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Find Your Focus – How to Reduce Accidents and Mistakes by Paying Better Attention

In today’s fast-paced world, lack of focus and mental distractions are a major root cause of accidents. Every year, un-focused acts cost billions of dollars in damage and injury. “Find Your Focus” combats this problem by giving participants the tools to concentrate better, heighten their attention to detail and effectively manage distractions. The end result? A safer workplace.

Five Ways “Find Your Focus” Will Improve Your Bottom Line:

1. A decrease in accidents and an increase in positive behaviors
2. Improved quality of work with fewer mistakes
3. Less sick time due to stress-caused symptoms, such as headaches, and digestion problems
4. An increase in hazard recognition which will reduce accidents
5. A marked increase in innovation and cost-saving ideas

Audience
“Find Your Focus” is valuable for employees, supervisors, managers and contractors at every level of
your organization. It is perfect for outages, turnarounds and other special projects where it’s crucial that
employees stay focused on the task at hand.

Take Aways – Just a sample of what participants will discover:

• How to heighten awareness and sharpen their ability to improve productivity and eliminate waste
• Down-to-earth methods to stay focused on the task at hand
• Techniques to slow down in order to get more work done in less time
• Easy ways to stop distracting thoughts
• How to make better decisions with more confidence
• A proven system for handling emotions during “surprise attacks” from others
• Ways to help other people focus, including co-workers, family and friends

Great Leaders Make Safety Fun! Using Your Influence to Create a Vibrant Safety Culture

Leaders at Southwest Airlines, Google, Raytheon and other world-class companies know that when employees are in a good mood and enjoy their work – in other words, having FUN – they perform better. That means they make fewer mistakes and have fewer accidents. In this engaging program, leaders will learn how to leverage their influence to instill a spirit of fun in your company’s safety culture. Richard Hawk, world-renowned expert on making safety fun, uses stories, props, songs and innovative interactions to share what he’s learned from working with hundreds of leaders in all kinds of industries. Audiences can’t help but have fun while they discover new ideas they can put into action right away.

Six Ways “Great Leaders Make Safety Fun!” will Improve Your Company’s Safety Culture

1. Leaders will understand how to help people enjoy their work more
2. Employees will have more energy and enthusiasm
3. Leaders and employees will be more productive, more aware and safer
4. There will be more participation in safety programs and new ideas from the workforce
5. A stronger team spirit will develop among departments
6. Employees will be empowered to speak up about safety issues

Audience
“Great Leaders Make Safety Fun!” is a must for any leader with safety as one of their responsibilities.

Take Aways – A sample of what leaders will learn:

• The real meaning of “fun” (it is not the same as play!)
• Why making safety fun is a powerful performance changer
• What causes apathy and six ways to kick it to the curb
• How to create inspiring messages that encourage safe behavior
• The three abilities common among great leaders
• How to create fun and exciting safety campaigns employees will love

Bring It on Home – Powerful Inspiration for Living a Safe and Healthy Life 

According to the National Safety Council, “U.S. workers are safer on the job than in their homes or communities. Nearly all of workers’ unintentional fatalities and more than 70 percent of disabling injuries occur off the job. For every two workplace injuries, there are five off-the-job injuries”. During this engaging and convincing presentation, Richard Hawk moves audiences to change their dayto-day habits while they are away from the job. He offers practical, easy-to-remember tips and techniques to replace dangerous and unhealthy habits with behaviors for a safer and healthier life. Safer habits at home lead to safer habits at work.

Four Ways “Bring It on Home” Will Improve Your Company’s Safety and Health Performance

1. Reduced costs as a result of fewer injuries and fatalities off the job
2. Healthier employees, which means better performance and reduced healthcare costs
3. A stronger feeling among employees that the company truly cares about them
4. A more vibrant and all-encompassing safety culture

Audience
“Bring It on Home” provides valuable information for everyone in your organization. It is perfect for safety days or safety fairs where family members are included. Richard has experience in children’s theatre and would be happy to create a health and safety talk that will delight children too.

Take Aways – Through poignant stories, personal examples and audience interaction, Richard inspires people to develop safe and healthy habits. He helps participants:

• Understand the real risks of their daily habits and learn how to stop taking shortcuts
• Realize they can change long-entrenched habits (just not all at once!)
• See the big picture of their physical health and how much it affects their lifestyle
• Learn new ways to get their children (yes, even teenagers) to play and Spice It Up! Practical Ways to Turn Your Safety Presentations from Bland to GRAND!

Spice It Up!

Let’s face it…safety meetings have a reputation for being boring. But they don’t have to be! Using the time-tested techniques in Spice It Up, your safety leaders can deliver captivating, compelling and memorable safety meetings that will promote safe behavior and reduce accidents. Participants will master various presentation skills and learn dozens of ways to take even the most mundane topic (even hazmat and confined space training) and turn it into an exciting learning experience. No more napping in your safety meetings!

