Business Continuity and Crisis Management Consultants
Active shooter planning helps your organization mitigate the risks and damages associated with active shooter incidents. Unfortunately, your active shooter plans are incomplete if you do not consider third-party victims or witnesses to the event. In other words, your team needs to understand how to help customers and visitors respond, as explained by the Department …
Caught in the line of fire: 8 ways to help consumers respond to an Active ShooterRead More
When a leader of a company shows poor judgment or behaves in a way that goes against the law or social norms, it can devastate the entire reputation of a business through executive misconduct. When the issue stems from the CEO, it can be downright game-changing. With a reputational issue like executive conduct, a company’s …
It’s easy to look back on the bad things in life and think of how you might have handled things differently. Yet, an active shooter incident is not something to reflect on only after it happens. There is a connotation that every active shooter plans to commit an attack for weeks or months in advance. …
Definition of a Crisis according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: a: an unstable or crucial time or state of affairs in which a decisive change is impending; especially : one with the distinct possibility of a highly undesirable outcome b: a situation that has reached a critical phase. The instability and pressure inherent during a crisis situation invokes …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Managing Uncertainty Podcast: Episode #1 – Shouldn’t we have a plan for alien invasion?Read More
During a crisis, your company can resemble a chaotic fair. Although the initial damage may not seem like it, crises are much more than damaging events. How you handle a crisis can define the future of your organization and give access to unprecedented resources and opportunities for growth and leadership. But, making this transformation from …
How a Crisis Situation Is Really an Opportunity for Your Company to LeadRead More
