PSA Leadership Institute

SDM Magazine understands how important leadership is in our personal and business lives. Together we are taking on the challenge of assisting our readers by developing a series of podcasts/articles on the topic.

ARTICLES

Integration Spotlight

3 Steps to Workplace Conflict Resolution

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

April 5, 2021

AN AGE-OLD SAYING STATES that there are two certainties in life — death and taxes. The reality is that whether you are a security integration company, a product manufacturer or a security service provider, there are many additional work occurrences that are equally as certain.

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4 Lessons from Life & Kaleidoscopes

Ric McCullough

October 26, 2020

Ten years ago, I spoke at a national meeting of sales teams and executives. This was my last formal presentation to a company that I helped grow over the previous 27 years. The speech I gave was about kaleidoscopes and their relevance to business and leadership.

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Let Your Team Shine

Your job as it relates to the tasks you must perform is very different from your job as a leader of people.

Anthony Berticelli

September 28, 2020

I love this time of year. As I write this in August, the weather is warm, the grass is green, and the sun is shining bright. Especially this year, it’s nice to take a brief moment, tilt your head back, and bask in the warmth of the sunshine for a few minutes.

Leadership During Hardship

During a crisis, strong, consistent leadership is more important than ever.

Bill Bozeman

June 23, 2020

As of March 2020, the PSA Network was in the final phases of finding my replacement as CEO. I had decided in 2019 that it was time to retire from my post with the organization. The board of directors understood, and we hired a c-level recruiting firm, Kingsley Gate, to find the next CEO of PSA.

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COVID-19 Is Forcing Employers to Embrace Workplace Flexibility

To reduce the spread of virus, many employees are shifting to home-based work arrangements. How will that work and will it last beyond the pandemic?

Candice Aragon

April 13, 2020

With news of COVID-19 sweeping the nation and the world, many organizations have sent their employees home to work remotely to help prevent the spread of the illness. Leaders who previously weren’t comfortable with allowing flexibility in hours and location of work have been forced into these arrangements out of sheer necessity.

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Why We Should Build a Baseball Team at Work

Baseball teams are structured and built for winning, not dissimilar to the way teams in the workplace should be.

Anthony Berticelli

November 4, 2019

This probably sounds like the start to an article about work/life balance, team-building exercises, or a fantasy sports pool, but I promise you it is not.

Transformative Leadership: The Past Can Predict the Future

Dan Dunkel

September 30, 2019

Transformation is defined as “a change in form, appearance, nature or character.” Today, the physical security industry is faced with the fact that digital transformation has redefined business risk.

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Prism or Laser: What Is Your Leadership Style?

Every business has a mix of laser leaders and prism leaders, so balancing these competing leadership approaches can be tricky. However, one type emerges as ultimately better for business success.

Kim Garcia

April 1, 2019

A prism, according to Merriam-Webster.com, is defined as a transparent body that is bounded in part by two nonparallel plane faces and is used to refract or disperse a beam of light.