Listen "EP 155 Turning Adversity Into Advantage: Jeff Slotnick on Health, Hope & Leadership"
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Send us a textPodcast SummaryIn this standout episode of The Security Circle, security legend Jeff Slotnick returns for his second appearance, bringing extraordinary depth, wisdom, and vulnerability. Fresh from a life-changing battle with cancer — which he faced with discipline, positivity, and what he jokingly calls “giving cancer a healthy body” — Jeff reflects on resilience not as a buzzword but as a daily practice grounded in body, mind, and mindset.He shares how Hapkido, begun during his military service in Korea, shaped his entire leadership philosophy: centered thinking, controlled energy, redirecting force, and treating setbacks as fuel for future success. Jeff dives into the beauty and resilience of Korean culture, lessons from military engineering, and the strategic mindset that distinguishes good security leaders from great ones.From enterprise risk and convergence, to the future of AI, insider threat, board-level communication, and the shift from tactical to strategic leadership, Jeff offers a masterclass in what modern security leadership truly looks like. His message is simple but profound: be kind, be collaborative, be a futurist, and always understand that security is fundamentally a business function.This episode is rich with wisdom, humility, humour, and hard-won insight — a must-listen for anyone serious about the future of security.https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-a-slotnick%E2%80%8F-cpp-psp-08a54a6/Security Circle ⭕️ is an IFPOD production for IFPO the International Foundation of Protection Officers
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