Business Continuity and Crisis Management Consultants
You never know when something unexpected can cause damage to your brand’s reputation. Sometimes, poor timing means that a social media post is taken very differently than you intended. Other times, an issue with a product can lead unhappy customers to take their grievances online. While every brand suffers occasional missteps sometimes, the ones who …
Your Reputation Command Center: The need for a rapid response processRead More
Effective reputation management is more important than ever before. Information and ideas travel faster than ever before. And, the nature of the internet means that opinions about your brand, whether positive or negative, can live on for days, weeks and years after a crisis occurs. On fast-moving platforms like Twitter, you can go from quietly …
In the past, a business reputation was made slowly and surely over a period of months and years. Public opinion was largely formed through word of mouth when you did business with other companies or consumers in your community. When a news story about your business or one like yours broke, the effects passed quickly …
It’s easy to tell when a company is caught flat-footed in the face of a public relations crisis. Often, their response is characterized by tone-deaf responses, bland and non-committal statements or, even worse, no response at all. Having a plan in place means that your organization is far better equipped to handle whatever bumps and …
Workplace violence exploded into the public realm last month with the shooting at the Capital Gazette. It’s important to understand that these are isolated incidents, however. Workplace violence is an increasing concern for companies in the United States and Canada. Unfortunately, these problems are often extremely difficult to foresee. Telling the difference between a normal …
Workplace Violence in 2018: A look at 7 incidents from the first half of the yearRead More
Continuing our three-part series on Communication – Episode #36 of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast focuses on the new product launch — what do you do when you’re ready to launch your new initiative, system, project, or product inside of a company? In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Senior Consultant Jennifer Otremba discuss …
What happens when you find yourself in the middle of a crisis, some of your facilities are impacted, and suddenly you need to relocate several critical teams to an alternate workplace for an indeterminate period of time. If you have planned well, then you’re ready to execute your plan. But if you haven’t…. In this …
Managing Uncertainty – Episode #35: Alternate Workplace Strategies for Business ContinuityRead More
Continuing our three part series on Communication – Episode #34 of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast is focused on what happens after the “BOOM!”… or in other words, we’re going to focus on crisis communications. In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Senior Consultant Jennifer Otremba talk candidly about crisis communications. Topics discussed include …
Managing Uncertainty – Episode #34: Communicating after the BoomRead More
