LaPonda J. Fitchpatrick
Training and Consulting for the Real World (TM)

By Captain LaPonda J. Fitchpatrick, SHRM-SCP, DEI, IDI®, ASC, ACE Historical, geographic, economic, and leadership experiences define the...

by By Captain LaPonda J. Fitchpatrick (Ret.), SHRM-SCP, EDICT©, IDI®, ACE, ASC We have seen different variations of the meme below as...

These past few months cannot have been easy no matter who you are. It has challenged everything that we know personally and...

From the time you enter kindergarten you are learning to become a part of a team. Dodge ball, baseball, lining up two by two, and other...

When we try to “cover” a discriminatory act, it produces the distress our society is in today. Think about the statements above. Aren’t they

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Commissioned by BlackBerry and first published in July of 2016, this White Paper on best practices for emergency notification, and...

Throughout my law enforcement career, I had a mantra: be prepared for anything! I would remind my officers, peers, and superiors that...

Who can forget the graphic video of Dr. David Dao being forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight in Chicago because he was chosen...

Police officers are the most visible elements of government in a civil society. They are the only form of government that can temporarily...

So... you are sitting there in another training class and all you hear is, "blah, blah, blah, and more blah." It's the same old song! We...

I know the title of this blog post is provocative. It was meant to be. A lot of times businesses tend to only focus on the dollars and...

Originally Posted on Linkedin Recently, I was counseling a young lady who was preparing for a promotional interview to a management...

Updated April, 2015 Originally published in the Van Nuys Airport ALERT! Newsletter 1st Quarter 2009 NOTE: I decided to reprint and...

The 8 Largest Sexual Harassment Verdicts In History ERIN FUCHS, SEP. 3, 2012, 7:49 AM ​ News emerged last week of the horrifying...

In January 1995, an apartment in Manila, Philippines, caught fire when bombmaking ingredients being mixed by wanted terrorism suspect...