Unfamiliar cities and “routine” trips can hide real security risks. In this episode, Garrett Thomas breaks down the travel security checks executive protection teams handle during advance work - from verifying medical coverage and nearby hospitals, to planning ground transportation options, to knowing where the closest embassy or consulate is if a passport is lost or stolen. You will also hear why travelers who look like tourists can become easy targets for snatch-and-grab theft, and what simple pre-trip planning can prevent a trip from turning into a crisis.

Executive Protection (EP) is often misunderstood as “bodyguarding,” but the real value is business continuity and trust protection. In this episode, we break down how EP supports reputation and brand protection for leaders and the companies they represent - before, during, and after key moments. EP is built on threat awareness, discretion, and planning, with protective intelligence informing smarter decisions and safer outcomes.

Executive protection is not just personal safety - it is business continuity. In this episode, Garrett breaks down how a well-built EP program helps prevent operational disruption by using advance work and protective intelligence to reduce meeting stoppages, travel delays, and high-risk interruptions - so leadership can keep moving and the business can keep operating.

In this episode of The Guardian Way, Garrett Thomas and Terry MacAdam unpack how professional executive protection can actually improve a leader's lifestyle instead of complicating it. They address common misconceptions about bodyguards disrupting family time and explain how a well trained EP team quietly handles security, travel details, and privacy so executives can focus on what matters most - their families, their work, and their downtime.

You will also hear a quick overview of Guardian Protection Force services, including site assessments, workplace violence prevention, AI camera systems, guard patrols, security operations plans, contentious terminations support, and executive protection services.

Public events are where leaders are most visible - and most vulnerable. Conferences, shareholder meetings, town halls, rallies, and media appearances all combine crowded spaces, emotion, and unpredictable behavior. That is exactly where a well designed executive protection detail earns its value.

In this episode, Guardian Protection Force breaks down how private executive protection supports leaders at public events without turning the day into a security circus. Garrett and Terry explain how advance work, layered security, and clear communication protect the principal while still allowing them to connect with employees, customers, and the public.

You will hear how protection teams:

• Conduct advance work on venues, routes, and crowd profiles
• Coordinate with event security, organizers, and local law enforcement
• Design safe arrival, stage, and departure plans for high visibility moments
• Use positioning, overwatch, and movement to manage crowds and protect the principal
• Balance security with optics so leaders can stay approachable, not isolated
• Plan contingencies for protests, hecklers, medical issues, and other disruptions

Whether you support a CEO, elected official, celebrity, or community leader, this conversation will help you think about public appearances as a risk environment that can be planned, managed, and controlled.

Who this episode is for:

HR and safety leaders, chiefs of staff, communications and events teams, executive assistants, corporate security and facilities managers, and anyone responsible for protecting leaders at public events.

Executive protection is often seen as a luxury line item -until something goes wrong. In this episode of The Guardian Way, Guardian Protection Force breaks down the real return on investment of executive protection for modern leaders.

You will hear how one well-designed protection program can cost far less than a single security incident, lawsuit, medical emergency, or major disruption to business operations. We walk through hard and soft costs - from travel delays and crisis response to legal exposure, morale, and brand reputation - and show how to think about EP as risk transfer and business continuity, not just a personal security perk.

Executive protection used to be a concern for only a small group of ultra high profile CEOs. Not anymore. In this episode of The Guardian Way, Garrett Thomas and Terry MacAdam break down how the threat landscape for leaders has shifted - and why companies of every size need a plan.

They unpack the impact of layoffs and disgruntled employees, the way social media amplifies grievances, rising workplace violence trends, and how public growth and visible success can turn leaders into targets.

Garrett Thomas and Terry MacAdam, from Guardian Protection Force in Rancho Cordova CA, break down how organizations can prevent violence with real-world measures - threat assessments, workplace policies, behavioral detection, de-escalation, access control, and drills. Listen for clear next steps and how to request GPF’s no-fee site assessment.