“As an undergraduate scholars program, our top priority is the safety and well-being of our students. Partnering with LSDS provides the resources and instruction to make that happen. The team’s proactive approach, responsiveness, knowledge of risk mitigation, and situational awareness give us peace of mind that our students are prepared and well-supported to travel globally!”
Luther Hodges Scholars at UNC Chapel Hill
ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Beth Sestanovich
If you are looking for excellent executive coaches that’s have lots of experience from different modalities than your usual corporate gurus LSDS is your answer!!
Erin McGoldrick
The training was a great resource and provided me with an opportunity to reflect on myself as a leader and actionable steps for how I can be better
Steven Snow
LSDS has proven to be a high value partner in leadership training and coaching on multiple occasions.
Ashley Torres
A great combination of breakouts and convo, and then learning and listening. I have a lot of takeaways and feel more prepared to equip my team and myself.
Senior Leader, CA
I could not possibly recommend LSDS any more enthusiastically. From what I have observed they practice what they preach: Understand, Plan, Execute, Evolve. Their first superpower is their ability to bring clarity to what you may feel is a murky problem space. Once they have helped you define what you're seeing and feeling, they will have a completely peer to peer relationship with you in building solutions. From there they execute the plan adapting moment to moment to the changing parameters of the event. Finally once the event is complete, you review the execution and provide feedback and concepts for future adaptations.
Frank Monestere
We engaged LSDS to help our entire leadership team develop, embrace, and execute a new business strategy and approach to running our organization. Our business environment had drastically changed, and we quickly needed to adapt or risk losing our market leadership position. LSDS facilitated a management offsite that explored the new strategy in depth, engaged the group to craft key execution initiatives, and fully assessed the new approach to organizational leadership critical for success. Not only did the event earn rave reviews, but our leaders immediately applied the lessons learned and delivered outstanding results. The LSDS team is nothing short of exceptional, and have earned my
highest possible recommendation.
Beth Sestanovich
As a participant in a three-day experiential offsite, consisting of 75 CEO’s of both public and private companies, I appreciated the quality of the staff and the expertise they brought to the table. The team we worked with, lead by Terry Peters, was dynamic, hands-on, and professional. Their goal was a tough one — to bring real-world leadership instruction to a group of people who believed we already knew exactly what leadership is and how to execute. LSDS’s job was especially challenging because, unlike most of their clients whose
participants work together regularly as a team, our YPO group consisted of individuals who all ran their own organizations. None of us had ever worked together as a team.
LSDS’ team of professionals was able to manage through multiple type A personalities and actually teach us new skills in a meaningful way.
Greg Failace
LSDS successfully led our team through a series of events designed to provide insights on how we function and foster stronger bonds amongst each other. The Team at LSDS was able to apply their real world experience in a format that resonated with our team and our goals. The immense knowledge they provided led to useful tools for the team moving forward and a fresh perspective on team dynamics. I highly recommend working with LSDS.
The Bearded One
I will forever be in debt to Riot and the LSDS team for providing me with this opportunity. The experience and lessons learned will live with me for the rest of my life. I hope to take the value you guys have invested in me and return it back to Riot.
You've assembled a team of the most talented, intelligent, and inspiring individuals I have ever met. It was an honor and a privilege to learn from them and gain a small glimpse into their world. I honestly can't thank you guys enough for my new perspective on what it means to lead.
Cody Snyder
Working with LSDS has been nothing short of tremendous. Their attention to detail, operational focus, and commitment to our success has been above and beyond anything we could have expected. LSDS consistently delivers results and does not over-promise. Their advice on how to penetrate the SOCOM and overall DOD market has been precise and effective.
They are easy to work with, highly communicative, and extremely trustworthy. I would recommend LSDS with the highest confidence to any potential clients.
Jay Snider
I cannot recommend strongly enough the services provided by LSDS. When we started down the path to providing a new training platform for the military, LSDS took us through each step and never steered us wrong. They continue to be an integral part of our team and we could not, nor would not want to, proceed without their ongoing guidance and support.
Robert Boers
I was in a foreign country, alone, in medical trauma, and without guidance. The good Lord put me in touch with several caring organizations.
I can't express the pleasure and great honor this experience has been for me. What I appreciate most about LSDS is their primary concern for their comrades and not looking for accolades. My love, honor, and respect goes out to all involved. Everyone involved did this for humanitarian reasons, which gives me the desire to continue forward.
Thank you so much to everybody! You have all made my life so much easier and tolerable.
Bill Hanes
As a senior leader in the United States Army, my organization was conducting daily extremely high-risk training in different locations across the United States. My experience has been that senior leaders find it inherently difficult to understand the assumed risk for training that is completely decentralized, conducted in different locations, and with little to no oversight. Therefore, our Safety Summit led by LSDS served as a catalyst for leaders to assess all high-risk training, discuss challenges, and best practices. LSDS' structured approach, delivery, and the products provided at the end of our event made our first-ever Safety Summit a complete success. The following year safety related mishaps dropped dramatically! In fact, our safety incidents dropped to a fraction of what it had been two years prior.
Brian Vinton
What stands out to me about LSDS' approach to Leadership is their ability to teach leaders the importance of formulating a vision, setting criteria to achieve that vision, and teaching leadership how to empower teams to solve problems within the parameters of the vision and parameters -give the team space to wow you with their brilliance, once they understand leadership's intent and vision. LSDS further helps leadership understand how to solve ambiguous situations to derive a vision and drive meaningful outcomes.
