by David Sarkus | Dec 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking about workplace complacency and injuries a lot the last few weeks. Maybe because we are in the holiday season and injuries around this time of year are emotionally devastating. It seems that really bad accidents are highlighted by the extreme...
by David Sarkus | Feb 19, 2018 | motivational safety speaker, motivational safety speakers, Safety Culture, safety speakers, safey leadership, supervisor safety training, supervisors
Expectations often say more about the leader than the follower. Various forms of research suggest that when leaders have higher types of expectations for their followers, those followers often live up to their expectations. In contrast, when a leader’s expectations...
by David Sarkus | Aug 31, 2016 | Safety Culture
The Akron Zips’ football team just had a big upset victory over Marshall University and Head Coach, Terry Bowden gave me all the credit – lol. After the game, Terry sent me a text, “it was all your talk” and I replied, “I’ll take...
by David Sarkus | Jul 11, 2016 | Safety Culture
I’ve upped my bicycling game over the last year. This summer I plan on completing my first one-day, 100 mile trek – on my Trek. But as some of you have already experienced – breakdowns will happen. Over the last few weeks, I’ve had a couple of broken spokes...
by David Sarkus | Jun 7, 2016 | Safety Culture
I’m not sure about you, but when I don’t sleep well, I can be pretty miserable. I’m not much fun tobe around and I don’t work well – I can’t sustain my focus. We already know that sleep deprivation among workers is a billion dollar problem across the globe. But how...
