Staff Management

In his latest column, Lou Sepulveda discusses the importance of getting a sales manager involved in the hiring process before adding a new person to the team.

Tim Whall has wasted no time since becoming CEO of Protection One. For starters, since helping close the deal in June for the nation’s No. 2 electronic security provider, he’s met with employees in all 65 branches while assembling an impressive executive team. SSI spoke with Whall about his plans at P1 and other industry topics.

The recent start of the NFL season got me thinking about what an inexact science recruiting is. So much time, money and brainpower is put into scouting out the players, yet there are so many variables and unknowns that top picks can turn out to be complete busts (try mentioning the name Ryan Leaf to a Charger fan) and late-round selections or undrafted free agents can emerge as stars (Tony Romo, anyone?).

A stressful workplace can result in behavioral changes even in your best employees. Identify the warning signs and take action to prevent staff-wide chaos.

As Belisle has grown in the business, he has expanded both the size and scope of the business, and has become more of an integrator in many ways. He recently ...

Commitment to employee training is a decision that should not be taken lightly. Devoting the time of sales staff and technicians ...

When I met Mike Polizzi nearly 30 years ago, I sensed his company was on a fast track to success ...

Robert Few has learned an invaluable lesson early on and it’s one that every good businessperson truly understands ...

If you have been following my writings through the years, there has been a topic that consistently appears in almost every article. This way of thinking is not only an important practice for security professionals, but it is woven into the very fabric of professional security performance and reliability. I am referring to the art of ...

With gas prices soaring to record levels, security contractors that operate vehicle fleets are under increasing pressure to pass added costs to customers while also searching for more economical strategies of doing business ...

Ouch! This isn’t a very nice title for an article at all. What’s even more acerbic is that many owners and managers in our industry seem to be missing the top signs that our service quality quite possibly isn’t all that. I wish I had a dime for every time an alarm company owner told me, “We provide the best service in the industry!” If we are being truthful with ourselves, the fact ...

When Mike Duffy told me his great idea, I just looked at him and for a second, the image of a bus flashed through my mind. I then realized what he was really saying. The companies that we work with are the “buses” in our lives. The quality of the ride and the satisfaction that we get from it is in large part determined by making sure we ...

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