New Consulting Workshop Available to Agility Members
Knowledge is the most important factor in weathering any storm.
A complete crisis management plan is crucial to ensuring fluid, continuous operations in an emergency. But for many businesses, creating and maintaining a complete crisis management plan is too much of a commitment - from both a time and cost perspective.
That’s why Agility is offering our members a new consulting opportunity – the Crisis Management Workshop. This 5-day Workshop, conducted at the client location, is modeled on the same simple, turn-key format as our ReadySuite package solutions. It provides a cost effective solution for companies who understand the need for a viable emergency management plan yet have neither the time nor resources for a long term engagement.
Why develop a Crisis Management Plan?
Any business interruption turns life on its head. What if you can’t get to your alternate site? What if your cell phones no longer work? What if governmental authorities bar the way to your business? Planning what to do after a disaster is just as important as what to do beforehand – it may be even more important. A sound crisis management plan helps you address the important decisions that people will be looking to you to make. It facilitates a smooth transition between normal business operations and catastrophe response.
Put simply, a crisis management plan assures:
Effective coordination of activities among involved employees
Clear instructions for all in the event of a catastrophe
Continuity of operations during and immediately after the crisis
Crisis Management Workshop
Agility’s consultants will educate your key team members on the crisis management planning process and assist with the development of a complete plan, including the following and more:
*Plans for catastrophe notification and communication, both internal and external.
Agility’s consultants will assess the persons and organizations that require notification and develop a post-catastrophe plan. This includes entities such as staff, suppliers, clients, local government, law enforcement, FEMA and the media.
*Development of an Emergency Operations or Command Center.
Immediate response requires communication to the outside world and a central location for management and recovery teams to communicate. Teams will need to track responsibilities, conduct regular briefings and more. Agility will develop a plan for an emergency operations center to assure fluid operations and communications during an event.
*Plan for addressing employee needs.
Depending on the severity of the catastrophe, employees may require additional support in order to manage the aftermath. Consider a regional event –what if employees housing is destroyed? Where will employees sleep and their children go to school? Will they require counseling? Agility will help you proactively address these issues.
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The 5-day Crisis Management Workshop offers the above assessments and more at lower project costs than traditional consulting engagements due to its accelerated timeframe. As an added benefit, there is minimal staff disruption with this short and guided workshop style engagement. The workshop will result in a customized crisis management plan that is specific to your business – letting you get back to business as usual knowing that you are prepared for any risk.
Call your Agility representative or 866-364-9696 if you would like to learn more about the Crisis Management Workshop package.
