In an earlier post this year, I talked about the importance of validating the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) results. In today’s post, I want to address the actual validation process. In small to medium-sized organizations, a Business Continuity Manager will have easier access to senior leaders in order to gain alignment on BIA results. If you …
Overcoming hurdles in workplace violence prevention programs
In my career, I’ve managed through several hurdles when leading workplace violence prevention programs. As both an in-house leader and as a consultant, I’ve constantly come across the same set of hurdles. For example, I often hear that “you are going to scare people when rolling out this program” or “threats like these are a …
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Bray Wheeler joins Bryghtpath
We’re excited to announce the addition of Bray Wheeler to the Bryghtpath LLC team! Bray joins us from Target Corporation where he most recently led the development of Target’s enterprise response management program. Bray spent fourteen years at Target where he worked in progressively responsible positions in assets protection, corporate security, crisis management, intelligence, and …
Top 12 Global Risks of 2018
At Bryghtpath, we spend a lot of time thinking about global risks, the uncertainty that they create, and how to best position strategies with our clients to help them weather the coming storm. As we approached 2018, we thought long and hard about what the next year may bring us in terms of challenges. The …
Recent Notable Workplace Violence Incidents from 2017
Note: This article covers workplace violence incidents from 2019. For a more up-to-date free briefing on significant workplace violence incidents for the past few years, see our free report on Notable Workplace Violence Incidents, updated annually. There are few things as frightening in the work environment as an incident involving workplace violence. Incidents ranging from disgruntled …
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Determining the effectiveness of a workplace violence prevention program
You have recognized the necessity of creating a workplace violence program. You have gathered resources, created a workplace violence prevention policy, developed and trained a team and have developed a reporting process. But, it has been some time since you have evaluated how you are doing. Either you are trying to determine the effectiveness of …
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Top 5 reasons your company needs a comprehensive workplace violence program now
When I began working in the workplace violence prevention field I was eager to get started and learn everything there was to learn because who doesn’t want to prevent violence? It seemed obvious to me that this was an important initiative for my organization and I wanted to make a difference. What I didn’t quite …
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A look at women in Business Continuity
As a woman who has spent nearly her entire career in the field of Business Continuity – and now as a Business Continuity Consultant – I’ve always been interested in how few women have risen to executive positions in business continuity and related fields. A couple of studies around Women in Business Continuity Management (BCM) …