Thriving Is Deliberate.

Marc has taken his nearly four-decades of military and public safety experience and returned to his roots in support of public safety, public service, and other first line providers. HIs trainings offer practical, operator-centric decision-making frameworks which can be adapted to a host of situations and focus areas. Marc recognizes its about options and not just answers. 

His offerings provide blueprints designed to foster balance, consistency, purpose, ownership and accountability. The ultimate goal is to help our men and women who serve us and whom we serve make better value based decisions in the field, during their careers, and on a daily basis at home. Marc places as special emphasis on those operating within or supporting the law enforcement and corrections disciplines however the basic concepts are universal and can be easily adapted and co-presented with experts from nearly any other discipline to include private sector employers.  

All the courses are built to be modular and mutually supportive. This affords clients the ability to mix and match topics and to create customized offerings which meet their specific needs. This includes integrating separate instructional blocks into larger, multi-faceted programming. Marc will help organizations craft the content and construct lesson plans and testing materials suitable for professional credits. All content is scalable and can be crystalized to fit 60-minute conference blocks or “learning lunches”, 15–20-minute roll call sessions or tailored for executive briefings. The trainings are intended to be delivered in person to facilitate better group interaction but may be modified for either real time, on-line sessions or asynchronous delivery through an agency’s existing learning management system (LMS).  Fees are negotiable and intended to balance value with accessibility

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                                                                         Current offerings include:

Escaping the “Sheepdog Trap”: Exploring the unique challenges of supporting internal and external law enforcement related behavioral health operations. This three-hour discussion targets outside disciplines and service providers who want to gain a better understanding of the law enforcement providers and organizations whom they support. It gives a “cops-eye-view” of the unique traditions, indoctirnation, and environment in which peace officers operate both on and off duty which can impact the delivery of external services such as Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) programs as well as internal officer wellness initiatives. The intent is to provide participants with insight and tools to facilitate better collaboration and integration of community mental health and law enforcement wellness and peer support operations.

The ARMed³© Series

ARMed³©:  A framework for operational decision making. Remember, smooth is fast. Managing “chaos” starts with the ability to control yourself and to swiftly employ sound actions from your available options.  This two-hour, introductory course targets any individual tasked with finding desicive and effective solutions in fluid enviroments. At it’s conclusion, participants will be able to undestand and apply the rudiments of the process increasing the likliehood of successful outcomes. The specific objective are to:

a. Identify key components of the human decision-making process.

b. Identify the key components of the ARMed³© process.

c. Identify the key components of the TAKE5© approach in supporting actionable tasks accomplishment. 

From “Me to We”: Using the ARMed³© process to enhance crisis intervention team operations. This three-hour course targets sworn and non-sworn members of Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT). The program is designed to help foster a better understanding of the CIT concept, enhance individual and institutional program buy-in, and foster better inter-disciplinary operability. It incorporates the three objectives from introductory class and adds a fourth objective which allows participants to identify and apply the ARMed³© process to CiT operations. 

P.E.E.R Support: Using the ARMed³© process to enhance the delivery of critical incident support services. This three-hour course targets any and all service organizations which may experience a critical incident. It is anchored by the belief that everyone should be able to deliver stop-gap peer support services during high impact situations. The training is a primer that demonstrates how the process can be used as an overarching approach compatible with tenants of National Incident Management Systems and a host of peer support models. It incorporates the three objectives from the introductory class and adds a fourth objective which allows participants to identify and apply the ARMed³©process and to incorporates a support model of choice to include Mental Health First Aid, Stress-First Aid, and Critical Incident Stress Management. 

The three offerings listed above can be combined into one four-hour block. 

It is also worth noting that the utilization of the ARMed³© is not exclusive to peer support or community health. The introductory training can be customized and co-facilitated with other subject matter expert allowing it to be applied to litany of mission essential tasks or situational response protocols. 

TAKE5©: A practical approach to better outcome encounters in the field.  This three-hour offering delves deeper into the TAKE5© process of de-escalation and acitonable task accomplishment as defined within the ARMed³© model. The training specifically targets non-uniformed services providers who may not be responsible for controlling the overall tactical enviornment or uniformed personnel who have shfited from scene assessment to problem solving and service delivery. This course can be delivered as a stand-a-lone presentation or combined with and tailored to fit any of the previous described ARMed³© options. 

The “Everyone” Series:

Everyone Leaves: Preparing for your next chapter. This three-hour course is designed to remind everyone that their days on the job are numbered. Natural retirement progression, personal choice or opportunity, or an unforeseen event may precipitate separation from the service at any moment. Always remember that thriving is deliberate. Do you have a viable plan for what comes next? This offering is co-facilitated by  Marc’s wife Nicole who was forced to retire from uniformed law enforcement service due to a career ending, line of duty injury. It is suitable for any public safety or first line responder and can be tailored to target entrance level and/or rookies, mid-career personnel, or members within 18-24 months of planned retirement. 

Everyone a P.E.E.R: A daily commitment to purpose, ownership, and accountability. This two-hour training is suitable for any public safety, public service, or first line responder. The program is designed to guide participants in a self-inventory, identify what’s important to them, and to foster personal and professional development. This course will include a primer on the GROW SMART developmental process. 

Everyone Leads: A formal implementation of the GROW SMART leadership tool. This four-hour training targets first line supervisors and first-line administrators and is designed to provide an adaptable, practical, and field-tested leadership tool using the GROW SMART process. The course delivers insight as well as an actionable format able to be applied toward mentorship, employee development and performance appraisals. 

Everyone S.O.A.R.©: Strategic Orientation towards Achievement and Reliability. This four-hour block targets anyone in a strategic planning position and is designed to help organizations go from ideas to actual implementation and sustainment. The course introduces a process supported by classic and original management tools intended to help organizations effectively engage, execute, and evaluate programming and support the cultivation of positive organizational culture.  

Everyone S.O.A.R.© Together: Engaging the community in support of first responder operations. Healthy neighborhoods and healthy first responders go hand in hand. This offering is intended to help public safety organizations foster linkage to and to garner support from the communities they serve. It highlights key tenants of the S.O.A.R. process as part of case study discussion of how a small, underserved, mid-Atlantic coastal region began to forge mutually supportive relationships between responders and citizens. This course can be delivered as a two-hour stand-a-lone presentation or combined with a showing of the  award winning and critically acclaimed PTSD 911: The Movie.