How Effective is Your BCP Program at Dealing With Severe Weather
The severe weather across the USA has significantly impacted the ability to continue normal business and the ability of our staff to continue to come to work safely. As a proactive measure, […]
Planning a Workplace Violence Mock Disaster Scenario
At MHA, we plan, develop and implement many mock disaster exercise scenarios annually. A current exercise that many clients are looking for is the Workplace Violence incident. This scenario has become a […]
Post Incident Analysis (PIA) – A Method to Analyze Your Actions During a BCP Event
The Post-Incident Analysis (PIA) is an invaluable tool for learning from crises and disruptions and improving your event response. In today’s post, we’ll look at when and how to do a PIA […]
Using FEMA Exercise Planning Guidelines to Develop Your Next Mock Disaster Exercise
At MHA, we plan, develop and implement multiple mock disaster exercises for new and existing clients across the country. In order to ensure consistency in the planning, development and execution of each […]
Outsourcing the BCP Function
Can outsourcing your BCP function to a third party lead to improved efficiencies, effectiveness and ability to recover the critical processes and systems of your company? Yes and no. We recommend […]
Who Should be Your Crisis Management Team Leader?
Too many times, Crisis Management Team Leaders are picked simply based on their role or position in the organization. This may or may not be the best decision based on the role […]
Using the A.P.I.E. Methodology to Focus your Crisis Management Team Decision Making and Action Planning
Getting your Crisis Management Team to focus strategically and use a repeatable process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate a response is key to a successful recovery in an unplanned disruption. At […]
IT Pandemic Planning – How Will Your IT Organization Continue to Support Itself and the Business?
Does your Information Technology function have a sound Pandemic plan? For many of our clients, IT has some of the most dramatic reliance on key individuals. We have clients with hundreds of IT […]
Human Factors in Crisis Management
The “Human Factor” stands as the most critical and variable element in the effectiveness of your Business Continuity Planning (BCP) program. Despite the presence of meticulously crafted plans, strategies, and multiple backup […]
Sample Pandemic Exercise for Crisis Management Team
Need to plan a Sample Pandemic exercise? Below is simple exercise “straw man” to help you build from at your organization. In times when the threat of a pandemic looms ever so […]