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Looking Back to Move Forward: What 2025 Reinforced About Crisis Preparedness
As the year draws to a close, it is natural for organizations to reflect on what they accomplished, what they endured, and what still feels unresolved. For many leadership teams,…
Crisis Management Weaknesses – “An Umbrella in a Manhole”
Recently I was running a hurricane drill for a client in the Caribbean and they were inspecting their campus to see what debris needed to be removed. Each year, as part of the drill, we look for things that could ‘float or fly’ during a hurricane and make plans for…
Active Shooter: 4 Tabletop Exercise Tips
Active shooter incidents are on the rise in US, and your organization is most definitely at risk. Quoting FBI statistics, the National Fire Protection Association reports that “an average of 6.4 active shooter events occurred annually in the U.S. from 2000 to 2006. From 2007 to 2013, that average more…
10 Key Elements to Good Crisis Leaders
Rob Burton recently wrote an article on LinkedIn, “10 Key Elements to Good Crisis Leaders“. Within the article, Rob outlines what these ten key elements are: Honesty & Integrity Confidence Inspiration Commitment and Passion Good Communication Decision-Making Accountability Delegation and Empowerment Creativity and Innovation Empathy Related: The Role of the Crisis…
5 Key Benefits from Conducting Tabletop Exercises
Simulated crisis tabletop exercises are like a flu shot: The vaccine won’t prevent the illness one-hundred percent of the time, but if you do get the flu, the vaccine will greatly reduce the illness’ severity and bring you back to health more quickly. The potential illness in your organization…
Six Rules of Thumb for Effective Crisis Plans
In a crisis situation, speed of the operational response and clarity of initial communications, both internal and external, are essential. A Crisis Preparedness Plan provides a structure and process that coordinates all levels of the organization and puts the company back on the path to full recovery as quickly…
Psychological Trauma – When You Become the Target
On October 1, 2018, a shooter from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel opened fire upon a concert crowd fenced in a 15-acre open air lot. 1,100+ rounds were fired in a span of 10 minutes. 58 people died, excluding the shooter, 851 were injured of which 422…