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• EP 149 Saboteurs in the Boardroom: The Hidden Forces Behind Your Decisions and The Future of Human-Centric Leadership with Jennifer Selby-Long Founder & CEO Selby LLC

  Send us a text“Predictability doesn’t make you weak — it’s what frees your brain to lead with strength. The more predictability you build, the more resilient your people become.” JSL.🎙️ Podcast Summary: “Rewiring Resilience: From Surviving to Thriving”In this powerful episode of The Security Circle, Yolanda “YoYo” Hamblen sits down with Jennifer Selby Long, an executive coach and transformation leadership expert who has guided over 300 leaders through the toughest moments of their professional and personal evolution. Together, they unpack the real meaning of resilience — and why it’s not about “soldiering on,” but learning to surf the waves of change.Jennifer explains how our early life experiences shape the neural networks that influence how we lead, react, and recover under pressure. She introduces the concept of inner saboteurs — those self-defeating mental patterns like the Judge or the Hyper-Rational — and shows how leaders can quiet those voices to unlock empathy, creativity, and calm under chaos.The conversation flows from neuroscience to leadership psychology, touching on predictability as a secret weapon for resilience, the importance of silence and self-reflection, and how leaders can turn stress into strength by mastering their inner game first.From personal insights to professional breakthroughs, this episode is a roadmap for anyone ready to rewire resilience, build emotional intelligence, and move from surviving to truly thriving — both in leadership and in life.BIOJennifer Selby Long is the founder and CEO of Selby Group, LLC, a consulting firm dedicated to helping leaders win at transformation and change. The firm has been in business since 1997, when she founded Selby Group as a sole proprietorship. Today Jennifer and a small team of executive coaches partner with technical leaders as well as business leaders who find themselves leading and responding to large-scale change and transformation.Selby Group’s services include:1. For Leaders: Optimize leadership performance through coaching and advisory services2. For Leadership Teams: Build and support well-aligned high-performing leadership teams through team assessments, strategic off-sites, and leadership team-building3. For Organizations: Strengthen management and workforce ability to thrive in continuously-changing times through our tightly-focused workshop curriculumKey Competencies• 30+ years in the global technology sector• 300+ leaders coached• Influenced over 3000 executives, leaders, managers, individuals, and teams through large and small group work• Focus on organizational transformation, leadership, teamwork, self-awareness, strategic thinking, communication, and influence• Veteran of multiple large-scale changes and organizational transformations, often driven by new developments in technologyClient experience includes: Airbnb, LinkedIn, Ciena, Cisco Systems, Nestlé, News Corp, Dow Jones, US Data Security, and many others.https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferselbylong/Security Circle ⭕️ is an IFPOD production for IFPO the International Foundation of Protection Officers

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• EP 148 Sky High Standards: Protecting Brand, People and Planes with Nigel Williams Global Head of Security for Virgin Atlantic

  Send us a text“In aviation security, there are no true competitors — just allies in the air, all working toward the same goal: keeping people safe.”Nigel Williams — Global Head of Security, Virgin AtlanticNigel has extensive intelligence, investigative, and corporate security experience, having worked in both the public and private sectors, including business intelligence, UK counterterrorism and global aviation operations.Nigel has been with Virgin Atlantic since 2016 leading their global security operations and developing their security management system into a world and industry leading capability.He was an officer in the British Army with 25 years of operational experience, and he retired as a lieutenant colonel. Following his military career Nigel was engaged in 10 years of counter-terrorism operations for the UK Government; renowned for breaking down the intelligence barriers between Governments and Industry.  Prior to his role in Virgin Atlantic, he spent 3 years in the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC), providing security guidance on numerous thematic threats to the highest levels of the UK and foreign governments, the intelligence community, law enforcement and industry.   He continues to represent the aviation security sector at the National Aviation Security Committee, the IATA Security Council and is an advisory board member of the TingG terrorism information network. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-williams-400694240/Security Circle ⭕️ is an IFPOD production for IFPO the International Foundation of Protection Officers

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• EP 147 Dr Grant Van Ulbrich: Change Breaks You. Transformation Builds You.

