Tag: Female Bodyguards
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How do you properly handle your client’s budget?
One of the most serious, and sadly, often abused, of all professional deadly sins in our industry is the overcharging of the client or spending his/her money unreasonably and/or unwisely. We have seen too many companies presenting the “threat” to be much bigger than it truly is so they can cause more fear and…
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The importance of Emotional Control in the Workplace for Executive Protection Operatives
Usually I write articles based on my experience as a security professional but this one will be addressed from another perspective. That of the person who has a degree in Psychology and has also spent many hours studying behaviours. I would like to combine my two educational backgrounds and discuss how specific behaviours can negatively…
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Female Bodyguards
”Female Bodyguards are in high demand!” I am sure you have heard this before but as a female Close Protection Operative, you are still struggling to find a job. There are many misconceptions regarding our role in the industry. In this article, we will try to address some.
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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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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…
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“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…
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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…

