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A Crisis Management Plan: Are You Prepared?

By Bill Patterson - This article presents some suggestions for getting started on a crisis management plan for your corporation. The author's definition of a crisis for the purpose of this article is a situation that generates negative publicy for a company or corporation. Given that, there is some sensible advice for dealing with questions from the media. (Added: 19-Mar-2007 Hits: 1053 )

Action Steps For Leading Others During A Crisis

By John McKee - What’s the best advice a manager can give a team member to help them make it through a crisis? After all, not many organizations have a “user guide” that covers the subject. But, invariably, as a leader, you’ll hear about how your people are doing. How you react or respond can make a genuine difference. (Added: 22-Mar-2010 Hits: 473 )

ASIS Guideline Tackles Workplace Violence in Flow Chart

By n a - Can prompt and effective response to what could become a melee really be expressed within the confines of a series of boxes and arrows? This question is asked and answered within this article. (Added: 15-Mar-2007 Hits: 903 )

Before The Business Continuity Plan

By Nathaniel Forbes - What can you do if your organisation doesn’t yet have a business continuity plan (BCP), but you want to prepare for emergencies? Nathaniel Forbes offers some advice. (Added: 19-Mar-2007 Hits: 766 )

Building A Capable Emergency Management Team

By Jim Burtles - Perhaps the single most important factor in determining the long-term success of an enterprise during a crisis is the performance of the emergency management team. Jim Burtles explains how to go about building an excellent EMT. (Added: 19-Mar-2007 Hits: 801 )

Building An IRT - Incident Response Team

By Micheal Miora - This is a white paper that offers a step-by-step approach to building an Incident Response Team (IRT). (Added: 19-Mar-2007 Hits: 766 )

Communicating Complex Risks

By Chris Woodcock - Although aimed at the food and drink industry, this article by Chris Woodcock provides useful general advice on crisis communications. (Added: 16-Mar-2007 Hits: 615 )

Corporate Culture as a Source of Crisis in Companies

By Roman Zuzak - This article explores the effect that corporate culture can have on either helping or hindering crisis management. Also what you as a leader can do to ensure that a healthy corporate culture is maintained. (Added: 19-Mar-2007 Hits: 698 )

Courage in Crisis

By Shane Harris - Ambassador Prudence Bushnell, recipient of the 2004 Service to America Medal for Career Achievement, has made a career out of doing the right thing. This inspiring article from Government Executive Magazine describes two key events that defined Amb. Bushnell as a great leader. The first was her courageous--and rather solitary--effort to stop the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Second was her leadership as U.S. Ambassador to Nairobi, which was crucial to holding together the Embassy staff in the aftermath of the 1998 bombing by Al Qaeda. (Added: 27-Mar-2007 Hits: 455 )

Courage in Crisis

By Shane Harris - Ambassador Prudence Bushnell, recipient of the 2004 Service to America Medal for Career Achievement, has made a career out of doing the right thing. This inspiring article from Government Executive Magazine describes two key events that defined Amb. Bushnell as a great leader. The first was her courageous--and rather solitary--effort to stop the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Second was her leadership as U.S. Ambassador to Nairobi, which was crucial to holding together the Embassy staff in the aftermath of the 1998 bombing by Al Qaeda. (Added: 21-Feb-2007 Hits: 544 )

Creeping, Slow-Burn, And Sudden Crises

By Jonathan Bernstein - As a leader in your corporation you understand the need for making plans for dealing with a crisis. Find out more details about creeping, slow-burn, and sudden crisis that can help you with your recovery planning process. (Added: 15-Mar-2007 Hits: 473 )

Crisis Communications - The Importance of Inbound Messaging

By David Page - Analyzing past events and strategizing to prevent future ones has revealed a key communications issue – communications cannot be a one-way street. (Added: 16-Mar-2007 Hits: 420 )

Crisis Communications and Disaster Response

By David Page - David Page provides an overview of best practices which will help companies continue to communicate through any incident. (Added: 16-Mar-2007 Hits: 333 )

Crisis Communications Lessons

By n a - Ari Fleischer, who served as press secretary for the Bush Administration for over two years, offers a unique view of crisis communications. (Added: 16-Mar-2007 Hits: 361 )

Crisis Communications Management Readiness Questionnaire

By Deon Binneman - A checklist to help organisations ensure that they have covered critical areas of crisis communications. (Added: 16-Mar-2007 Hits: 316 )

Crisis Communications: Get It Right - The First Time

By John Glenn - John Glenn offers some thoughts on effective crisis communications. During your crisis response planning you need to give crisis communications some thought. (Added: 16-Mar-2007 Hits: 333 )

Crisis Management - Don't Forget The People!

By David Perl - Staff and customers are an often neglected part of both the planning and response phases of crisis management. David Perl provides a checklist of some of the key things to consider in this area. (Added: 19-Mar-2007 Hits: 253 )

Crisis Management: How To Plan For The Unknown

By Andrew Fernades - As business continuity planners, how do we deal with a novel or unexpected incident, especially when there in nothing in the text books or existing methodologies to provide guidance? (Added: 19-Mar-2007 Hits: 209 )

Crisis Mmanagement - The Known, The Unknown, And The Unknowable

By Donald L. Kohn - The speech looks at the bigger picture of crisis management; exploring how those with responsibility for the wider financial system should plan for and react to crises. (Added: 19-Mar-2007 Hits: 328 )

Critical Success Factors For Effective Crisis Management

By David Perl - Leadership is the single most important critical success factor for effective crisis management. Learn about the other six CFSs. (Added: 19-Mar-2007 Hits: 232 )