How robust are your organization’s crisis response contingency plans?
thoughtLEADERS, LLC
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Our reader poll today asks: How robust are your organization’s crisis response contingency plans?
Disaster and Contingency Planning Lessons from the ICU
Lead Change Blog
MARCH 14, 2018
She implemented a makeshift triage plan and decided to put patients in three categories to organize the order in which they would be rescued as helicopters arrived. The post Disaster and Contingency Planning Lessons from the ICU appeared first on Lead Change. Everyone’s Loved One is Number One.
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From Today to Tomorrow: Ensuring Continuity through Strategic Succession
N2Growth Blog
MAY 24, 2024
Another crucial aspect is building a pool of talented individuals closely connected to an organization’s talent management and development strategies. Succession contingency planning ensures an organization’s survival and growth during strain, uncertainty, or sudden change.
Contingency Planning | N2Growth Blog
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 5, 2010
This is so much the case that the most often overlooked aspect of strategic planning is adequately addressing contingencies as part of the planning process. Leaders that wait until a problem occurs to deal with it place themselves and their organization at a huge strategic disadvantage. link] Ryan Marshall Terrific post!
Discover the 4 Powerful Tactics to Build a Resilient Organization
Lead from Within
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing business environment, building a resilient organization is more critical than ever. The ability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and adapt to disruptions is a key factor in ensuring your organization’s long-term success.
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Succession Planning or Contingency Planning
Rapid BI
DECEMBER 28, 2012
Succession Planning or Contingency Planning - Succession Planning or Contingency Planning is often talked about, but often considered too complex and expensive for many organizations or businesses to understand & put in action Related posts: Strategic Analysis and Planning Five ways to make leadership succession planning work Counter Offers, Human (..)
Succession Planning or Contingency Planning
Rapid BI
DECEMBER 28, 2012
Succession Planning or Contingency Planning - Succession Planning or Contingency Planning is often talked about, but often considered too complex and expensive for many organizations or businesses to understand & put in action Related posts: Strategic Analysis and Planning Counter Offers, Human Capital & Retention Nine box grids for talent (..)
4 Steps for Making Change Happen
Great Leadership By Dan
FEBRUARY 20, 2014
Guest post from August Turak : The main reason why transformation fails is because organizations are very resistant to change, especially in organizations where powerful executives have their own interests and territory. Genetics teaches us that the vast majority of "change" called "mutations" are actually harmful to the organism.
Managing Employee Absences on July 4: Tips for HR Professionals
HR Digest
JUNE 17, 2023
Communicate with employees about their expectations In order to effectively manage absences on July 4th and control employee absenteeism, it is crucial for organizations to establish clear communication channels and set expectations for their employees.
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Navigating Employee Leave and Absence Management
HR Digest
APRIL 9, 2023
Employee leave and absence management can be a complex and challenging process for many organizations. Managing workforce leave and absence is essential for organizations to maintain productivity and ensure the smooth running of day-to-day operations. Why is managing employee leave and absence important?
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116 When in Doubt, Rehearse!
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 19, 2013
Lately I’ve seen several leaders trip over the unexpected outcome of a grand plan. They failed to anticipate the mistakes and mishaps that happen in all organizations. Leadership And Contingency Planning. By Brian Layer , Chair, Organizational Development, N2growth. When you find yourself in doubt, rehearse.
6 Tips to Avoid Issues During Your Commercial Move
Strategy Driven
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
By meticulously labeling everything, businesses can facilitate a more organized and efficient relocation process, ensuring that all assets are accounted for and properly set up in the new premises. The unpredictability of moving, especially on a commercial scale, necessitates having robust contingency plans in place.
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Six Qualities That Embody Excellent Educational Leaders
Strategy Driven
MARCH 15, 2023
Are Visionaries In education, a visionary leader is essential because they set the tone and direction for the entire organization. A visionary leader can see beyond the present and into the future, crafting a clear and compelling vision for the organization’s future. However, their role is not limited to just crafting a vision.
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10 Top Tips for a Smooth Long-Distance Relocation
Strategy Driven
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Consider donating to charities in Colorado Springs or organizing a garage sale to make some extra bucks. Make contingency plans for accommodations in case you run into delays. Organize Important Documents In the middle of the moving chaos, it’s easy to misplace important documents.
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7 Ways to Manage Change
Skip Prichard
APRIL 11, 2022
Because we’re expected to both manage change well for ourselves and determine its direction for our organizations. Some people are great at contingency planning and knocking down roadblocks before they occur. Something about the idea of change itself sets off a “fight or flight” instinct. For leaders, that’s a problem.
