John Grubbs
MBA, CSTM, RPIH
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- Business Improvement, Training, Safety and Quality
- Best Sellers
- Safety Made Easy 3rd Edition
- Career Focus
- Trainer, Author and Culture Development Consultant
- Affiliation
- ASSE, WABC, AIHA
John Grubbs, MBA, RPIH, CSTM, is the principal consultant and owner of GCI, a full service training and consulting firm in Longview, Texas. Specializations include business improvement, executive coaching, management development, safety consulting, behavior-based safety implementation and OSHA VPP support. Clients include healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, education, energy and service organizations.
John has over 15 years of leadership experience, published several best-selling books and articles and works with leaders at all levels to improve the performance of many well-known companies internationally. He holds degrees in Occupational Safety and Health, Industrial Technology and a Master of Business Administration. John is a dynamic and energetic speaker as well as a popular trainer and business consultant.
John is an affiliate member of the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches. He is a Registered Professional Industrial Hygienist and a Certified Senior Technology Manager. Other memberships include the American Society of Safety Engineers, American Industrial Hygiene Association, National Association of Industrial Technology and the American College of Healthcare Executives. His newest book “Leadership Among Idiots” is available on Amazon or at www.leadershipamongidiots.com.
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Why Do Leaders Seek Mediocrity
Why Do Leaders Seek Mediocrity? By John Grubbs While conducting research for my upcoming book... “Idiots Love Mediocrity”, I have discovered some powerful reasons that explain why leaders seek mediocrity rather than excellence for the organizations they serve. Surprisingly, the challenge for excellence is often “not more difficult” to achieve. It simply requires a different mindset when presented with a problem.
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I Hate My Job...
I HATE MY JOB… By John Grubbs …as a supervisor and there is nothing I can really do about it. I accepted this promotion to supervisor because I need to improve things for my family. I can’t stand confrontation and don’t like dealing with other people’s problems. I don’t really know what I am doing, I haven’t received much training and I am simply “winging it” almost daily. No one told me that supervision would be like this and I am not sure what I should do next. If I admit the truth, I will be viewed as a failure and the company will never offer me another opportunity in the future.
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***Peer Pressure - The Real Cause for Behavior on the Job
What really causes unwanted behavior on the job? For many years companies have been searching for the answer to this question. Why do employees put themselves in harm's way, create a defective product or treat that customer in a terrible manner? What happened to common sense? Does it exist? And worse, what happens if we try to rely on "common sense"? Too often we attempt to treat the symptoms rather than the disease. Think of it this way, not too many of us can stand the idea of pain when it comes to our body.
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Why DO Idiots Eat Their Young? And, Is it a Bad thing?
Why DO Idiots Eat Their Young? And, Is it a Bad thing? If we compare the typical "idiot" in business to the starving family patriarch in the cruelest of winters, interesting parallels start to surface. Consider the challenge of feeding a family to the typical business leader that must financially feed his or her team. Imagine the bad winter as analogous to the challenging business climate and the story starts to sizzle. While we love our children dearly, in rare cases there are those families that take for granted what most of us consider to be precious.
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Is Mediocrity Contagious? Is it spreading faster than the flu?
What is happening to our next generation of leaders? Have we become a nation that inspires mediocrity? Are we going through a metamorphosis and don't realize it? Do we really believe excellence comes without effort? Are we all getting infected with the mediocrity disease? The tired example that still fits in my mind is the propensity to give the "participation" trophy. In an effort to make all the players happy, everyone gets a trophy. Is the happiness what we truly seek? Or, have we lost the intestinal fortitude to inspire hard work and better effort for the reward?
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