  Send us a textBio:Dr Grant Van Ulbrich is an internationally recognised pioneer in Personal Change Management and the founder of Scared So What®, the world’s first personal change model, methodology, and app. His work empowers individuals and organisations to embrace transformation through leadership development, executive coaching, and scalable technology.A Forbes, Wall Street, Entrepreneur-featured thought leader and TEDx speaker with just over 2M views, Grant’s career spans over two decades in global leadership roles within the cruise and hospitality industry before dedicating his research and practice to sales transformation and change leadership. He is the first person worldwide to be awarded both an MSc in Leading Sales Transformation and a Doctorate in Sales Transformation, achieved through the Consalia Sales Business School and Middlesex University.Grant is a Fellow of Personal Change Management at the Integrity Centre, a Founding Fellow of the Institute of Sales Professionals, a Fellow of the Institute of Training and Occupational Learning (ITOL), and a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield University School of Management. His award winning publications, including Transforming Sales Management: Lead Sales Teams Through Change (Kogan Page, 2023), and peer-reviewed articles in The Oxford Review and Change Management Review, are widely referenced in the field.Through his leadership at Scared So What Ltd, Grant continues to advance the practice of Personal Change Management, helping leaders, teams, and organisations transform with integrity and purpose.Podcast Summary🎙️ Podcast Summary: “Change Breaks You. Transformation Builds You.”In this deeply moving and inspiring episode of The Security Circle, Yolanda Hamblen sits down with Dr. Grant Van Ulbrich — a man who has turned adversity into action, fear into fuel, and personal change into a global framework for transformation.From growing up in conservative Kansas and serving in the U.S. Navy, to finding himself homeless — not once, but twice — Grant’s story is one of extraordinary resilience and reinvention. He shares how every setback became a stepping stone, leading him to a 25-year career at sea and ultimately to founding SCARED So What, a model for managing personal and organizational change.Grant and Yolanda explore what it truly means to transform rather than just change, the power of vulnerability in leadership, and why transactional leaders fail while transformational leaders thrive. Together, they challenge listeners to rethink resilience, embrace uncertainty, and find courage in their own chapters of transformation.Ted talkhttps://www.linkedin.com/safety/go?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FB4-yyN7zWyQ%3Fsi%3Db74MfVCV9nOcDG7W&trk=flagship-messaging-web&messageThreadUrn=urn%3Ali%3AmessagingThread%3A2-YzRhNmU3ZjYtMGFkNy00ZGExLTgyNzEtOWEzMTc0MjFlN2M1XzEwMA%3D%3D&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_messaging_conversation_detail%3BDMALpyRcRf%2Br2fAcH6Gdkg%3D%3DSecurity Circle ⭕️ is an IFPOD production for IFPO the International Foundation of Protection Officers

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• EP 146 "No Titles. Just Leadership" with Guy Mathias & Philip Anthony of Dardan Security

  Send us a text“Leadership isn’t about the badge on your chest or the title on your card — it’s about the respect you earn and the trust you build.”Episode Summary: No Titles, Just LeadershipIn this candid conversation, Guy and Phil dive deep into what real leadership looks like in the security industry. They strip away the labels and titles to focus on the qualities that truly inspire trust and respect — humility, authenticity, and the ability to listen.The pair reflect on their own journeys: from navigating setbacks and learning from failures, to building confidence and finding their voice as leaders. They stress that leadership isn’t about command and control, but about creating environments where people feel valued, respected, and motivated.The episode also takes a hard look at the security industry’s challenges: the lack of recognition for frontline professionals, procurement systems that reward price over quality, and the resulting issues of attrition and low morale. Both highlight that fixing these systemic problems requires leaders who are brave enough to challenge the status quo and invest in people.Key themes:Leadership is about trust, not titles.Failures are valuable learning opportunities.Confidence grows through humility and self-awareness.Procurement and attrition remain pressing issues in security.The industry must value people if it wants to grow and retain talent.Takeaway:Great leadership in security isn’t about the badge on your chest — it’s about the respect you earn, the trust you build, and the people you empower. Security Circle ⭕️ is an IFPOD production for IFPO the International Foundation of Protection Officers

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• EP 145 Dr Jen Fraser, Author of 'The Bullied Brain' Returns with the Eagerly Anticipated 'The Gaslit Brain'. If a Counterterrorism Expert Can be Gaslit… So Can You

  Send us a textJennifer Fraser is an author, award-winning educator, and consultant. She has a PhD in Comparative Literature and her books have always focused on how we have the capacity to transform ourselves. We can go from being readers to writers of culture. We can reject society's demands that we suppress our emotions and instead come alive with them. We can question the bullying dynamic we've been raised in and ask wouldn't empathy and compassion be healthier? Her fourth book, The Bullied Brain: Heal Your Scars and Restore Your Health, introduces brain research into our wellness journey. It shares the empowering and inspiring neuroscience and neurobiology that informs the evidence-based practices we can all do in order to have happier, healthier, more high-performing brains. Website: https://bulliedbrain.com/Link to Book: https://bulliedbrain.com/the-bullied-brainPsychology Today "Bullied Brain" series: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-bullied-brainInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bulliedbrain/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bulliedbrainI acknowledge, with gratitude and respect,  that I live and work on the unceded lands of the Lekwungen speaking peopleshttps://www.bulliedbrain.com/(250) 896-3325https://www.amazon.com/Bullied-Brain-Scars-Restore-Health/dp/1633887782The Gaslit Brain Pre-Sales https://www.amazon.com/Gaslit-Brain-Gaslighting-Institutional-Complicity/dp/1493090925Security Circle ⭕️ is an IFPOD production for IFPO the International Foundation of Protection Officers

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