Business Continuity and Crisis Management Consultants
In October 2012 during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, more than eight million households on the east coast of the United States were without power after the most devastating storm to hit the region in over two centuries. The majority of grocery store shelves were bare and resource rationing was in effect in many areas. …
Four steps you can take today to improve your personal preparednessRead More
Run. Hide. Fight. These words may not seem like much of a battle plan when it comes to dealing with the threat of an active shooter incident in your business. However, they define the fundamentals of responding to an active shooter, and if your employees and managers do not understand them, fatalities during an incident …
Workplace violence takes many different shapes and forms, ranging from theft or the threat of violence to full-blown shootings and murder. Despite the amount of time spent studying these incidents, workplace violence remains extremely difficult to predict, even for experts. The best way to protect yourself, your workers, and your company is by simply learning …
6 notable workplace violence incidents so far in 2017Read More
It wasn’t long ago when the utterances of an angry employee were cast aside as temporary fits of verbal rage. An employee mumbling about how he’d like to kill his boss or harm people of a certain ethnic descent would have been shrugged off by most co-workers a couple of decades ago. Times have certainly …
How mismanaging a workplace violence threat can have a disastrous impact on your companyRead More
A crisis can come to your company’s doorstep in countless ways. From a data security breach, to workplace violence, to a plain old public relations (PR) disaster, your frontline managers should be prepared to respond to a wide range of incidents with a clear head, and a mind for how to secure your employees, your assets, …
Reacting to a crisis: What your frontline managers need to knowRead More
Having an active shooter plan ready is not enough to prevent an incident from growing worse, or even a guarantee of success during an actual event. A strong active shooter program will involve an evaluation of plan effectiveness through an after-action process following each active shooter exercise – including conducting a new threat assessment, and …
How to Evaluate Plan Effectiveness After Active Shooter ExercisesRead More
Conducting active shooter training across your organization is not a small task, especially if your company extends across large geographic areas. Rather than leaving your employees to fend for themselves with PowerPoint presentations exclusively on workplace violence and active shooter planning, consider using these tips to make enterprise-wide training successful. 1. Use workshops to highlight …
6 Tips to Make Enterprise-Wide Active Shooter Training SuccessfulRead More
In today’s rapidly viral and digital world a CEO’s quote taken out of context can immediately become a corporate crisis. Unfortunately, these turbulent times can strike in varying degrees at any time. The causes of corporate crises can vary greatly, however, there are a few small steps that a CEO can and should take to …
What the CEO needs to understand about planning for a crisisRead More
