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Bio
Dan Comiskey
Dan Comiskey played football in the Canadian Football League for 12 years,
where he was coached by over 40 different professional coaches. All of these
coaches were behaviour change specialists, and helped Dan become an expert
in the fundamentals of habit change.
Dan recently retired from the Edmonton Eskimos, where he was a perennial
all-star and a two time Grey Cup champion. Dan has co-written “The Truth
About Success” and "Enduring Principles of Leadership". He is passionate
about injury prevention and safety awareness.
Dan has suffered multiple concussions, a torn triceps, a torn calf, and a
broken leg, all in the last 5 years. Dan’s step-brother died in an
industrial accident, and his father in-law suffered a permanent brain injury
in an industrial accident less than one year from retirement. Dan has a very
personal perspective on the importance of workplace safety.
Off the field, Dan has spent his entire career honing his skills as a
philanthropist and public speaker. He has been the honourable Chairperson
for both the Canadian Cancer Society and the Kidney Foundation of Canada. He
has spearheaded numerous Charity Drives for these organizations, as well as
for the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. For his work in the community,
Dan has been honoured twice with the CFL’s Tom Pate nomination. This
prestigious award is given for the unique combination of outstanding
sportsmanship and dedication to the league and community.
Dan’s involvement as a leader on and off the field has established him as a
sought after speaker. The parallels drawn between the corporate world and
professional football have given Dan great insight into supervisor coaching
and inspired leadership.
A note from Dan:
If you want to reduce your Workers Compensation claims, and dramatically
increase the ability of your supervisors and managers to coach safety, you
owe it to yourself to consider this opportunity.
Teaching employees to do tasks differently than they’ve done in the past can
be difficult, frustrating work.
I teach supervisors and managers the skills and strategies to coach like
professional coaches.
How do I
do this?
I am a coaching and leadership expert.
I am a former professional football player, and I have been exposed to 12
years of coaching lessons from over 40 different professional coaches.
Everything I research and teach runs through this filter of personal
coaching experiences.
I have coauthored “Enduring Principles of Leadership” and “The Truth About
Success”.
I have been a professional keynote speaker for over 10 years.
Why
do I do this?
Workplace death and injuries have affected me personally
on many
levels.
I lost my brother to an industrial accident when he was just 41.
My father in law suffered a permanent brain injury at work just 2 years from
retirement.
During my football career I suffered multiple concussions, a broken leg, a
ruptured triceps and a torn calf, all within the last 3 years.
I will teach your supervisors about LEADERSHIP and the importance of
learning effective coaching SKILLS and STRATEGIES.
First I will motivate them.
Then, over the next 12 months, I will teach them to supervise and manage
employees like experienced professional coaches manage players.
My
mission is to save a life each working day, and help prevent thousands of
needless injuries.
I will accomplish my mission, but I need your help.
You’ve
got to make the call
Sincerely,
Dan (the Safety Man) Comiskey
“Dan I
would like to thank you for the very moving presentation you put on at Shell Albian Sands. It was very hard to hold back tears in a room full of big
tough construction workers. Your passion is very needed in our profession
and I think you hit home to a lot of people. My crews were very thankful to
sit in on your session also. Keep up the good work. I tried to shake your
hand but the crowd was too large to get close.”
Electrical
Superintendent
“Believe
me when I say it was all my pleasure!!! I do truly hope we can work together
again some time soon, some where. You are an articulate, passionate orator.
I am still over hearing conversations about your visit in the Tim Horton’s
morning line and in the smoke shacks as well. You really touched some of
these guys!!! and me too.”
HSE Specialist SIT
Dave Dromarsky, ES&H Manager
ExxonMobil
“Best speech I’ve ever heard, anywhere, any topic.”
Charles Dauphinee, Supervisor
Weavexx
“Dan is a powerful speaker.
He also has a clear and powerful message. Absolutely outstanding.”
James
Davidson
Fima Development Canada Corp.
“Dan was a team leader with
our organization for years. He never had any trouble speaking from the front
of the room when the need presented itself. He was also a terrific speaker
at our corporate breakfasts. I highly recommend Dan as a speaker.”
Dan
Maciocia
General Manager and Director of Football Operations
Edmonton
Eskimos
“Our foremen were very impressed with Dan’s coaching message.
Dan is a riveting speaker, and is clearly passionate about safety.”
Trevor Chisholm
President
ACL Construction Ltd
“Dan is a
passionate speaker who puts his heart and soul into his presentation. He
really cares about people and their welfare, and that comes through loud and
clear in his powerful presentation.”
Jack Flemming
Founder
Ocean
Contracting
Dan I would like to thank you for the very moving presentation you put on at
Shell Albian Sands. It was very hard to hold back tears in a room full of
big tough construction workers. Your passion is very needed in our
profession and I think you hit home to a lot of people. My crews were very
thankful to sit in on your session also. Keep up the good work. I tried to
shake your hand but the line was crowd was too large to get close.
Stay safe Bro.
Cheers
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