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"David spent a few hours with our leadership team to talk about the importance of safety and ways that we could get our employees more engaged in our safety program. His passion and expertise really had an impact on our group and a year later we have cut our TRIR in half and have a number of facilities that have gone more than a year without a recordable incident. David's presentation was the catalyst and a great kickoff for our renewed emphasis on safety."

"One of the best motivational speeches I've heard in a long, long time. In my 30 some years with this organization it was TREMENDOUS!"

"I had followed David Sarkus for many years before he came to speak for my company, Alta Forest Products. His story often inspired me to press further with safety and leadership. In 2015 Dave spoke at the Washington Governor's Conference—the first time that I saw his speak at a live venue. His message was powerful and hit home to the group of safety committee members that I had brought with me. I finally had the opportunity to have Dave speak for Alta Forest Products, and he delivered his story in his usual manner—with power, emotion, excitement, and influence. He will have you laughing one minute and crying the next. Most of all, he will have you taking a hard look at how you view safety and leadership. He will push you to change your paradigm about safety. He will push you to make your culture for safety one that others will talk about - positively of course. Finally, he will make you think about how you lead others toward creating a lasting impression for safety. I cannot recommend Dave Sarkus enough."

"As a Kruger board member, but primarily as an interested party, I wanted to complement you on an excellent presentation. You really related with the audience and they listened to what you said. Not bad for a kid from 'Bituminous Coal Country'. Great job!!!"

"If you are looking for a keynote speaker for a safety function, David Sarkus would be an excellent choice. Mr. Sarkus is an outstanding speaker that has a keen ability to capture and maintain an audience's attention. He demonstrates an undeniable passion for worker safety. Mr. Sarkus interjects humor with a powerful message of caring and coaching. He hit a homerun at our event. David Sarkus is The Safety Coach®!"

"One of the best motivational speeches I've heard in a long, long time. In my 30 some years with this organization it was TREMENDOUS!"

"It was by far the best closing keynote we've had in the 30 year history of this conference."

"David was a breath of fresh air! He came in and really raised the "safety spirits" of everyone that had the opportunity to see him speak. They weren't getting another safety lecture; they were being shown the real motivation of why they work safe. I highly recommend to anyone who wants an effective and engaging safety presenter to get with David!!! Our crews are still talking about 'The Safety Coach®!"

"I have had the great fortune to have met and worked with David 'Coach' Sarkus. David's message has helped me truly understand how to exert 'influential leadership' and effectively teach and help operational leaders to become 'Safety Coaches.' His approach and material content has changed the way I manage safety in a way that has created durable and lasting change. If you want to dramatically improve the safety performance of your organization, you should strongly consider working with David Sarkus, The Safety Coach®. Don't accept the imposters!"

"Just a quick note of thanks for the tremendous job you did at our four Leadership Conferences. Our participant evaluations told the story - our participants graded us out above the 97th percentile in achieving conference goals… David we will be calling on you in the future, as a key element in our leadership development program."

"WOW! David Sarkus took the stage and ushered our employees and contractors on a journey of great coaching and leadership. During his presentation his energy captivated the audience with stories, laughter, tears, and great content. David is an exceptional fit and speaker for any type of audience - from your senior leaders to workers in the office, field, or on shop floor. After hearing David's presentation you will be energized and motivated to move forward in new directions for higher levels of success. Nothing but positive comments came from David's keynote speech - and I'm still hearing them!"

"David, I want you to know that I thoroughly enjoyed your outstanding presentation during the recent May IMPACT retreat on 'A Healthy Way of Doing Business'…your presentation was most intriguing, stimulating and motivating with a warm inspirational personal touch and some good wholesome humor. F.Y.I., I passed your handout material and a copy of your two books to our VP of PR, letting her know that a strong and energetic speaker like yourself would be great for our Power Plant and Mine Operations/Maintenance Teams to hear on the topic of achieving / sustaining safety excellence. With your exceptional knowledge in the safety arena and your capability to get everyone engaged in understanding a true safety culture and the importance of leadership responsibilities needed to achieve safety excellence; this would be a great message for our employees to hear and the end result would be a healthier, safer and productive workplace."