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10 Leadership Lessons From My Favorite Clint Eastwood Movie Quotes
N2Growth Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
Regular readers of my weekly column have come to expect me to do my best in presenting them with fresh perspectives on how to manage the challenges that most of them face as leaders in their respective organizations. ” A Fist Full of Dollars (1964) : Leaders must stand up for themselves and the organizations that they lead.
Some Ideas To Help Accelerate Your SWOT Analysis
Six Disciplines
JULY 25, 2014
A SWOT analysis is a tool used to assess an organization''s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The purpose of using the SWOT tool is to uncover or reveal the organization''s competitive advantages, and what opportunities (sales, profitability) to capitalize upon. Having trouble starting out your SWOT analysis?
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What is Your Innovation Style?
Great Leadership By Dan
JULY 5, 2013
Guest post from Shoya Zichy: Innovation is critical to an organization''s growth and competitive advantage. You contribute by organizing the new projects and developing efficient systems that ensure the work or product is completed with precision and accuracy. Each is needed but often not identified or respected.
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Managers: What’s Your Plan B?
Lead Change Blog
JULY 16, 2015
I found myself wondering if better contingency planning could have mitigated the damage. But in 21 st -century industry, you still find organizations counting on conditions that are likely to change, basing decisions on iffy assumptions, putting all eggs in one basket, or being blind-sighted by paradigm shifts. The reason?
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6 Mantras That Will Set You Apart as a Genuine Leader
Lead from Within
JUNE 9, 2018
Strategic planning–the process of translating vision into realistic business strategies–provides you with a structure to balance long-term goals with immediate needs, update plans to reflect changing circumstances, and develop contingency plans for the wider range of possibilities.
5 Golden Rules for Managing Business Logistics
Strategy Driven
MAY 12, 2020
Managing your business gets increasingly more difficult as you scale it, Thankfully, there are plenty of ways to ensure that your company stays organized as long as you adopt some golden rules to help streamline your workflow and logistics processes. Proper planning is mandatory for an efficient logistics system.
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Aim Higher: Leadership during a time of crisis
Skip Prichard
MARCH 24, 2020
The nature of crisis management is that you can’t plan ahead for them. Yes, we have business contingency planning but a true crisis is often completely unexpected.). So, if we can’t plan, how do we react? After all, if we could, we’d do what is necessary to prevent them, right? How to handle a crisis.
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Ideas To Help Accelerate Your SWOT Analysis
Six Disciplines
MARCH 21, 2011
A SWOT analysis is a tool used to assess an organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The purpose of using the SWOT tool is to uncover or reveal the organization's competitive advantages, and what opportunities (sales, profitability) to capitalize upon. Having trouble starting out your SWOT analysis?
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Leadership Training For Executives
Experience to Lead
MAY 30, 2023
Let’s explore the purpose of executive leadership training, the benefits it brings to organizations and how to measure its impact in the long-term. An executive leadership training program is specifically designed to help senior executives develop the skills and competencies necessary to lead at the highest levels of an organization.
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Top Tips For Construction Project Managers
Strategy Driven
JUNE 9, 2021
Keeping the site safe, tidy, and organized. Hopefully, you will not encounter any issues, but it is helpful if you can identify what might happen so that you can find ways to prevent these issues from arising but also develop contingency plans to mitigate the impact of a problem. Making sure that staff are properly trained.
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70 4 Lessons from the Toyota Crisis
Leading Blog
JUNE 3, 2011
That way includes what is probably Toyota’s “greatest contribution to the world as a model of real continuous improvement” at and by all levels in the organization. Therefore, the chief questions to ask yourself about how your company will respond in a crisis are not contingency plans and policies, but about your culture and your people.
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278 Great by Choice
Leading Blog
OCTOBER 24, 2011
Fear and worry is channeled into preparation, contingency plans, buffers and margins of safety. Empirical Creativity: Bold, creative moves from a sound empirical base. Productive Paranoia: Highly attuned to threats and changes especially when things are going well. 10X Leadership Behaviors.
What Impact Does It Have When Leaders Become Sick?
The Horizons Tracker
JUNE 17, 2020
These results provide suggestive evidence of the setting in which CEO succession and contingency plans may have the most meaningful effect on performance,” the researchers say. Worryingly, the analysis finds very little evidence that the leader makes any difference to their organization at all. Lackluster performance.
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Difficult conversations require your head and your heart
Persuasive Powerhouse
MAY 23, 2012
A contingency plan isn’t available when the two-way interaction doesn’t go the way you’d planned. Of course not, but this is what often happens in our organizations. It takes two to dialog; even though you have your part down pat, you can’t predict the other person’s reactions in real time.
