Author: LeMareschal
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Situational Awareness Skill or Instinct?
Many of us in the security and protection industry have heard the term ‘’situational awareness’’, however, few understand its full meaning or the complexities of its components. This may help. First, to explain the definition of the term situational awareness we will use Endsley’s definition established in 1999: Situational Awareness is “the perception of the…
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The contribution of Body Language in dealing with Terrorism and Crime
By Andreas Venetis Founder & CEO Venetis Consulting & Training Services In 1989, the FBI had arrested a person for espionage against the USA. After a large number of interrogations, the investigators could not get any information about his possible partners. “They tried several times to persuade, by citing his patriotic and humanistic feelings…
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Hiring Character
As always, I use the material or ‘’fuel’’ for these articles from personal experience in the business or from exposure to others whose experiences add validity to my own views. In today’s material world, we are judged by three standards: How we look How we act What we say Because we all judge each other…
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Covert Protective Details ”The Invisible shield”
For new Close Protection professionals entering this industry or those considering it, a protection detail can be overt, covert or both. How the appropriate protection plan and team is chosen relies on the information known or gathered from interviews with the client as well as conditions affected by culture, political or business climate, the client’s…
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Is your “worth” in line with your “value?”
By John Lehman Copyright 2017 We have all questioned our value. We have all wondered what we were really worth. The reality is that our worth reflects how valuable we are to those willing to pay for our services. To understand the question, “is your worth in line with your value?”, let’s put the…
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Women in the Executive Protection Industry/Female Bodyguards
Addressing some misperceptions about women in the Executive Protection Industry
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Do you Train for Success or to Impress?
In a recent CPO class I was teaching, a student asked me what I would suggest as further training to add to his skillset. The first thing that came to mind was First Aid and a defensive driving class. He said he hadn’t thought about those so I took the opportunity to ask him what…
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What kind of a security business leader are you?
Over the last 10 years, I have written a few hundred articles and granted interviews related to protective work within our industry. I have almost always addressed topics of interest from the perspective of a Close Protection Operative or directed advice or opinions toward the CPO. As threats change with the times, the topics of…
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Why you are not getting hired? A recruiter’s perspective
This article will address the most common mistakes made by Protection professionals while searching and applying for jobs. I will not pull any punches here so if you don’t do well with constructive criticism or feel the need to argue with the scores of people I contacted to write this article, read something else. On…
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All for one, one for all….can you work and live by this motto?
Alexandre Dumas couldn’t describe better the importance of unity and solidarity within a team when he wrote one of the world’s most well-known historical novels, The Three Musketeers. In our line of work, we can see how important it is for all team members to work dedicated to one purpose (keeping client and team safe)…
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