Based in Missouri. On site anywhere in the U.S., or virtual.

Keynotes, coaching, and mentoring. Pick the one that fits.

A keynote is for a room. Coaching is monthly help for one leader. Mentoring is six months with one rising leader. Don't buy a keynote when what you really need is a mentor.

Safety leadership

Talks based on the books

Each book comes with one keynote and one hands-on working session. Pick the title that fits the problem your people are facing. One talk per hour, 45 to 60 minutes, built around a real story from the floor. No wellness hour. No DEI keynote.

Zero Harm Is a Hazard

Keynote: why a zero-injury number that improves as people go quiet is hiding problems, not measuring safety.

Working session: we take apart one zero-injury prize or target your organization still uses and look at what it really rewards.

When Safety Fails at the Top

Keynote: the leadership patterns behind well-known public cases, including Gree, Upper Big Branch, Midnight Rider, La Porte, and the 737 MAX. Public record only.

Working session: the kickoff for a twelve-week leadership group, built around one closed public case. Your own company's incidents stay off the slides.

The SSIM Nexus

Keynote: the six areas the model measures, why the office and the floor see safety differently, and why blending them into one score is a lie.

Working session: your group scores one site from memory, office view and floor view side by side. A first look at the method, not the 90-day pilot.

No License to Lead

Keynote: written for a room of supervisors, not safety professionals.

Working session: take one real job and name who can stop it and who restarts it. If your supervisors need ongoing practice more than a speech, pair it with the Five Hours on the Floor series.

Safe on Purpose

Keynote: communication and authority at every level, built on five parts: intent, authority, voice, translation, and learning.

Working session: walk one live job using the Purpose Stack. If nobody owns the restart after a stop, we bring in the Who Takes the Call material.

The Principles

Keynote: the problem with leadership that only works in a conference room.

Working session: the first two hours of Five Hours on the Floor, or we pick three of the 21 practices for one crew.

The Ways of Safety: The Complete Operating System

Keynote: why so many safety management systems fall apart on an ordinary Tuesday.

Working session: a walk-through of the fourteen locked run sheets and the short site addendum that covers the local rules. We review them; we don't rewrite them in the room.

EHS Concepts: The Ways of Safety

Keynote: Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) in plain terms, without the slogans.

Working session: we go through your last ten near misses and find the one control that should have caught the error and didn't.

Integrated Safety Excellence

Keynote: using lean methods to hold safety up when budget cuts come around.

Working session: hierarchy of controls on one live job, not on a poster.

The fee is the same whichever title you pick. If you want a second talk the same day, that's the half-day or full-day option.

Off the job site

Talks from the two books for men

These two talks aren't safety talks. They come from my books for men: the voice in your own head, and the hard feedback from people who expect more of you. Same plain talk as the field books.

The Council of Betters: Out Vote the Voice that Hates You

For the voice that still wins at one in the morning. You pick a few better voices, give each one a vote, and stop letting your worst hour name you. Built on a field manual, not a pep talk.

The book on Amazon

The Bully I Needed: A Necessary Ass-Kicking

For the man who left the room mad because a leader wouldn't take his first draft. How to tell a builder who pushes you from a tyrant who needs you small, and what to do in the hour after you storm out.

The book on Amazon

Ask about format and fee for these two talks when you send your request.

Looking for one-on-one help instead of a talk? See men's mentoring

Who the talks are for

The groups named are examples of the kind of room, not a list of past events.

Ryan L. Rinehart

About Ryan

I'm Ryan L. Rinehart, M.Ed., CSST, CSSS, CSSO, IIOCSMG, a Navy veteran and Founder & Principal Consultant of EHS Concepts. I wrote the books, I put the systems they describe in place, and I coach and mentor the people who have to run them on an ordinary Tuesday. Every talk is built around a real story from the floor.

Policy sets the standard, and the program keeps it funded. But practice, what people actually do on the job, is what stops the next injury. That's where I spend my time.

Speaking fees

Keynote

From $6,500

45 to 60 minutes. A good fit for a corporate safety day, contractor kickoff, utility stand-down, or regional conference. Books available at the back table.

Keynote + floor walk

From $9,500

The keynote plus a 90-minute walk of your site, built around four questions. Office and floor are never averaged together. This is not the 90-day pilot.

Half day

From $9,500

Keynote plus a hands-on workshop for up to 40 people, built on the Purpose Stack or the Voice Ladder.

