Bill Peeler to Speak on Mentoring

Bill Peeler will speak at the 2022 Close Protection Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Friday, December 9th. Deriving from over a quarter century of experience as a protection practitioner and leader, he will discuss Mentoring and Reverse Mentoring, how both the Mentor and the Mentored can leverage these relationships, and what mentoring is [...]

By |2022-11-25T18:07:47-05:00November 25th, 2022|Events, Executive Protection|Comments Off on Bill Peeler to Speak on Mentoring

2021 IPSB Close Protection Conference

We are just about ten days out from the IPSB Close Protection Conference held December 8th through the 10th in Las Vegas, Nevada. The IPSB, a non-profit organization, formed in 2016, brought together several organizations that held separate annual events under one roof to create the Close Protection Conference. In giving [...]

By |2021-11-27T12:47:28-05:00November 27th, 2021|Career & Business, Events|Comments Off on 2021 IPSB Close Protection Conference

When two or more people have differing viewpoints, who’s viewpoint is wrong or right?

Naturally, your perspective is correct in your mind, and that is okay - because it is your perspective! But this does not necessarily make the perspective of others wrong neither. I know, this sounds like a lot of doubletalk but stay with me, as the point I am making is, you are both correct [...]

By |2021-08-20T14:50:03-04:00August 20th, 2021|Career & Business, Training|Comments Off on When two or more people have differing viewpoints, who’s viewpoint is wrong or right?

The Impact of Acquisitions and The COVID Pandemic on the Small Security Business

Many of us can attest to large businesses' domino effect on small businesses in the Protection Industry. While no reliable data is available with a breakdown of the Security Industry's various slices, some of the hardest-hit areas include the Executive Protection and Event Security disciplines.  Some other security industry areas, primarily the guarding sector, [...]

By |2021-03-19T11:43:43-04:00March 19th, 2021|Career & Business|Comments Off on The Impact of Acquisitions and The COVID Pandemic on the Small Security Business

95 Leadership Quotes

In the spirit of the holiday season and giving in the virtual world we find ourselves in, I want to share 95 leadership quotes that help me gain and maintain perspective. For me, seeking success in leadership or other aspirations is a continuum allowing achievement of established step goals and the end goal of [...]

By |2021-01-02T20:14:00-05:00December 30th, 2020|Career & Business|Comments Off on 95 Leadership Quotes

Bias in the Protection Industry

What are you doing to protect your threat investigations' integrity and your protective intelligence team's overall product? In the early morning hours of December 25, 2020, an explosion occurred in Nashville, Tennessee—Timeline Information. Believed to be an intentional act by law enforcement, brings me to discuss our need to sharpen our competency in our [...]

By |2020-12-27T10:26:20-05:00December 27th, 2020|Career & Business|Comments Off on Bias in the Protection Industry

Cause and Effect In Business and Employment Relationships

Forbes recently published an article, "Here's How Much Money Private Investigators Make In Every State." I thought I would take a look at the current wages across the Private Investigation and Security "Guarding" spectrum. Understand, the source of this data is the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They calculated annual wages by multiplying the hourly means [...]

By |2020-06-21T10:42:40-04:00June 7th, 2020|Career & Business|Comments Off on Cause and Effect In Business and Employment Relationships
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