Get in the Habit of Managing Every Day
You are working on a big project for your boss. You have been barricaded in your office for days trying to finish it. But that’s nothing...
Challenging Assumptions—Putting LP under the Microscope
Doctors do it, so do engineers, and police officers...even farmers. More and more professions are using rigorous data to create, refine, and measure what they do....
Deterring Loss with Humility and Respect
EDITORS NOTE: PaulStone is vice president ofasset protection and riskmanagement at Best Buybased in Minneapolis.Stone started his lossprevention career asa store detective forJCPenney. He...
Avian Flu Pandemic!
Newspaper headlines like this are growing in frequency. It’s no wonder the $25 billion US poultry industry is watching this dreaded outbreak with intense scrutiny. A...
Managing Asset Protection at SUPERVALU
EDITORS NOTE: Carol Martinson isvice president, asset protection group, forSUPERVALU, where she oversees retail lossprevention operations, operations safety, foodsafety and quality assurance, and corporatesecurity....
Cargo Theft: A Costly Epidemic
This west coast distributor had never experienced any cargo theft, which was why they were shocked when two loaded containers parked in their yard vanished in...
Are Happy Employees More Productive?
Service-based leadership is a style of leadership that allows the leader to achieve excellence through the committed involvement of his or her employees. With service-based leadership,...
Interviewing the Gurus of Interviewing
EDITORS NOTE: Douglas E. Wicklander, CFI, CFE, and David E. Zulawski, CFI, CFE, are the founding partners of Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates, Inc. Founded in...
Planning, Implementing, and Justifying an Employment Screening Process
Many experts agree that “past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior.” For this reason if for no other, companies should be keenly...
Surviving the Star Trek: How to Plan a Safe and Successful Celebrity Event
As a retail loss prevention manager, enjoying a sports figure on ESPN is one thing; hosting that sports figure at the department store where...