In our July column, we discussed the dangerous gap in the transfer of knowledge between visionary security leaders and the next generation of leaders who will have to take up the mantle after them. Then in August, we laid out a roadmap for a new type of training that would help to close that gap. But what topics do up-and-coming leaders need to know more about?
For six years, the Security Executive Council has worked with top-tier security leaders to develop research, track industry trends and solve problems. In the course of this work, these Tier 1 Security Leaders have shared with us their thoughts on the skills that are lacking in the deputies and other potential leaders they are grooming. Most often they are concerned with the lack of strategic thinking and planning skills in these individuals. This shouldn’t be surprising; many deputies have to work 10 hours every day on critical operational issues and have little time to devote to strategy.