TalkLP host Amber Bradley and guest co-host David Thompson, CFI, from Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates chat with Jennifer Schaefer, MA, LPC, Field Asset Protection Manger with T-Mobile.

Jennifer talks how to navigate the loss prevention industry by building your own career ladder.  She talks creativity, being open to new challenges and deciding to take calculated risks.  Hear how this high-octane professional has tackled each challenge with grace and style!

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TalkLP host Amber Bradley and guest co-host Wicklander-Zulawski & Associate’s Dave Thompson, CFI grab a chat with Melissa Allgood, CFI, Director Loss Prevention for NBC/Universal Studios Hollywood about her role and the value of transferable skills in the loss prevention industry.  Melissa is definitely an industry veteran with some major experience — but how does that transfer to the “little city” of Universal Studios?  Listen now to find out this answer as well as tips on dealing with unions and more MEAT than you can handle. 

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Host of TalkLP, Amber Bradley, and Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates’ Dave Thompson, CFI were totally fan-girling out at GROC’s PIVOT Virtual ORC conference in August interviewing its keynote speaker NBA legend Dominique Wilkins!  Check out these lessons on PIVOTing in 2020 and how true leaders get it done in life and also in the board room.

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TalkLP host Amber Bradley had the honor and pleasure of moderating GROC’s breakout panel, “Women in LP: Breaking Barriers in a Male Dominated Industry” at its recent PIVOT conference.  Just when you think you know what women in the loss prevention industry have to say about being executives in a male dominated industry, you have no idea.  Check out these perspectives from retail, solution provider, and law enforcement!  It’s definitely not what you think…

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Are you tired of wearing a mask?  Me too.  And lots of other folks are too, however, I know those reading this don’t get nasty about it.  But. Some do.

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TalkLP host Amber Bradley and Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates’, David Thompson, CFI sat down with Home Depot’s Vice President of Asset Protection at GROC’s PIVOT virtual ORC summit in August.  Check out the conversation where we get candid with Scott on his advice for these crazy times, and more importantly….how the hell do you protect all those SKUs!!????

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Don’t you get tired of apologizing?  We do too.  Sometimes you just want to say what’s on your mind.  TalkLP host Amber Bradley and Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates’ Brett Ward, CFI are unapologetic in their analysis for what’s going on right now…and more importantly what loss prevention professionals can learn from it.  Take a listen, but don’t expect us to apologize.

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Is there such a thing as 100% honest all the time?  Take a listen to this podcast to understand the science that predicts how honest people will be and why that matters in the loss prevention industry.

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Amber and Dave were lucky enough to chat with Cary Jones, CFI, Vice President of Loss Prevention, Administration, and Compliance Officer with VisionWorks of American pre-COVID crisis.  So if you need a break from virus and you’re interested in some valuable leadership perspectives, this podcast is for you!

Cary provides insight on the unique business of VisionWorks and how he tackles the ever-expanding duties of his role.  Our conversation provides the audience with a different perspective of duties within the loss prevention role and advice on how to tackle them. Take a listen!

Thank you to InstaKey for sponsoring this episode!  Find out more about how InstaKey can solve all your re-keying challenges here!

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Hey, remember when we had conversations and we didn’t have to talk about COVID.  This was one of those!  We were lucky enough to talk to Jerry pre-COVID crisis.

You know, ORC wasn’t always ORC.  It took many individuals and an evolution in the loss prevention industry to truly understand the varying types of shoplifters to include Organized Retail Crime.  One of those individuals is Jerry Biggs.  Often known as one of the godfather’s of ORC, Jerry helped the loss prevention industry define and describe exactly what ORC is and what it is not.  Take a listen as Jerry describes the days when ORC was still just “shoplifting” and how he helped shape our industry.

Thank you to Protos Security for sponsoring this episode.  To learn more about how Protos can help you solve your labor and bandwidth security challenges check them out here.

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