15 Planning and Preparedness Quotes From Master's in Their Professions

Planning and preparedness are things that every professional in every industry who is, or has been very successful or masterful at what they do makes a priority.  They are proof that planning and preparation begets success.  But it is also the way we think as much as it is the way we act. Preparing and planning is more than just writing down a goal or two and posting them on a wall. Knowing how to get where your are going, anticipating obstacles along the way, how to overcome them if they happen and how to deal with the angst that setbacks can bring all dictate when and how success comes, or even if it does...

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10 Tips To Bring Business Continuity To Your Organization

If you want to successfully bring Business Continuity to your organization, there are 10 factors in deciding if they will support it, or reject it, or worse, something in between that makes your job almost impossible to do. There are other cases where organizations will get the process going, but over time interest will drop off.  This is where many Continuity Programs end up.  If the organization is not involved in the development and maintenance of the program, it's likely to put it aside for more pressing issues. If you want to get the organization to adopt and support Business Continuity for the long term, here are Ten Tips. Feel...

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Redefining the BIA – Usefulness and Uses

By Geary W. Sikich Copyright© Geary W. Sikich 2014. World rights reserved. Published with permission of the author. If we agree on the basic premise that Business Continuity can be defined as sustaining what is critical to the enterprise’s survivability during periods of discontinuity; then we must recognize that the activity known as the Business Impact Assessment (Analysis) or BIA needs to be redefined. The BIA, as currently practiced does not necessarily achieve the following: Define what is critical to the organization; Develop strategies to recover/sustain during times of discontinuity. I posit a two phase BIA framework consisting...

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4 Things About Business Continuity Every Small Business Owner Should Know

Business Continuity seems like a huge undertaking for a small business.  Small business owners are focused on providing their products and services to their customers and have little time to devote to recovery and sustainment efforts.  However, developing a Business Continuity Plan/Program is much easier and less time consuming than many business owners are lead to believe.  With all of the free resources available, it’s really just a matter of committing a little extra time to developing it. Here are 4 things you can do right now to get the process of developing and implementing Business Continuity in your business started. Define...

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6 Things You Need to Know About Business Continuity

By Mike Minzes The Business Continuity Industry has a problem.A continuity problem. It can’t agree on what Business Continuity is and how to go about implementing and managing it.  It’s all over the place.  Some see it as Disaster Prevention and Management.  Others see it as Safety and Security. Still others see it as a risk management discipline. Some even say it's Emergency Management.To add to the confusion, there are several, continuity firms, industry trade organizations and agencies that say different things about what Business Continuity is and what it should do for an organization. There are those who...

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