"David was our keynote speaker at our IMPACT Regional Advisory Board Meeting addressing both Labor and Management Representatives in the Ironworker Construction Industry. He gave a great talk that had a powerful impact on the audience. Leaders from Labor and Management are constantly looking for ideas to improve safety performance in an industry that prides itself on risky behavior. David's presentation focuses on the emotional side of the need to control or eliminate risk by getting into the heads and hearts of our employees. It focuses on caring for each other to make sure we can all go home to our family's injury free. There was great feedback from the audience."

"Mr. Sarkus delivered exactly what was requested. His talk was built around partnering with employees to build a safety culture rather than using a strictly punitive approach, because as he puts it in his address, when you get real employee buy in 'great things will happen'. His talk was very emotional which keep the audience totally focused."

"David recently gave a presentation to the SILBA lumber owners, and employees that was really terrific! David had their rapt attention, engaging them throughout the talk. It was definitely a heartfelt talk about each of them becoming active participants in their own company's safety process. It was directed at the owners/principals as we hoped it would… David has a very unassuming air about himself that seems to resonate with all he speaks to. I find him a very likeable, thoughtful, engaging person and he likely has something to offer any audience. He speaks to the little steps that an organization can take action on right now. I would certainly use David again!"

"We still talk about you here all the time (even after more than a year). I'll hear comments weekly if not daily. We shared your books and ideas at K-Basins and across the site … and about taking care and watching out for their workplace family. The part about family and taking care of one another really sank in … I would also let you know that we here at K-Basins have achieved the Companies' 'Best of the Best', for two consecutive quarters; and have the lowest recordable rate of any DOE site across the nation. I feel that having great speakers like you talk to our workers on a very real basis can only lead to success. Sometimes the worker might only remember one thing that was said, but that could be the one thing that keeps the worker and his co-workers safe in the workplace."

"On the mark! You had my workers' full attention and delivered a powerful and valuable message that will help Flour continuously improve safety performance."

"You did a masterful job at weaving experiences and stories so that they had practical application to our lives, I remembered how you loved your parents and missed them - I have thought about what you said every day for the last week - obviously and impact in my life. It's presentations like the one you gave that are going to help industry do better at highlighting the importance of safety…We all have a ways to go but that sort of message should be heard all across America…Keep on delivering that message."

"David delivered a powerful keynote presentation for our organization entitled 'Leading from the Heart'. The presentation fully engaged the audience and provided our leaders with a strong message to take away. David's passion for safety and his dedication to make a difference in the safety culture of any organization is phenomenal. I will absolutely use David to deliver more keynotes and training services."

"David you were great! The excitement and energy that you provided our members (as the opening keynote) truly deserved the standing ovation you received. The simple message you share will make someone think and may save someone's life. Thank you for being a Safety Ambassador!"

"David Sarkus was exactly what we needed to get our 1500+ attendees off to a motivating start . . . this was the first time that we actually opened a safety and health conference with a speaker who knew safety and kept the attendees awake with humor, and a message that will be remembered for a long time . . . David Sarkus is an All-Star Speaker … He deserved the standing ovation he received."

"One of my measures of success for an opening speaker at our General Sessions is the impact they have on our attendees. If they are still quoting the speaker at the end of the seminar it is an obvious sign an impact was made. That was certainly the case with your high energy presentation. Feedback from our group continued through the week. Our attendees rated our Opening General Session at which you spoke a 1 on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being excellent. Several evaluations mentioned the opening session as the best part of the Seminar."

"I want to thank you for your outstanding presentation at the Mobile District, Corps of Engineers, Celebrate Safety Awards Banquet …You have a great message that was a perfect complement to our awards banquet. Your presentation motivated and entertained the audience while outlining a simple way to enhance safety performance in my organization. Thank you for enhancing our safety performance in the Corps of Engineers."

"David was like watching a great movie - one that you enjoy so much you lose track of time, and think about it all night after you go home."

