Host: Stacy Mandock

Stacy Mandock provides support to the team as the Safety & Security Travel program director. With the purpose of providing the safest possible experience for travelers both foreign and domestic, Stacy assists in doing the initial research for travel destinations and identifying potential concerns and/or risks before and during travel. Her specialty is working with collegiate travelers and ensuring that they’re thoroughly prepared before travel as well as tracking potential risks or threats throughout their trips.

Guest: Dr. Kate Colvin

Dr. Kate Colvin has worked in the human performance industry for 15 years, gaining experience working with professional athletes, military special operations, as well as Fortune 500 companies. As a seasoned performance psychology consultant, she is passionate about increasing individual mental performance and thus overall psychological well-being.

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Kate is a published author with contributions to both the Journal of Special Operations Medicine and the Journal of Alternative Medicine. She holds a M.S. in Sport and Performance Psychology from University of Idaho as well as a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Texas Tech University and currently resides in Idaho.

On this topic: We all encounter stressful situations, but today we dive into acute stress: the result of an emergency situation. Kate talks through ways you can prepare before an emergency situation, as well as key techniques for during that could be critical in keep you and yours out of harm’s way.

Key takeaways:

• What is stress? Acute vs Chronic
• Stress response in the body
• Stress regulation techniques: the 3 Rs
• The importance of sleep (see link below for Kate’s sleep course!)

Links:

• LSDS Egress Bags and Emergency Kits
  • Use code: KATE with your purchase or consultation
• LSDS Global Campus - Online Learning Platform

Read the full blog post here.

Guest: Joe Fitterer

Joe joined LSDS in April 2020 and is a part of the Operational Team and serves as the Site Lead for Client Engagements. He collaborates on developing various projects, encompassing leadership training, communication enhancement training, and crisis response training. Joe is also charged with maintaining the accuracy of project trackers and operational execution synch matrices. He is an Army Veteran and lives in Fuquay Varina with his wife and 2 children.

Guest: Terry Peters

Terry is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Leader Solutions Decisions Support (LSDS) which provides executive coaching to leaders of all levels and empowers and supports individuals and organizations with the skills and knowledge to achieve their professional vision. Terry has led leadership development forums with Amazon’s North American Customer Fulfillment, Global Engineering Services (GES), and has built a resident leadership academy for Riot Games. He is a 27-year Army Veteran and has numerous decorations and foreign awards for his service to the Nation.

Host: Stacy Mandock

Stacy Mandock provides support to the Risk Mitigation team as the program director. With the purpose of providing the safest possible experience for travelers both foreign and domestic, Stacy assists in doing the initial research for travel destinations and identifying potential concerns and/or risks before and during travel. Her specialty is working with collegiate travelers and ensuring that they’re thoroughly prepared before travel as well as tracking potential risks or threats throughout their trips.

On this topic: Threat and Vulnerability Assessments (TVAs) are a fully comprehensive tool that compliments already existing safety and security measures for organizations. In this podcast we dig into what they are, who benefits from having one done and what’s delivered.

In this podcast you will learn more about:

• What IS a TVA and who should consider having one done?
• The breakdown of what LSDS delivers and the detail that goes into a TVA.
• Tales from the road. Experiences from past TVAs and the benefits seen.

Key takeaways:

• TVAs are designed to complement and enhance any safety and security plans already in place.
• Any organization that is focused on providing their team the safest workplace possible should consider having one done.
• LSDS is committed to meeting clients where they’re at and delivering an assessment tailored to each clients’ needs.

Read the full blog post here.

Host: Stacy Mandock

Stacy Mandock provides support to the Risk Mitigation team as the program director. With the purpose of providing the safest possible experience for travelers both foreign and domestic, Stacy assists in doing the initial research for travel destinations and identifying potential concerns and/or risks before and during travel. Her specialty is working with collegiate travelers and ensuring that they’re thoroughly prepared before travel as well as tracking potential risks or threats throughout their trips.

Guest: Cliff Wilson

Cliff Wilson is an IT and cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert having worked with Microsoft and the military. Since 2008, Cliff's experience as an IT and cybersecurity expert has allowed him to hold various positions at Microsoft. Cliff has spent the majority of his time supporting DoD Federal at Microsoft, but his passion for security motivates and drives him to helping customers and others be successful.

On this topic: Part 2 of our cyber series dives into security awareness, password management and best practices for browser use. Cliff’s got all the recommendations for settings to check, tools to help you keep track of all those passwords and some key differences between browsers and how to tweak them into the safest for you and your data.

In this podcast you will learn more about:

● Password Manager options and purpose

● Multifactor Authentication apps

● Browser settings and add-ons

● Search engine options and privacy settings to check

Key takeaways:

▪ Edit/Correction: Private browser windows are not containerized. At least for Firefox, all private browsers share the same shared memory, they will NOT be containerized.

Links below to recommendations and mentions in this podcast.

See full summary and blog post here.