We’re excited to announce the addition of Marie Strawser to Bryghtpath as a Principal. Marie brings more than twenty years of experience in business continuity, crisis management, and enterprise risk to her new role at Bryghtpath. Marie joins us from Ameriprise Financial where she was most recently Senior Manager, Business Continuity. She spent eleven years …
6 times business continuity and disaster recovery plans mattered
When you are faced with a disaster that impacts your business, it is already too late to worry about whether your disaster recovery plan is sufficient. Weather, extended power outages and security breaches in your computer systems can be devastating. Here are some companies that had a business continuity plan in place and how they overcame their …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #4 – The Crisis Team
In this episode, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser, along with Senior Consultant Jen Otremba, discuss the makeup of a corporate crisis management team and how important selecting the right talent and skills can be to the overall success of your program. Topics covered include forming a corporate crisis management team, emotional intelligence, procuring the right …
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Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #3 – Major Events
Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser, along with Senior Consultant Jen Otremba, talk about planning for major events for private sector companies, such as internal events (board meetings, company meetings) and external events (Super Bowl, NCAA Final Four, political conventions). Topics covered include coordination with public sector agencies, obtaining access to intelligence information that may …
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10 Ways An Effective Crisis Manager Survives a Crisis
An organization crisis could be defined as something that involves one or more of the following events: creates a negative impact on the financial condition of the organization; threatens to disrupt or even eliminate product lines; poses as a health risk to employees, consumers or the environment and compromises or obliterates the organization’s reputation. Another …
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Reacting to a crisis: What your frontline managers need to know
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, …
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Crisis Exercises: Why are they important?
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 …
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. …