"David did a great job with our people. A few individuals stated that he was the 'best speaker we have heard in 25 years!' And we have had a number of very noteworthy speakers. David's delivery and message moved and motivated each of our four groups. I truly believe David Sarkus added value and his stories engaged our people. I would not hesitate to recommend David for your next safety event or conference."

"David Sarkus was able to connect safety with the heart and soul of our employees. You have my personal thanks for bringing your inspiration and enthusiasm to our Safety Kick-Off meetings. I know your presentation will make a difference in, not only our future safety performance, but more importantly how we view safety as a whole. One of our employees (a Sr. Vice President) asked where I found you and then replied that 'David Sarkus is the best safety speaker we have ever brought in.' Thank You!"

"He spoke directly to the hearts of our people and unleashed their desire to want to work safely. I've seen many speakers throughout my career but none as sincere and dynamic as David. I would highly recommend him - he hit a home run with our people!"

"Finding new ways to engage our skilled workers and ensure that proper procedures are used when performing tasks is one of our biggest challenges. Your comments and strategies on reducing risk and the sharing of safety practices were especially enlightening. Having the opportunity to receive insights from a safety professional of your caliber was a boost of inspirational and motivational energy from which we have already begun to benefit. In fact, we have already received reports of individuals championing the concept of becoming safety coaches and pushing for greater collective responsibility. Your presentation was truly first-rate! Once again, thank you for contributing to the health and safety of UAW-GM employees and for being a rousing catalyst for our week-long Health and Safety Conference."

"Zero-Incidents Safety is an expectation at our company. With David Sarkus' gift of verbalizing the importance of every team player embracing the attitude and aptitude necessary to meet that expectation, my job has become much less difficult. His ability to personalize issues of resistance, to concisely explain consequences, and to provide simple techniques, such as the 7C's of World Class Safety and allowed our employees to be better prepared for the future. Best speaker on this topic we've engaged in fifteen years. David hit a home run with our front line supervisory team."

"Thanks for everything. You did a terrific job! Our employees rated you very highly on our conference evaluation form. Several people also identified your presentation as being one of the most effective parts of the conference."

"We just wanted to THANK YOU once again for your EXCELLENT presentation at our Safety Stand Down in Estevan yesterday. You are an incredible speaker! You held the interest of all 250 + people in attendance for the entire time that you were speaking. We liked your theme 'Everyone is a Safety Coach!' We also especially liked you talking about our fathers and grandfathers who paid the price to have us arrive at this point, where safety is becoming more and more a culture, and a way of life." You are making a huge difference in the way people think about safety. Many thanks, David!!!

"I want to thank you for your presentations at the two safety conferences we held for the Fossil Operations Group this year. You were well received by the attendees and presented an excellent message for both groups. Your 7C's approach is an excellent tool for anyone, manager, supervisor or worker. Your book, The Safety Coach®, takes that message further. I want to thank you for your presentations at the two safety conferences we held for the Fossil Operations Group this year. You were well received by the attendees and presented an excellent message for both groups. Your 7C's approach is an excellent tool for anyone, manager, supervisor or worker. Your presentation style certainly adds to the enjoyment of listening to the delivered message. The audience enjoyed the way you included them in the presentation. Again, thank you for helping us to have very successful conferences."

"Your comments were thought provoking and inspirational. Following each session I had some wonderful feedback from our people in terms of the message you delivered. Perhaps more impressive was the wonderful enthusiasm that you displayed in your remarks. You were able to make the subject of safety come alive and the examples you provided of real life experiences were things that many of our people could relate to very well."

"Your presentation was a big success with all levels of our organization. I've already received countless comments from employees who found it very informative and entertaining. We've received nothing but positive feedback. Your visit here was a tremendous boost to our continuing focus on safety."

"I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your wonderful keynote presentation… Your enthusiastic presentation 'Leading with Passion, Principles, and Performance' was well received. Our membership, staff and guests enjoyed being a part of your interactive presentation. You motivated our group to continue to improve safety in the workplace. Thank you for an outstanding job."