Professional Development

Every living person generates signals, signatures, and noise, if you will. As we move through time and space, we shed DNA, talk on phones,...

Eric Rode has over fifteen years of experience in loss prevention, holding positions at a district and regional level with Sears Holdings, rue21, and...

Negotiation tactics are synonymous with terms ranging from compromise and mediation to haggle and interrogation. It is not difficult to argue the fact that...

You hate confrontations with employees. They only seem to make things worse. Sometimes you even end up firing an employee. For these reasons, you generally avoid giving...

Whether you’re starting a new career or just getting out of school, your search for jobs in loss prevention might be more successful if...

Excellence in Leadership Nadine Lajeune, Format Leader, Retail Asset and Profit Protection, Sears Holdings Following international travel as an environmental consultant and then a corporate safety manager...

Excellence in Partnerships Katherine "Kat" Houston, LPQ, Former Director of Client Services, LPM Media Group After starting her career with the finance and audit departments at...

Excellence in Leadership Gene Smith, LPC, (Former) President, Loss Prevention Foundation With almost forty years of experience, Gene Smith, LPC, has been a key leader in...

We are pleased to recognize and congratulate an industry leader who recently obtained their LPC certification. Despite their demanding schedule and having other impressive educational credentials, they still saw the value and took the time to obtain this industry-leading LPC credential.

"When we play, we must realize, before anything else, that we are out to make money." – David Sklansky on the game of poker. I'm...