Tag: Athena Academy

• Things to consider before you hire an Executive Protection team aka Bodyguards

  Things to consider before you hire an Executive Protection team aka Bodyguards. At some point in your careers, you will most likely find the need to retain, or at the very least, inquire about close protection services for yourselves, your loved ones and possibly for those you employ closest to you.       Now,…

  November 25, 2020

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• Interpersonal skills for security professionals

  You paid thousands of dollars for training and thousands more on equipment, firearms and clothing. Add in the cost of travel, hotels, meals, time off of work and other expenses and you are finally qualified for work, according to you. But what does the Client value in a protector? It may be no surprise that…

  January 12, 2015

  · ATHENA Worldwide Categories

• “WHAT IS YOUR TRAINING BUDGET?”

  By John R. Lehman   As a security industry and Law Enforcement Training Instructor in Texas, I get slammed with questions from people from all over the country, (and world), about training programs I offer. One question I always get hit with is so general in its scope that it begs for a full and…

  May 28, 2014

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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…

  March 17, 2014

  · ATHENA Worldwide Categories

• 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…

  August 4, 2013

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• Is a security detail enough?

  Personal Protection has always been viewed as a physical or tangible thing that could be measured by effort and labor put into creating and maintaining a program. Since the Internet first allowed for the publishing and dispersal of personal information, the public has obliged the technology by accessing and downloading billions of terabytes of information…

  May 1, 2013

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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…

  April 21, 2013

  · ATHENA Worldwide Categories

• Train to Protect? What you need to know

  Lately we are getting some questions from prospective students and we would like to answer to those questions and give to those who are interested to join the industry  more information about our profession and what to expect. – How fit you need to be to manage the CPO-training? Being in security industry you have to…

  April 3, 2012

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