How quickly can you get your employees prepared? Your employees are your business's most important and valuable asset! Here are some thoughts on how to engage your employees.
INVOLVE them (include employees from all levels of management in emergency planning).
PRACTICE the plan (drills and exercises will help you prepare).
PROMOTE preparedness (encourage employees and their families to prepare an emergency kit, make a plan, and be well informed).
IMPLEMENT a Crisis Communication Plan (detail how you will be in contact with your employees, customers, and others during and after a disaster).
IDENTIFY employees with special needs and disabilities and identify co-workers willing to help, ensuring they are able to handle the job.
DISCUSS with your employees about what emergency supplies the company can feasibly provide, if any, and which ones employees should consider keeping on hand.
ENCOURAGE employees to have a Portable Kit customized to meet personal needs, such as essential medications, personal hygiene supplies, etc.
Ensuring that everyone is prepared in a contingency scenario is always a" key" objective, from gaining management support to requiring that personnel on all shifts are prepared, it must be done without delay and effectively.
RP Risk Advisors understands the importance of educating both individuals and companies on the importance of Risk Minimization and Business Continuity solutions.
It is also important to promote awareness by encouraging the participation of your team members in their local associations, some of whom are focused on business continuity, while others are focused on security, information systems, engineering, finance, manufacturing and many other such disciplines. All of these organizations understand well the risk factors that are inherent today and touch upon business continuity. While we are helping to educate your employees at your business, they will be hearing the same message while engaged in strategic overview sessions with their own peers — a valuable lesson.
Our team members are serving in, and supporting many fine organizations such as the Association of Contingency Planners (ACP), the Contingency Planning Exchange (CPE), New England Disaster Recovery Information Exchange Group (NEDRIX), American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS), Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), and many others. We are committed to giving back to this industry and helping to teach others.
In addition, members and affiliates of RP Risk Advisors have also served as Subject Matter Experts (SME's) and presenters at some of the finest global conferences that serve our industry. Communications both within an enterprise and between enterprises, and especially among supply chain partners in any industry, is a key attribute of RP Risk Advisors. We are committed to understand your organization well, and then assisting in the communication amongst all parties to drive success.