I fully recommend LSDS to any organization. Their approach to leadership applies to any industry and any level of leadership. LSDS set the foundation for my success as a leader.
Oliver Rose
The LSDS team was super informative and responsive as my business prepared our team in advance of a large political event in our city. As a result of the team's assessment, we pivoted to a fully remote work week to ensure the safety of our employees. For our team members who lived downtown, the relevant information and assessment allowed for everyone to have more visibility on the potential disruptions and risks to consider for themselves and their families. Beyond the amazing work they did for our company, what I have appreciated the most is the incredible care and thoughtfulness LSDS leadership and project managers provided on a human level. We are incredibly grateful of our relationship with LSDS and how much they care about making sure we are always supported.
Producer
Unlike many other programs I have previously participated in, LSDS excels because it is highly adaptive to new and unexpected challenges which, in turn, modeled the values we hoped our team would take home from the event. Terry and his team were particularly attentive and increased the pace of the program on the fly to keep things challenging for our group of highly competitive gamers. When delivering feedback, we found each instructor to be perceptive, direct and supportive. In addition, due to the mutual respect we quickly developed, instructors and participants were learning from each other which made the event more engaging and memorable. Our team bonded immensely during the experience and we gladly recommended the program to others. We have grown and amplified our ability to operate with urgency, communicate feedback more effectively and be decisive as we adapt to new situations quickly in our volatile industry.
Lorenzo Stephenson
LSDS facilitated a comprehensive leadership discussion forum and provided the GES team with proven leadership strategies, robust communication techniques, and time-tested team-building activities, enhancing our culture and improving our leadership landscape.
Hannah Godfrey
LSDS were consummate professionals and delivered an excellent workshop that was both informative but accessible, and pitched at the right level of seriousness without being intimidating given the content. Our team walked away feeling more confident and better informed about their own personal safety as well as being reassured that Fullsight takes the security of our team and our event participants very seriously.
Christina Wun
Our team-building leadership summit with LSDS helped build awareness around our strengths and weaknesses and provided our team with effective team strategies to perform at the highest level.
Josh Bosley
The ability for your team to scale and shift training to our progress was astounding. I appreciate the blend of academics, self-reflection and interaction, and seeking organizational identity, purpose, and vision.
Brandon Kemps
Great applicable tools, wish we had more time and more examples from LSDS on the areas we covered.
Brian Harry
Very Interactive and personal. I benefited tremendously from the direct feedback
Ben Ferguson
I hate that I got this class after I was in command. I believe that it would have been a huge benefit then, but I know I will use this lesson ahead
Andy Sullivan
Transformative for the individual as well as the organization
Jon Rodriguez
LSDS staff is very professional and knowledgeable about topics. Excellent presentation of material and flawless execution.
Patrick Cunningham
The best "Value Added" training that we as advisors can conduct/receive prior to deploying. Allowed discussion and growth forward as an individual and team.
Joshua Peterson
An approachable and professional strategy used to quickly and effectively engage a scalable audience that enables a valuable experience. From start to finish the instruction given was quality, genuine, and very interactive.
Aaron Morgan
This is my second time attending this course and it clearly continues to develop in a positive direction. It is possibly the most professional course I have ever attended.
SAFETY AND SECURITY
Morehead-Cain
Terry Peters and his team have added an invaluable component to the Morehead-Cain Summer Enrichment Program: a three-phase safety training that prepares our undergraduates for international travel.Terry first takes students through a basic course in risk mitigation and predatoridentification. He then works with each student to prepare an action plan for their specific travel itinerary. The training concludes with a workshop focused on overcoming attackers, emergency first-aid, and incident reaction.Terry has developed a rapport with our students that allows us to have an openconversation about travel safety. In addition, his expertise and support of our staff allows us to monitor the students’ travel with confidence and peace of mind—something no price could ever measure. We are beyond grateful for what this training and the LSDS staff have added to our program, and give the highest recommendation of their services.
Kristin Richmond
I’ve shared your service with friends and families who travel often and especially with people with young adults who are busy traveling the world. They are all impressed with the report I shared and feel your pricing is very reasonable.
I will keep singing your praises and sharing your info with everyone I meet.
Robert Boers
I was in a foreign country, alone, in medical trauma, and without guidance. The good Lord put me in touch with several caring organizations.
I can't express the pleasure and great honor this experience has been for me. What I appreciate most about LSDS is their primary concern for their comrades and not looking for accolades. My love, honor, and respect goes out to all involved. Everyone involved did this for humanitarian reasons, which gives me the desire to continue forward.
Thank you so much to everybody! You have all made my life so much easier and tolerable.
Morehead-Cain
LSDS helps Morehead-Cain keep scholars safe as they travel and study around the world, and helps each student develop important risk-management muscles. LSDS also prepares and delivers bespoke sessions that help our team prepare for crisis situations before they arise, strengthening our organization and offering valuable professional development.
Rena Buchanan
I have to admit that there are so many things to love about the Morehead-Cain scholarship opportunities, but one thing immediately comes to mind: all of the due diligence you and your security team did regarding Andrew's travel plans. I want to personally thank you for the peace-of-mind it gave me.