series on ways to add energy to your safety team (or committee if you prefer), so they stay invigorated. Too often safety teams (and the meetings they attend) lose their life and become stale. [...]