Safety Speaker

Through­out his career as a pro­fes­sion­al bas­ket­ball play­er in the NBA as well as his career as a safe­ty speak­er, Mark has learned the impor­tance of hav­ing a strong, effec­tive and safe team. Com­mu­ni­ca­tion, coop­er­a­tion, inno­va­tion and moti­va­tion all improve when you can count on your team­mates to have your back. While a team is only equal to the sum of all of its parts, it’s cru­cial the team tru­ly under­stand the impor­tance of watch­ing out for each oth­er in the work­place, espe­cial­ly on the front line.

From his years in the NBA, Mark can cer­tain­ly acknowl­edge that all teams must draw on the strength of each indi­vid­ual mem­ber in order to be safe and suc­cess­ful. How­ev­er, if the team is not being pushed in the right direc­tion or moti­vat­ed to work togeth­er, they will nev­er reach their full poten­tial. As a safe­ty speak­er, Mark teach­es indus­try lead­ers how to get their team mem­bers to work togeth­er and com­mu­ni­cate in a pro­duc­tive, prof­itable, and safe fash­ion.

Safety Lessons From the NBA

For safe­ty and moti­va­tion, it’s key to under­stand that every mem­ber of your team is an indi­vid­ual and there­fore is moti­vat­ed in their own per­son­al way. For some it may work to give a rous­ing speech, while oth­ers would pre­fer to sim­ply be hand­ed a task with para­me­ters and then be left alone. As a safe­ty speak­er, Mark shows you how to iden­ti­fy the way each mem­ber of your team is moti­vat­ed to do his or her best work.

Find­ing out how to moti­vate your team mem­bers is only half the bat­tle. Once you find out which method is best for engag­ing and incor­po­rat­ing the indi­vid­u­als you are try­ing to keep safe, you must learn how push their but­tons in the cor­rect way so that they can exe­cute! As a safe­ty speak­er Mark uses his expe­ri­ence on the court, in the shop and in the office to show cor­po­rate lead­ers how to moti­vate their team mem­bers in the best way pos­si­ble.

In order to moti­vate and inspire mem­bers of a cor­po­ra­tion or group it’s impor­tant for lead­ers to com­mu­ni­cate effec­tive­ly. Being in the NBA taught Mark how to com­mu­ni­cate with many dif­fer­ent types of per­son­al­i­ties. This abil­i­ty trans­lates well to his career as a safe­ty speak­er where he teach­es cor­po­ra­tions and their lead­ers how to uti­lize this skill.

Communicate Safety

As a safe­ty leader it is impor­tant to be able to com­mu­ni­cate clear­ly with your team in a man­ner that is assertive but not demean­ing.  Teach­ing them how to look out for each oth­er will give them a sense of empow­er­ment and pur­pose. Mark shows you and your company’s lead­ers how to do this through his speak­ing pro­gram.

It hap­pens on pro­fes­sion­al sports teams. It can hap­pen in busi­ness, in your busi­ness. Team­work is not a lux­u­ry. In the world of pro­fes­sion­al sports, if there is no team­work, you lose.

The Next Step

Thank you for con­sid­er­ing me as the speak­er for your event. When you hear me speak, you’ll dis­cov­er how to keep your team safe and help them devel­op into top per­form­ers! To learn more about how to cre­ate a safe win­ning team, call or email:

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