LPM EXCELLENCE
LPM Magpie Awards: Applauding Excellence
The LPM “Magpie” Awards offer a means to celebrate industry accomplishments on an ongoing basis, recognizing the loss prevention professionals, teams, solution providers, law enforcement partners, and others that demonstrate a stellar contribution to the profession. The ability to influence change is a product of drive, creativity, and determination, but it also requires a unique ability to create a shared vision that others will understand, respect, support, and pursue. Each of the following recipients reflects that standard of excellence, representing the quality and spirit of leadership that makes a difference in our lives, our people, and our programs. Please join us in celebrating the accomplishments of our latest honorees.
Excellence in Leadership
Excellence in Partnerships
The retail industry has worked diligently to make sense of the current state of affairs tied to COVID-19. Even those retailers with the best pandemic and crisis/enterprise management plans could never have fully prepared for the chaos and degree of unpredictability that’s followed in the wake of the pandemic. Being a good leader means having the ability to navigate the uncertainty, provide clarity, communicate, guide, connect, and align, all while providing confidence along the way. That’s been the case with many asset protection leaders over the last several months. However, there’s one that has clearly embodied this for asset protection. Lisa LaBruno’s ability to connect the industry has been the symbol of leadership. She has gotten AP leaders to collaborate, share insights, solve problems together, pose critical thinking, and provide clarity to the state of affairs we are all facing. Her consistency, urgency, insights, and availability has been nothing short of exceptional. From setting up a cadence of calls multiple times per week, to compiling best-practice models, to asking for insights and connecting people together—her leadership is precisely what was needed in a time like this. While we’re not through the chaos, we are definitely much further along and always guided by a north star with her leadership and partnership. We couldn’t ask for a bigger advocate for the industry, a better voice of reason, or even a better friend. Thank you for all you do, Lisa—from all of us.
“If there’s anything that working two decades in the industry has taught me, it’s that keeping solutions simple is critical to success,” said Yehiav. “Support services should always be best-in-class. I’ve always felt that offering a customer the ideal solution means providing them with one that can be used anytime, anywhere, and by anyone.” Yehiav has over twenty-five years of experience working in the retail and supply chain industries and has held several leadership roles at companies such as Oracle and Demantra Inc. Previously, he was the CEO of Profitect before its acquisition by Zebra. He sits on several leadership councils, including the RILA’s Supply Chain and Asset Protection Leaders Councils, and is also a frequent editorial contributor to several prominent publications. He is also an advocate for the LP community, having helped sponsor the Loss Prevention Foundation (LPF) and teaching LP-related classes at the University of Indianapolis. When it comes to working collaboratively with retail LP leadership to manage complex solutions, Yehiav believes that solution providers should help retailers not just to understand but also to act on the available information. “Collecting data is easy, but leveraging the data to make better-informed decisions going forward is what drives true value,” he said. “As a valued and respected partner, there is a responsibility to help determine what is happening, why it happened, how much it’s costing the business, what to do about it, and who should take action. When a retail LP executive reaches out, I always take the call as this is what builds relationships and leads to meaningful results.”
Lisa LaBruno, Esq., Senior Executive Vice President of Retail Operations and Innovation, Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)
Guy Yehiav, General Manager and Vice President, Zebra Technologies
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JULY–AUGUST 2020
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