Business Continuity and Crisis Management Consultants
This article is the second in a two-part series dedicated to helping crisis team leaders and team members prepare for their next crisis. You can read part I at this link. As a newly minted member of your organization’s crisis management team, it’s normal to have a ton of questions (and probably anxieties) about what …
Suiting Up for a Crisis Part II: The Crisis Management TeamRead More
This article is part of a two-part series dedicated to helping crisis team leaders and team members prepare for their next crisis. An average of 60 hours of training is required to become a certified first responder. 600 hours to become a firefighter. And to become a crisis management leader? A whopping zero. And yet …
Is it just me, or is “resilience” the new buzzword? The concept seems straightforward in a personal context; building up the psychological fortitude to bounce back from all of life’s bumps and bruises. But what exactly does it mean for a business to be “resilient”? We hear a lot of business leaders and highly trained …
No matter how much business experience you have or how long you’ve studied risk and resilience in your businesses, creating a business continuity program can seem daunting. But internationally recognized guidelines exist to help you build the right program for your organization’s unique situation. This article provides you with all the essentials you need to …
Business Continuity Standards: How each can help youRead More
Let’s talk about the law of aggregate marginal gains. As the theory goes, many tiny improvements add up to huge wins over time. In the case of the British Cycling Team, the accumulation of tiny improvements like improved handwashing, new massage gels and pillows, and tweaks to bike ergonomics were credited for the team’s wildly …
Plan-Do-Check-Act and your Business Continuity ProgramRead More
In my 25+ years as a business continuity & crisis management expert, I often get asked one particular question that that makes me cringe: “Are there metrics we should be tracking?” In short and emphatically, YES! What metrics should you be tracking? It depends: Do you really want to know whether your business continuity program …
3 Key Metrics for Business Continuity Program SuccessRead More
Covid 19. Wildfires. Heatwaves. Floods. It’s no wonder that by 2025, 70% of CEOs are predicted to place organizational resilience as a top priority for their organization’s strategic objectives. With resiliency thrust into the limelight, many business continuity professionals may see their next step to sit back and wait for the budget money to rain …
Making the Case for your Business Continuity ProgramRead More
After a pandemic year like 2020—and 2021—executives get the importance of business continuity planning. The situation was the same in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. And in 2012, after Hurricane Sandy. And after mass shooting incidents. Management has a heightened sense of why business continuity is necessary. Then, the memories fade. The urgency diminishes as everyday …
10 Tips for framing your case for Business Continuity to ExecutivesRead More
