Category: ATHENA Worldwide Categories
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On Contracts
By John R. Lehman I’ve been asked for over a year to address the subject of contracts. Specifically, contracts between Personal Protective Operatives, (or their companies), and the people they protect. In this posting, I will try to simplify the explanation of the “Contract” and offer an approach from our perspective on the creation…
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Gun Ownership Or Firearm Adoption
By John R. Lehman For every one opinion offered, there are a hundred that will disagree with it, so before we begin, let’s understand that this opinion is offered from a bit of a different approach for the purpose of presenting a method for determining whether or not to own a firearm. While I am…
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Attempted Abduction of Shipowner in Athens, Greece
One of the cases when training and awareness can save your life. This person has been attending many security and driving courses. He managed to keep his calmness, react fast and escape from the ambush: ”On Thursday afternoon a group of men tried to abduct the Greek shipowner Ioannis Martinos. At least five men armed with…
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Have you ever considered what the clients are looking for when they hire?
John Lehman, Athena Academy’s Vice President, did a research recently, he contacted several past clients for whom he no longer provides service and reviewed about 40 questionnaire files. Here are comments from the majority of the clients questioned along with the most desired qualifications: -Minimum of a high school diploma. -Have 10 client references and…
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Athena Academy – Former Student´s Perspective
I am a graduate student of both CPO level 1in 2011 and CPO level 2 in 2012. Before enrolling at Athena I had done my research on several personal protection schools. I either found them to be too expensive or only 3 or 4 day course which just isn’t enough time to give someone the…
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Is the warrior mindset right for our profession?
We know what the Term “Warrior Mindset” is supposed to mean. It is having the emotional drive and mental preparedness to think through the problem, fight through the problem and then not stopping until you are satisfied with the solution. While this works well on the battlefield, can we assume that this “mindset” will…
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The necessity of training civilians dealing with a crisis situation
The Boston attack proved once again how vulnerable any city or country can be under a terrorist attack. In the aftermath, we were subjected to the news media clamoring for access to the opinions of the experts. In almost every case the “experts” start popping off and saying what went wrong and what should have…
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Nannyguards Upcoming Training this fall in Atlanta, GA
Athena Academy announce NANNYGUARDS (SM) a premiere and elite company that not only aids families with placement, through our network of NANNYGUARDS authorized placement agencies, but also provides the world’s first Certified Child Protection Specialist training (CPS). No other agency in the world meets our stringent training and placement guidelines. NANNYGUARDS offer a distinct service…
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