January Executive Summary

January Executive Summary

Occupational licensing and other licensing issues continue to receive widespread support among the legislatures with 40 such bills included in this report, surpassing school security related bills, which saw 39 bills introduced or moving. Employment liability and benefit bills also continue...
ESA Leadership Summit 2019 Receives High Marks from Attendees

ESA Leadership Summit 2019 Receives High Marks from Attendees

Leaders in electronic security and life safety from across the nation agree the 2019 ESA Leadership Summit, held last week in Austin, provided valuable information and advice that will help grow and improve their businesses. Leaders in electronic security and...
Optimize Your Sales Organization

Optimize Your Sales Organization

By Gretchen Gordon, Braveheart Sales Performance Do you have FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)?  Well you might if you missed the Leadership Summit in Austin.  But to ease your concern, here are the four key takeaways from a session I...
Proposed Licensing Legislation in North Dakota Poses Threat to Jobs and Businesses

Proposed Licensing Legislation in North Dakota Poses Threat to Jobs and Businesses

While many states are working to reduce regulations and identify the least restrictive means of regulating professions and trades, North Dakota is seemingly moving in the opposite direction. As of today, there are no statewide licensing requirements for electronic security or...
ESA’s National Training School Releases 18 New CEU Courses

ESA’s National Training School Releases 18 New CEU Courses

Continuing education is for everyone — from the lifelong learner to the ambitious success seeker. ESA’s National Training Schools courses and CEU programs are designed to help electronic security and life safety professionals advance in easily accessible and robust ways....
The Only Two Reasons Why Security Salespeople Fail

The Only Two Reasons Why Security Salespeople Fail

This may sound simplistic, but there are really only two reasons why salespeople aren’t successful: 1. They don’t do enough of the right activities to get enough opportunities 2. When they perform sales activities they aren’t very good at them. This...

Guard Home While Away

In 2017, there were an estimated 1.25 million home burglaries in the United States, according to FBI data. That means there's a burglary about every 30 seconds. These numbers alone help build the case for implementing a good security system...
Bringing Back Shop Class

Bringing Back Shop Class

My Dad really enjoys Facebook. Most of what he posts are memes or videos that he picked up from others. His posts are hilarious — some are cute, and others are educational. Recently one of his posts caught my attention....