Audience
“Spice It Up!” is a must for anyone in your organization who conducts safety meetings or safety training.

Take Aways
Participants will learn all the juicy details for delivering sensational safety presentations, including how to:

• Assess the audience to make presentations more alluring
• Create a great first impression and quickly develop rapport with the audience while stimulating their desire to hear more
• Develop a set of tools to keep the audience engaged
• Manage distractions and “difficult” audience members
• Avoid “death by PowerPoint” and creatively use visual and physical aides to arouse curiosity
• Cultivate and control their voice so it sounds more pleasing to listeners
• Persuade an audience to action and use closings that create a lasting, positive impression
• Structure powerful presentations, including defining goals, organizing thoughts and materials

Great Leaders Make Safety Fun! Using Your Influence to Create a Vibrant Safety Culture 

Leaders at Southwest Airlines, Google, Raytheon and other world-class companies know that when employees are in a good mood and enjoy their work – in other words, having FUN – they perform better. That means they make fewer mistakes and have fewer accidents. In this engaging program, leaders will learn how to leverage their influence to instill a spirit of fun in your company’s safety culture. Richard Hawk, world-renowned expert on making safety fun, uses stories, props, songs and innovative interactions to share what he’s learned from working with hundreds of leaders in all kinds of industries. Audiences can’t help but have fun while they discover new ideas they can put into action right away.
Audience
“Great Leaders Make Safety Fun!” is a must for any leader with safety as one of their responsibilities.
Take Aways
A sample of what leaders will learn:

• The real meaning of “fun” (it is not the same as play!)
• Why making safety fun is a powerful performance changer
• What causes apathy and six ways to kick it to the curb
• How to create inspiring messages that encourage safe behavior
• The three abilities common among great leaders
• How to create fun and exciting safety campaigns employees will love

YOU POWER! Using your personal energy to stimulate world-class safety performance

Discover habits and skills that will make you a more powerful safety leader. You’ll learn how to spread your personal energy throughout your company and community to make good things happen. You’ll leave with the YOU POWER! know-how to improve your companies’ safety performance.
Five ways “You Power” will increase your influence:

1. You’ll command more attention at meetings without seeming arrogant
2. You’ll “get what you want” from senior executives such as additional safety resources
3. Your colleagues will enjoy working with you more
4. Everyone you interact with will be more apt to listen to you
5. You’ll skillfully handle difficult situations with other people at home and work

Audience
“You Power” is valuable for supervisors, managers, safety professionals and other leaders in your organization, but particularly for those who have “safety” as one of their responsibilities.
Take Aways
Just a sample of what participants will discover:

• Why awareness, demeanor and persistence determine your success with other people
• Specific ways to practice the three skills listed above without making any changes to your schedule
• A single habit that always boosts your energy when you are feeling exhausted
• Techniques to increase your confidence and decrease anxiety when pitching new ideas
• How to use stories (instead of lists and slides) to make convincing arguments
• Ways to make a lasting impression with employees so they want to work safely

Create a Vibrant Safety Culture – Lead the Way to an Accident-Free Workplace

Leaders face a special set of challenges when it comes to safety performance. Not only do they have to understand a wide array of safety requirements, but they also need to possess the social skills to influence people to perform better. This engaging training session helps leaders develop those skills and create a vibrant safety culture that everyone will buy in to. Participants will learn how to increase their influence as a safety leader and better inspire employees to take to heart their company’s safety and health values.
Audience
Create a Vibrant Safety Culture is a must for any leader in your organization who has “safety” as one of their responsibilities.

Take Aways
Give your safety program a tune-up and make your workplace safer, starting immediately. Your leaders will learn how to:

• Maximize their personal impact and influence as a safety leader
• Listen with purpose to find out what’s really going on in the field
• Overcome the fatigue and apathy that blur employees’ focus and block their attention
• Market and sell the benefits of your safety program to employees
• Inspire and motivate employees to be proud of their safe behavior
• Reduce employee stress, a common root cause of accidents and health problems
• Develop a valuable in-house safety marketing plan that they will be able to use right away

Attack Stress At Work – Proven Methods for Handling Stress and Reducing its Impact on Performance

It’s a fact that in today’s fast-paced world, we are expected to get more done with fewer resources. This kind of stress can affect people’s safety performance. In fact, according to the American Psychological Association, stress is a major factor in many accidents. During this in-depth training, participants will learn how to attack stress – the modern epidemic. Whether it’s stress due to a frantic work schedule or unexpected life changes, they will discover proven ways to handle day-to-day stressors. And, the workshop itself is a great stress reliever because it’s so much fun!
Audience
“Attack Stress at Work” will help anyone in your organization learn how to handle stress better.

