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.

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.

Richard’s programs are lively and fun, but they also include practical activities, tips and techniques that can be applied immediately within your organization. Each program is tailored to your organization’s specific needs and objectives, including program length.

Practical Ways to Improve Your Employees’ Safety Performance by Helping Them Keep Their Mind on the “Task at Hand”.

Being mindful helps you pay better attention to what you’re doing and improve your ability to avoid hazards. Time Magazine calls it “the science of finding focus in a stressed-out multitasking culture.” Google, Nike, Proctor Gamble, hospitals, schools and professional sports teams are just a few of the many organizations who are including this science, mindfulness training, as part of their health & safety and performance programs.

Research and real-life results show that mindfulness also reduces stress and improves your health. During this life-changing session with Richard Hawk, you’ll learn practical ways to incorporate mindfulness into your daily life and how to pass on what you learn to your employees.

This keynote experience will give insight to help attendees:

• Avoid three factors that cause distractions: rumination, sensation, and fatigue; and proven ways to overcome their influence.
• Integrate mindfulness into their present safety and health culture that will gain the most acceptance from employees at all levels of their organization.
• Increase the focus employees pay to checklists, inspections and other routine tasks that often become “mind-numbing.”
• Help their employees better control their negative emotions which have been proven to be a MAJOR root cause to poor decisions that lead to accidents.
• Understand and use techniques progressive companies such as Google, Aetna, General Mills and Merck are using to improve their “white” and “blue” collar employees’ safety performance
  by including mindfulness as part of their safety and health program.

Richard’s programs are lively and fun, but they also include practical activities, tips and techniques that can be applied immediately within your organization. Each program is tailored to your organization’s specific needs and objectives, including program length.

How to Avoid 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, unfocused acts cost billions of dollars in damage and injury. “Mindfully Safe” combats this problem by giving your employees the tools to concentrate better, heighten their attention to detail and effectively manage distractions. The result? A safer workplace.

“Mindfully Safe” 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.

Participants who experience Richard’s keynote will discover how to:

• Improve their moods and general awareness using three simple habits.
• Stay focused on the task at hand practicing down-to-earth methods.
• Slow down so you can get more work done in less time using proven focusing techniques.
• Stop distracting thoughts with 3 easy steps.
• Make better decisions with more confidence.
• Follow a proven system for handling negative emotions a major root cause of behavior-based mistakes and incidents.
• Use habit tags which will remind them to pay attention.

Powerful Inspiration for Living a Safe and Healthy Life. 

Now, more than ever, helping your employees live a safe and healthy life at home must be a significant part of your safety and health program.

According to the National Safety Council, “U.S. workers are safer on the job than in their homes or communities. More than nine out of ten deaths and 80% of medical injuries occur off the job. For every two workplace injuries, there are five off-the-job injuries”.

During this engaging and convincing keynote, both in-person and virtual, Richard Hawk moves audiences to change their day-to-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.

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 drive safely.
• Develop life-long habits that will decrease their risks and improve their health.
• Grasp the impact of their behavior on family, friends and co-workers.