We aren’t talking about side-bends or sit-ups here. This is a different type of New Year’s resolution and it’s about why you need to practice your incident and crisis response protocols through crisis exercises. Exercising means talking through a scenario that your plan is intended to navigate. Exercising helps your team to get more comfortable …
Crisis Communications 201: Crisis Protocols
Going beyond immediate knee-jerk responses to having a planned, coordinated approach to crises is the sign of a modern and mature organization. To plan for a crisis means a company is aware of potential risks and ready to respond in a coordinated manner. The best organizations are experts at proactively mitigating issues to prevent crises …
Crisis Communications 101: Good Response Tactics
Ring, ring. Hello? “Hi, this is Jane with the Wall Street Journal calling for comment on the recent incident caused by one of your executives. I’m on deadline.” Gulp. It’s time for some solid crisis communications response tactics. You are just learning that something even happened from this call. And they want you to comment …
PECB Insights: The Challenge of Balancing Project Management Skills
The following article was written by Bryghtpath CEO Bryan Strawser for the inaugural edition of the new PECB Insights magazine. You can read the original at the PECB Insights website. Project managers face a variety of situations and challenges in the workplace. They must learn to balance different skills for the situations they may face while …
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What lies ahead? A look at 2017
This past weekend, we turned the page on 2016 – a year filled with global upheaval, a reshuffling of the status quo on the stage of international relations, and a completely unexpected result politically in the United States with the Presidential election in November of last year. Here in the United States, we saw terrorist …
Decision Making in Times of Crisis
Its Friday at 4 pm and you get the call. Something bad, perhaps really bad, just happened. You are in charge – so now what? Take a deep breath, and follow these tips to lead during a crisis: Gather all of the information: The facts are important – and often will trickle in over time. …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #1 – Shouldn’t we have a plan for alien invasion?
In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal Consultant and CEO Bryan Strawser talks about the first question that any potential client asks: Shouldn’t I have a plan for alien invasion??! That’s not really the question, of course. What gets asked is this: Shouldn’t I have a plan for X?! That situation could …
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Using ISO 22301 to Evaluate Your Business Continuity Program
Developing an effective strategy for a business requires consideration for the potential risks and problems that may arise at different times. Although each business faces unique risks and complications, setting up a plan of action to limit the possible challenges helps a company succeed in any industry. Business continuity planning and evaluating the effectiveness of …
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