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The Fine Art Of Facilitation Reduces Risk

December 15, 2020 OldSoldier 0

After three-and-a-half years of savage war that killed over 250,000 people and dislocated 6 million more in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the warring parties of what was known as the Bosnian War […]

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The Disparity Between Threat Estimate And Assessment Is Often Huge…and Dangerous

July 21, 2020 OldSoldier 0

One of the earliest international executive protection missions I advanced was a multi-nation tour leaving from West Germany and traveling to Athens, Greece, the island of Crete, Istanbul, Turkey, and returning to West Germany. Our […]

Career Development

Becoming A Trusted Advisor. What Does It Take?

June 5, 2018 OldSoldier 0

I had the honor of speaking at a Protective Security Council conference during which I heard an oft-repeated question among other executive protection practitioners in attendance, and incorporated into a number of other conference seminars […]

Legal & Regulatory

Tax Code Creates Lethal Vulnerability for Corporate Leaders

April 11, 2016 OldSoldier 0

U.S. tax codes don’t often have life-or-death consequences, but one section creates a potentially lethal vulnerability for some of America’s corporate leadership. This troublesome section deters persons who would be wise to employ executive security […]

Executive Services

VIP Press Coverage and Executive Protection

January 16, 2014 OldSoldier 0

The media frenzy spawned by the BP oil well spill and the government’s response to the disaster reminds us that the security agent plays an integral role in managing the way a story gets reported […]

Surveillance

Making the Case for Surveillance Detection

February 7, 2011 OldSoldier 3

Someone once told me that the more things change, the more they stay the same. I guess that statement is true to some extent. As I’m watching the world of terrorism continue to evolve, observe the growing phenomenon of “homegrown terrorists,” and […]

Quick Takes

  • California’s New Independent Contractor Law is “A Disaster and a Crisis.”
    December 13, 2019 1
  • IRS Issues New Meals & Entertainment Deduction Rules
    October 11, 2018 0
  • The High Cost of Not Doing a Hotel Advance
    January 9, 2018 4
  • PPS, MMA, UFC. What Do They Have in Common?
    August 17, 2017 0
  • Should We Talk or Just Kill Each Other?
    June 19, 2017 0

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