GSX 2023 Career HQ Collection: Career Planning & Advancement

This GSX 2023 Career HQ Collection includes 2 recordings discussing career planning and advancement.

Put Your Expertise to Work and Take Action to Advance a Diverse Industry

The security industry is taking note of the benefits of a diverse workforce and acting on DE&I initiatives. There is also a push for law enforcement and military veterans to build a career in security. These groups will eventually start their own businesses as they follow the natural path of the retiring CSO or Global Security Director who ventures out on their own after a long-tenured career.

Today, if you’re seeking to engage a minority or women-owned security company or freelance expert, your options are limited.

Hear from three highly successful people representing these groups who followed different paths to success. Learn about their challenges and get inspired to take the leap!

Taking Professional Development to the Next Level: Charting the Way for Successful Career Progression​

Investing in personnel remains one of the most cost-effective business decisions in an organization's strategic planning. The public and private sectors must remain constantly agile, able, and willing to recalibrate and realign mission goals and objectives to address ever-changing vulnerabilities and risks, which have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Talent management strategies must remain dynamic to address recruitment and retention issues, which include leveraging innovative methods that not only assess second- and third-order effects of business decisions, but also empower critical thinking and strategic leadership skill sets of employees. This presentation will apply such a calculated lens to reassess traditional career planning strategies while embracing DEI&A concepts that will ultimately empower short- and long-term professional development in an organization’s workforce while leading enterprise change.