Four Things to Remember When Change Hits “Upside the Head”
You're Not the Boss of Me
AUGUST 3, 2014
The trauma brought about by such change happens every day to countless people, people without contingency plans, or any idea how they are going to cope with what has happened to them. And yet we do, cope I mean, under many conditions and through many challenges.
Research Shows a Simple Way to Increase Your Engagement at Work
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 30, 2018
A 2016 poll by the Gallup Organization shows that only 13% of employees worldwide are engaged at work. As a result, beyond trying to find the right fit professionally, the overall picture seems to suggest that employees are at the mercy of their organizations and bosses when it comes to how engaged they will be at work.
The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 6, 2015
Plan for the future. When your business has contingency plans for future scenarios you will seldom be caught by surprise. Most successful businesses have planned responses to most scenarios because they took the time to think “What If”. Objective analysis of how the organization has operated to date.
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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From The Little Prince
Joseph Lalonde
APRIL 23, 2018
You can learn the destination your organization is heading in. They have contingency plans in place and are ready to use them. Have a backup plan ready. You may be led to stay in the same organization for your whole leadership career. Or you may hop from one organization to another.
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Leadership Lessons from the Navy
Skip Prichard
JULY 19, 2021
“A subordinate’s trust in their leader is the most important factor in the success of any organization.”-Mark One of your first leadership lessons is “A subordinate’s trust in their leader is the most important factor in the success of any organization.” It is a major competitive advantage for any organization.
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7 Ways to Help Your Team Deal with Ambiguity
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
Dealing with ambiguity is a competency quickly pushing its way up on the list of most wanted executive competencies, while simultaneously working its way down as a vital survival skill down the organization chart. Brainstorm those possibilities and develop contingency plans. ” That’s seldom true.
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How to Work Smart and Achieve More
Frank Sonnenberg Online
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Use technology to help you stay organized, improve efficiency, enhance communication, boost collaboration, and increase accuracy. Get organized. Prepare contingency plans. Ask yourself “what-if” questions because things rarely go according to plan. Delegate nonessential tasks. You can’t do everything yourself.
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Revive Your Reputation—Avoid These Common Hiring Mistakes
HR Digest
MAY 12, 2024
From being secretive about salaries to ghosting a potential candidate despite their attempts to reach out, there are many hiring pitfalls that damage the reputation of an organization. The lack of transparency always works against an organization but being clear right at the start can attract the right candidates for the company.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Building Better Companies after COVID-19
HR Digest
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
Today, more than ever before, organizations must focus on inclusiveness to help society recover from the COVID-19 crisis. How can leaders of organizations respond? No organization, leader or individual can fix things alone in today’s whirlwind of uncertainty and change. Here are three ways: RECOGNIZE THE POWER OF INCLUSION.
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We Need to Approach AI Risks Like We Do Natural Disasters
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
Contingency plans must go beyond a natural disaster playbook. To reduce the future impact from natural disasters, governments and international organizations like the Red Cross and the World Bank collect and share data concerning the destructive ramifications and the support required to help victims.
Managers, What's Your Plan For Climate Change?
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 12, 2012
In the aftermath of an event like Sandy, leaders have the opportunity not just to do the right thing as human beings and citizens, but to promote employee engagement in their organization, through promoting corporate participation in relief efforts.
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8 Why Boards Aren’t Dealing with Cyberthreats
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 22, 2017
These findings confirm that directors simply aren’t internalizing the extensive, long-term damage an attack could inflict on their organizations. These types of investments should be viewed as vital to the organization’s risk management functions and long-term strategy, and need to be reviewed on a continual basis. .”
What Harvey Is Teaching the Health Care Sector About Managing Disasters
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
All health systems have contingency plans and run drills for emergencies like a hurricane. However, the challenges wrought by a disaster can confound even the best-laid plans, and responding effectively requires using available resources in ways not previously considered.
The Olympics as a Story of Risk Management
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 13, 2012
A terrorist incident, a breakdown of the London rail system, power blackouts, volcanic ash clouds , flooding, an outbreak of infectious disease—the London organizing committee (LOCOG) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) spent years thinking about every scenario they could imagine.
Good Cybersecurity Doesn’t Try to Prevent Every Attack
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 25, 2016
As in any risk management strategy, executives must look across the entire organization and assess the company’s cybersecurity assets, including investments in technology systems and highly skilled professionals to run them. Prepare to Be Breached. What is the corporate chain of command in the event of a cybersecurity attack?
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