Safety Week comes around once a year, and for many HSE teams, it is the one week the whole company pays attention to events around them. Spend it on the wrong speaker, and that attention is gone until next year. MCP Talent Agency has helped organizations make the most of moments like this since 1972. The family-owned talent agency and speakers bureau, based in Saskatoon, serves employers across Canada and the United States, including safety teams on job sites, in plants, and in offices. Its role is to find a voice that fits the workforce and the message the safety team needs people to hear.Selection of health and safety guest speakers for a safety week involves more than choosing an inspirational story. MCP Talent Agency considers who will be present at the event and what the week intends to accomplish. A team that has heard everything there is to know needs something that will convince them otherwise, and speakers who have survived real-life work-related accidents usually do that. Supervisors could use a session on accountability and setting an example. HSE experts who have attended hundreds of presentations usually connect with a speaker who challenges their safety culture and reporting systems.
“Every safety manager knows the sinking feeling of reading an incident report and thinking the warning signs were there. Safety week is a chance to get ahead of that. The right speaker gives workers a reason to speak up, slow down, and look out for each other. We want people walking out of the room thinking about their own choices, not just checking a box on attendance,” said a spokesperson for MCP Talent Agency.
MCP Talent Agency also helps clients with harder questions, such as whether to bring in a speaker after a serious incident on site. The recommendation is to have the client wait until the work environment can conduct investigations and provide support. Afterward, the speaker would be selected from outside the company's management ranks and could help individuals process what happened. Clients are advised to share the full story so the speaker can tailor the presentation.
About MCP Talent Agency
MCP Talent Agency is a family-owned talent agency and speakers bureau based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and has been in business since 1972. It helps employers, associations, schools, and public sector groups find keynote speakers and entertainers for events across Canada, the United States, and other countries. Its safety roster includes survivors of workplace incidents, safety culture specialists, Olympians and leadership speakers. Organizations looking for a health and safety motivational speaker can share their audience, dates, and goals with the team and receive a proposal with fees, topics, and videos. Visit https://www.mcptalent.com/