Career HQ: Leadership Best of GSX 2024 Conference Recording

Successful leaders balance team development and strategic vision by cultivating excellence, maintaining stakeholder relationships, and staying current with industry trends to drive sustainable organizational growth and competitive advantage. 

This collection includes 3 GSX sessions focusing on the development of leadership skills. 

Breaking Barriers to Security Careers Through Integrated Organizational Leadership Development Programs 

The perception persists that security roles are entry-level only and cannot lead to long-term careers. The resulting high turnover threatens the security industry’s longevity, especially as new risks emerge and companies seek skilled, diverse talent to solve them. Despite the need, security professionals still face barriers to their career progression and need guidance to reach the next level.   

This presentation will explore how companies can provide leadership development at all organizational levels that empower talent to establish their careers in security. With discussions on onboarding and upskilling programs and technological tools, the presentation will offer strategies to develop career professionals - and explain how leadership development enables business strategy when integrated into daily operations.  

Chief Security Officer or Chief Risk Officer? How the CSO Role Is Changing  

The role of the Chief Security Officer is changing. Today's risk environment, from multiple international conflicts to increasing rates of crime, violence, and disruptive events globally, has motivated business leaders to look to CSOs for guidance beyond security risk. Geopolitical risks, resilience risks, reputational risks, and others are forcing CSOs to evolve beyond the traditions of guns, gates, and guards, and to directly inform strategic business decisions. This session will focus on defining what the scope of the CSO may look like in the near future and helping today's CSOs and future leaders prepare for those responsibilities.  

Leveling Up Performance and Doubling Down on ROI through Internal Leadership Coaching Program Implementation 

The implementation of leadership coaching in comprehensive talent management initiatives has become a cornerstone for successful professional development programs within security management organizations worldwide. Trained executive coaches are continually sought to assist their clientele, which include management officials and senior executives, in assessing their selected issues through a strategic lens, while leveraging critical thinking and problem-solving to identify potential solutions alongside their anticipated second and third order effects. This presentation will examine the critical components and framework required for developing a foundational internal coaching program within an organization, which seeks to generate a true measurable return on investment while simultaneously empowering employee and organizational performance in today’s dynamic global competitive environment.