Full day

From $12,500

One talk plus two hands-on working sessions, with supervisors and senior leadership in the same building.

Virtual keynote (live online)

Virtual: from $3,500

Forty-five minutes, live online. In-person keynotes start at $6,500. No pre-record unless quoted.

Safety stand-down within driving distance

From $4,500

For sites within a same-day drive of Springfield–Branson.

Speaking: 50% holds the date (released if not received in ten days); balance due 14 days before the event. I do not speak for a boxed lunch and a plaque.

Maxwell Leadership Speaking, Coaching & Training

I'm a John C. Maxwell Certified Speaker, Coach, and Trainer with the Maxwell Leadership Certified Team, licensed to provide speaking, training, coaching, and facilitation on approved Maxwell Leadership personal and professional development content. This work is for business leaders in any industry (owners, executives, managers, and the teams they lead) and for safety and EHS leaders. Everything rises and falls on leadership: results, retention, culture, and safety. After 19+ years in EHS, I've seen it on every site. So I teach Maxwell Leadership content the way your people will use it, in the office, on the floor, and in the field.

Speaking

A clear leadership message for your event, built on Maxwell Leadership content and real stories from the job.

Coaching

One-on-one or team coaching that helps leaders set clear expectations, have the hard conversations, and follow through. For business leaders running a company or a department, and for safety leaders who need people to act, not just comply.

Training

Workshops and masterminds that give your managers, supervisors, and leads a shared leadership language they can use the next day, whether the work is in the office, on the floor, or in the field.

Sessions and fees

Keynotes

A Maxwell Leadership message for your conference, company meeting, leadership retreat, safety day, or stand-down, tied to what your leaders face every day. In person or virtual.

$3,000 per 1-hour session

Private company workshops

Sessions for your owners, managers, supervisors, and leads using Maxwell Leadership participant guides and facilitator materials, applied to your business and your safety program: trust, clear expectations, and follow-through.

$3,000 half day · $6,000 full day

Public workshops

Open sessions for business owners, managers, and safety leaders from any company or industry who want to build the same skills.

$250 per person half day · $500 per person full day

Masterminds

Small groups that work through Maxwell Leadership content together each week and bring it back to their teams, departments, and crews.

Public: $250 per person (6–8 weeks)
Private company: $2,500 per group of 10 (8 weeks)

Individual coaching

60-minute sessions on Maxwell Leadership content for business owners, executives, managers, EHS leaders, and frontline supervisors.

$225 per 60-minute session
$1,350 for six 60-minute sessions

Team coaching

Weekly 1-hour sessions for up to 10 people: a leadership team, a department, or a safety committee.

$1,000 per week

Leadership Game

A hands-on Maxwell Leadership game session for any team, from the front office to the front line.

$2,000 per 2-hour session

My Maxwell Leadership credentials

Maxwell Leadership Certified Speaker certificate for Ryan Rinehart, October 14, 2026
Maxwell Leadership Certified Speaker, October 14, 2026.
Maxwell Leadership Certified Coach certificate for Ryan Rinehart, October 19, 2026
Maxwell Leadership Certified Coach, October 19, 2026.
Maxwell Leadership Certified Trainer certificate for Ryan Rinehart, October 19, 2026
Maxwell Leadership Certified Trainer, October 19, 2026.

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Coaching and mentoring

Safety Leadership Retainer

$2,500/mo

For COOs, CROs, and VPs of Operations, after a pilot or review. $2,500 a month, 8 hours a month, remote, with a 90-day first term.

Add an on-site day: a leadership site walk with your managers, conversations with crews, a gap readout before I leave, and a written action list within 2 business days. $1,950 per day plus travel outside southwest Missouri.

$1,950 covers one day of up to 8 hours, booked 14 days ahead. Travel is included in southwest Missouri. Kansas City and north/central Missouri add a flat $450. The rest of the Midwest is $1,800 flat or a quote. Outside the Midwest is quoted.

Supervisor and EHS leader coaching

Monthly coaching, one problem per session, on site or by live video. Priced by quote.

Six-month mentoring for one rising leader

From $4,500

Six months with one up-and-coming leader. We start with a site walk or video call, then meet twice a month, with a check-in score at the midpoint and a written wrap-up at the end. Mostly remote; an on-site kickoff is quoted as travel.

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