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Leadership & Management

Executive leadership programs for security professionals

Security leaders recognize the importance of continuing education to stay up to date on current threats, strategies and management techniques.
Michael Gips
Michael Gips
June 12, 2023

Executive education courses can help security leaders better align their functions with the business, explore leadership tactics and enhance crisis management.


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Leadership & Management

Mapping the pathway to volunteer leadership

Some of the best volunteer leaders have an insatiable appetite for knowledge and understanding.
Michael Gips
Michael Gips
May 15, 2023

Volunteer leadership opportunities for security professionals are important. This column addresses how to approach and obtain these opportunities.


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leadership
Leadership & Management

A bout with a bot

Columnist Michael Gips writes in conversation with ChatGPT, exploring the balance of automation & the human aspects of security leadership.
Michael Gips
Michael Gips
April 13, 2023

Columnist Michael Gips writes in conversation with ChatGPT, exploring the balance of automation & the human aspects of security leadership.


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Leadership & Management

Finding your volunteer leadership lane

As security leaders, there are a number of opportunities to lead within and outside of our own organizations.
Michael Gips
Michael Gips
March 15, 2023

Security leaders can look to volunteer opportunities to support the industry and share their security & management insights.


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Leadership & Management

Sailing the seven (or more) Cs of leadership

Building and maintaining an organizational culture takes values-based investment from the top down.
Michael Gips
Michael Gips
February 15, 2023

Leading with a values-based approach encourages structure, employee buy-in and positive culture growth in security programs.


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Leadership
Leadership & Management

You’re a good leadership lesson, Charlie Brown

It’s true that Charlie Brown is a lovable loser, but he and his friends offer an array of leadership lessons hidden behind the comedy.
Michael Gips
Michael Gips
January 9, 2023

 Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang offer leadership lessons for security professionals.



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Leadership & Management

Are we in the “Outlier” era of security?

Success and notoriety outside of the industry comes from a combination of cultural factors, opportunities, timing, hard work and luck.
Michael Gips
Michael Gips
December 9, 2022

Success and notoriety outside of the industry comes from a combination of cultural factors, opportunities, timing, hard work & luck.


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Leadership & Management

Startup leadership: It’s all about the culture

How does leadership in a startup — particularly a security startup — differ from leadership in other environments?
Michael Gips
Michael Gips
November 7, 2022

Any new security startup calls for fitting leadership and a corporate culture that encourages respect, business innovation and employee retention.


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Leadership & Management

Is our leadership approach stuck in the 1840s?

The world today moves at lightning speed, but perhaps our understanding of leadership is still tethered to theories of old.
Michael Gips
Michael Gips
October 10, 2022

The world today moves at lightning speed, but has our understanding of leadership changed as well or are security leaders stuck with outdated approaches?


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Leadership & Management

A chief security officer (CSO) by any other name

Michael Gips
Michael Gips
September 7, 2022

Would a Chief Security Officer (CSO) by any other name retain the same authority, respect and gravitas?


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