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“Leadership Skills for Success: 18 Lessons Learned on the Links” — Motivational Keynote Speech
Golf and leadership are each based on mastering basic fundamentals, making choices and dealing with the consequences of your decisions, learning and listening to others, controlling emotions, and respecting other players. Starting with “tee time” and taking you through 18 ‘holes’ Leadership Skills is a dynamic, entertaining, content filled motivational presentation that connects safety leadership…
Read MoreBinge Drinking Costs Everyone
Binge drinking is a serious but preventable public health problem Drinking too much, including binge drinking, cost the United States $249 billion. These costs resulted from losses in workplace productivity, health care expenditures, criminal justice costs, and other expenses. Binge drinking was responsible for 77% of these costs, or $191 billion. Binge drinking is the most common,…
Read MoreFour Stages of Team Performance: “Building High-Performance Safety Committees that Maximize Success and Results”
Usually, the team building process has to be done extremely carefully and has to be customized to the particular needs of each team. Well before any attempt has been made to build the team, it is critical to understand the stages through which a typical team will travel over time. A considerable amount of research…
Read MoreThe Leadership Oath for Safety — Nine Statements of Commitment
I am continuously asked, “What should a leader do to demonstrate a commitment to safety?” “What does it take to have a safety culture?” Well, here you go — Nine Statements of Leadership Commitment to Safety. They are not listed to ‘cherry pick’ which ones a leader should demonstrate and which ones can be ignored.…
Read More25+ Ideas to Increase Employee Participation in Safety
Employee participation is vital to the success of safety and health programs. The workforce members often know the most about potential hazards associated with their jobs. Successful programs tap into this knowledge base. The following ideas may help encourage employee participation for safety. Action Item 1: Encourage workers to participate in the program By encouraging…
Read MoreCorporate Board of Directors and Safety: 5 Levels of Corporate Governance
The level of corporate responsibility for safety is varied in countries worldwide. In the UK there is a Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act enacted in 2007. If your corporate Board of Directors is looking for guidance on how they can champion the safety effort, the following information may help provide some structure. 5 Levels of Corporate…
Read MoreHow to Reduce 1/3 of Disabling Injuries by Addressing One Issue
Hand injuries account for one-third of the two million disabling on-the-job accidents each year. Eighty percent of these injuries are caused by pinch points! The hands and feet contain more bones than any other single part of the body. We use them all day, to do everything; they “take a licking and keep on ticking.” Feet provide us…
Read More18 Examples of Active Safety Leadership
Organizations that have undergone major safety culture changes often agree that management commitment is the single “overwhelming” factor in achieving an effective safety and health program. Management leadership is a constant demonstration by the key managers in an organization that safety and health is a critical element of daily operations. The following 18 examples are…
Read MoreSeven Questions to Ask Yourself Before Goal Setting Sessions
Research has shown that there are seven competencies or factors that contribute to good goal setting skills. In itself, the activity of establishing goals and objectives is part of a general process of planning for the future. Goal setting provides a language from a broad intention to a tangible step or task that is likely…
Read MoreHow to Improve Employee Coaching to Increase Performance: Seven Quick Tips
Coaching is an important part of any effort to bring out the best in employees. Coaching as a formal endeavor might be relatively new to some organizations, but it has been around for a long time. Top athletes have personal coaches to help them improve what they do and compete to be the best. Opera singers, actors, and public speakers hire people…
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