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Crisis Management Team, Assemble!

Bernstein Crisis Management

Crisis Management Team, Assemble! Even with the increased awareness of crisis management best practices today, a startling number of new clients don’t have an answer when we ask who’s on their crisis team. This is a major problem. So, who makes up this critical team, and what exactly do they do?

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BCM Basics: “Continuity” Defined

MHA Consulting

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. The term refers to the ability of organizations to quickly restore their important processes and activities after a disruption. Many organizations today need an always-on capability.

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The Human Factor: BCM Team Roles and Skill Requirements 

MHA Consulting

Knowing what roles should be represented on the business continuity management (BCM) team and what kind of people should fill them is an overlooked key to success in making organizations resilient. The roles that should be represented on a company’s BCM team change over time depending on the maturity of the program.

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Navigating Resilience: How to Create a BCM Roadmap 

MHA Consulting

The business continuity management roadmap is a simple but powerful tool that can help organizations strengthen their BCM programs and enhance their resilience. In today’s post, we’ll lay out an eight-step process your company can use to create its own, customized BCM roadmap. This is what a BCM roadmap is and does.

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BCM Basics: the Difference Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

MHA Consulting

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. Sometimes the form business continuity management (BCM) is used. The activity of crisis management is also included under the umbrella though that tends to be treated separately.)

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Why BCM and ERM Should Be BFFs 

MHA Consulting

Sometimes questions arise about the relationship between the business continuity management (BCM) team and the enterprise risk management (ERM) department. The fact is, both units—as well as the organization—benefit when BCM and ERM are BFFs (or best friends forever, as the kids say).

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Risk Management as a Career: A Guide for BCM Professionals

MHA Consulting

For those with a suitable temperament and skill set, a career in risk management can be rewarding due to the field’s broad scope, consequential nature, and rising prominence. In this week’s post, we’ll look at what a risk manager does and the skills it takes to excel in this role. It’s a permanent ongoing activity.