Why Being Prepared Is Better Than Being Smart
The Hurricane Don’t List: safety tips from two generations of survivors They say experience is important, but do we really need to learn our greatest lessons about safety at the point of failure? Although I appreciate the guy who blew himself up instructing me how not to blow myself up, I also want to hear about the person…
Read MoreThe Dangerous Truth About Safety
Safety leaders need personal influence skills so they can consistently engage employees. If you don’t know how to get people to believe, it doesn’t matter what you say.
Read MoreLeadership Integrity: The Foundation of Everything
It’s no mystery that we expect our leaders to tell us the truth — and we hope it’s a truth we can actually deal with and implement. We also want leaders to keep their word; we expect that the promises they make, however lofty or seemingly unbelievable, will be kept. But as anyone who has…
Read MoreSafety Is Not a Goal; It’s a Lifestyle
Let’s liberate ourselves from the BS. Many of us who try to make the safety programs work at our organizations are not dedicated safety professionals. We have what is commonly referred to as “a real job.” This is not meant to be offensive to trained and highly skilled safety folks, for whom safety is indeed…
Read MoreCustomers don’t want service!
Customers don’t want service. They want things that don’t need any service. They want maintenance-free, self-contained solutions, whenever possible. That’s not just chat-bots and other forms of artificial intelligence. It’s a solution that fits their belief system.
Read MoreSpeaking Like You Love The Audience
Straight to the point; if you do not engage your audience, your talent, knowledge, wisdom, looks, even celebrity only gives you limited buy-in. To maximize every ounce of your talent and be able to repeat it beyond any other way….Keep reading
Read MoreWhy Not You?
The truth is without good relationships communication suffers; without engaged employees, awareness is lost; and, without generations supporting each other, information isn’t passed down. In the long-term, the culture doesn’t improve and may, in fact, deteriorate.
Read MoreWant to Be Successful? You Must Understand This 1 Thing About Yourself
Many argue that the most important trait for a successful Entrepreneur is grit. And what is grit if not that perfect blend of optimism and pessimism?
Read MoreHow To Be Right Without Making Other People Wrong
What exactly are we trying to accomplish by proving to others that we’re right?
We might win the argument but ultimately lose the relationship. Perhaps a better, deeper-rooted question is this: Why do we lose sight of success, of our big objective when we feel challenged or intimidated?
The Future’s Not Here Yet
Even with all these solutions being applied, can we really move into the future with a generation that was taught that these jobs have no future? It’s time to be honest with ourselves, to admit that we may have made a mistake. In our effort to provide a better opportunity for everyone, we may have created a mindset that ultimately will not help anyone.
Read MoreWhy your best people have the worst safety practices – and how to fix it
The only thing that makes your safety leadership look more ineffective than having your worst people screw up your safety record is having your best people do it.
Read MoreGenerations Working Better Together
What do we need to do to work more effectively with each other as a team?
Read MoreSelling Your Ideas: Getting People To Agree With You
Why is it that some of the best ideas are never considered and idiotic concepts that we know will fail are? How did AT&T decide to focus on the picture phone and sell off the rights to the cellular telephone? Research clearly showed that the number-one reason people placed a phone call instead of showing…
Read MoreThe Mouth of Change | Employee Resistance to Change
Change is always the same. Change itself is not the issue; it’s the resistance to change that causes problems. Many of us learned this growing up as we competed in sports, or for the attention of others. In the business world, the resistance is naturally strong when we explain our great reform is based on…
Read MoreMotivational Quotes and Inspirational Memes
Motivational quotes and Inspirational Memes by Top Motivational Speaker Garrison Wynn Motivational Quotes “The reason that obsessive worry has so little value, is because every problem comes with its own set of solutions.” – Garrison Wynn “Money may not buy happiness; but its better than poverty that cannot buy anything. Happiness is an inside job…
Read MoreGuest Speaker Conference Room Setup and Event Planning Suggestions
Conference room setup tips from professional guest speaker Garrison Wynn. With over 22 years experience and working with over 90 meeting planners per year, Garrison has unique perspective you might find valuable.
Read MoreManaging Your Keynote Speaker
Before you call the Speaker: Planning Speakers often keep a busy schedule and travel a great deal. Arrange a conference call at a set date and time with the speaker’s office. This way, you are sure to have your speakers full attention for at least an hour without dealing with constant interruptions. Contact the speaker’s…
Read MoreHire A Funny Keynote Speaker To Boost Retention and Speaker Reviews
It is important to hire a funny keynote speaker, even when you are focused on content. Content + Humor: A Full-on Fusion Boosts Your Meeting’s Success You know your organization’s objectives for the meeting. You spend time and effort to create the perfect event to support those goals. And then a dry, boring speaker single-handedly…
Read MoreHeroes and Cowards Feel the Same Fear: It’s the action they take that separates them
Have you ever watched a movie and thought, Wow, the amount of courage it must have taken to do something like that is unbelievable? The reason it seems so unbelievable is that it is, in fact, 100% fiction! People don’t develop bravery first and then take impressive action. The most successful people simply act while…
Read MoreI’m Sure You Are Intelligent: I Just Can’t Tell That By Talking To You
The ability to read people’s emotions, understand what they value and make sure they feel valuable does not make you a genius. It does, however, make you the kind of person every company needs and an extremely important member of any team.
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