If you lost a major operations center overnight, if you were served papers for an unexpected lawsuit, if one of your execs went ballistic on social media right now, would you have a structure and a plan to support your brand through difficult times? If the answer’s no, then getting properly prepared to address crises should be at the top of your list of resolutions for 2024.
Why Crisis Management Planning Should Be On Your To-Do List
Crisis management planning is a critical part of surviving today’s rapidly shifting world. We can tell you from experience that if you encounter a tough situation without a plan in place, you’ll be wishing this item landed on your to-do list sooner.
Are You Protecting Your Reputation With A Plan?
Are You Protecting Your Reputation With A Plan? Neglecting reputation can be costly With polls showing that global executives attribute a whopping 63% of their company’s market value to its overall reputation, it seems most in the know would agree reputation is a tremendously valuable resource. Why, then, is it …
How much pain does it take before you care about crisis prevention?
There is a psychological concept that 12-step programs introduced called “hitting bottom.” It refers to the point at which an individual feels so much pain from what he or she has been doing that the fear of continuing “as is” is greater than the fear of change. At that point, …
Crisis Management Quotables…on Readiness
Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have. — Ed Bradley Fast responses happen because you were ready. Fast recoveries happen because you were ready. We divide crisis management into two …
Will Reputation Make or Break You in 2016?
Reputation management is more important than ever before Reputation. It can help your organization to succeed, or it can be the reason your doors close for good. Though the level of understanding regarding just how important reputation really is has skyrocketed over the past couple years, most organizations still aren’t …