When CEOs Face the Storm: 12 Lessons in Crisis Leadership 

Nov 25, 2024 | Crisis Management

We design, deliver, and evaluate numerous crisis simulation exercises for executive teams each year, rigorously testing leadership strategies under high-pressure scenarios. Drawing from insights gained across this year’s exercises, including 12 executive-level...

5 Key Factors When Preparing Your Workforce for Significant Layoffs 

Jul 24, 2023 | Crisis Management

The decision to undertake layoffs is never an easy one. It can create profound ripple effects, both within your organization and in the lives of the affected employees. As a leader, your responsibility is to minimize these adverse effects as much as possible and...

How to Conduct a Full-Scale Simulation Exercise for Your Company

Nov 29, 2021 | Exercises

Optimizing an organization’s crisis preparedness requires going beyond the often disjointed, conventional scope of emergency management practices. Optimal preparedness requires embracing a more holistic, or “full-scale,” approach to crisis simulation exercises....

How the Crisis Management Team Supports Emergency Response Activities

Sep 20, 2021 | Crisis Management

Every business faces some type of crisis at one point or another. It could be a natural disaster, a data breach, an accident with injuries – these are all examples of events that can cause significant damage to your company’s reputation and bottom line....

Return-to-Office: Sample Return-to-Office Protocol

Jun 16, 2020 | Crisis Management, Preparedness

Series authors: Milena Maneva and Mark Hoffman This is the fourth article in a five-part series on returning to the office. Previous article: Return-to-Office: Preparing your Environment   Communicating to all key stakeholders is important, despite the limited...