Take Aways
Everyone attending will:

• Recognize how potent stress is and how it develops
• Discover how to handle pressure situations with minimal stress
• Learn how to appropriately have fun at work
• Understand that they have the power to change their outlook toward negative situations
• Begin an active program of self-improvement with respect to handling stress
• Utilize a five-step plan to minimize needless worry in the future
• Leave with a cache of easy-to-use weapons against daily stresses

Just Imagine! Innovative Ideas to Keep Your Safety Program Fresh and Alive

This mental workout will give you the power and the skills to create safety and health campaigns guaranteed to pump-up your employees. Let Richard take you on a surprising and wonderful ride that will strengthen your amazing imagination and hone your creativity. A stronger imagination will not only make you a better problem solver, but also give you the passion, know-how and ideas to revitalize all aspects of your safety program.
Audience
“Just Imagine!” is designed for anyone in your organization who needs to come up with fresh ideas and
new ways to get your employees excited about your safety program.

Take Aways
Giving safety leaders fun and powerful techniques to liven-up their safety program is the main goal of this workshop. Through stories, exercises, demonstrations and songs, attendees will learn:

• What it means to imagine
• Why imagination is a powerful problem-solving tool
• How some of the great “imaginers” from the past and present (such as Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs) developed their skills
• Practical ways to hone their imagination and overcome obstacles that hinder imagination
• Ways to use their imagination to improve their safety program and add spice to their meetings and communications
• How imagination is a key factor in successful accident investigations

The Future of Safety – A Hawk-Eye View of New Trends on the Safety Horizon

During this insightful presentation, Richard Hawk shares what is on the horizon for the safety and health field and how you and your company can take advantage of emerging trends. Richard’s work with dozens of companies in a wide array of industries every year allows him to see firsthand what is new, what is developing and what isn’t working with respect to safety. Don’t get left behind! Find out everything you and your team need to know to keep your safety program on the leading edge.
Audience
“The Future of Safety” is crucial information for anyone who is responsible for a safety and health program.
Take Aways

Specific information in this presentation changes regularly to reflect shifting trends. However, leaders in
every program will learn:

• How cutting-edge companies save valuable resources by getting past the “incident rate syndrome”
• Why savvy leaders spend more time and money on non-typical safety issues once they have low incident rates
• Several processes they can easily implement to improve the overall mental and physical health of employees
• Why emotions rule human behavior and how to use this scientific fact to inspire employees to live safer and healthier lives
• How to give employees the confidence to greet changes with open arms and minds
• How to “get more bang for your safety budget bucks” while improving performance
• The HAWK (Health, Awareness, Working together, Knowledge) method for creating a vibrant safety culture

Testimonials

“You not only lived up to my expectations, you far exceeded them. Practical, insightful, funny & moving can’t even do justice to the information you passed to us this week at the NC Safety & Health Congress. You have inspired me to inspire others as well as look at the way I handle things at work and in life. I can truly say that meeting you has altered my life in a way that is hard to explain. Thanks for the service you perform and for committing yourself to making change just a little bit easier to handle.” 
S&W Ready Mix Concrete Company

“Just a note to thank you for the excellent presentations you made at the NSC conference. I had the good fortune to attend two of your classes. The information that you provided, your insight into health & safety issues and the training advice you gave is priceless!  Your approach of incorporating humor into the serious subject of health & safety training provides a functional method that will enable us to impart that information to employees more effectively. Your program not only makes the training fun, but stimulates the cognizant memory, aiding employees to remember the message longer.” 
UAW Local 6000 State of Michigan Employees

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for participating in our conference this last spring. You did a wonderful job of drawing people in, maintaining their interest and delivering a message that we all can take back and use immediately.  We also have to thank ExxonMobil for their financial cooperation. By partnering with a large business, we were able procure a nationally recognized speaker for our attendees.  We have received very positive feed back from our participants on both sessions. Many stated that you were the best speaker that we have had in our ten-year history. It leaves us wondering how we will top your performance for our future conferences; you are an excellent presenter and a hard act to follow.”  
Montana Safety Services Council

Past Clients

American Society of 
Safety Engineers 
American Water 
Aquilex Hydrochem 
AstraZeneca 
Aventis Pasteur 
Constellation Energy 
DuPont 
ExxonMobil 
Georgia Power 
Sikorsky 
Montana State Fund 
Super Store Industries 
Gulfstream Aerospace 
Heinz Frozen Foods 
India Coal 
John Deere 
McNeil Consumer Healthcare 
NASA 
National Safety Council 
Nestle Purina 
Occidental Chemical 
Entergy Nuclear 
BP Retail 
British Glass 
PA National Guard 
Pfizer 
Ralston Purina 
Raytheon 
Shell 
Suncor 
Sysco Foods 
Tropicana Products 
U.S. Air Force 
VPPPA