The Alarm Sounds: Managing a Crisis Event

Michael Herrera & Richard Long | May 8, 2020

Sooner or later it will happen if you’re in business long enough: your organization will face a serious incident. A fire, flood, shooting, cyberattack, explosion, sinkhole, scandal, fatal accident, pandemic, or public relations disaster will break out unexpectedly and threaten to engulf the organization. How well the company gets through will depend in large part on whether it is sufficiently prepared. In this article we’ll give you a feel for what it’s like to face a crisis at your workplace as a member of a crisis management (CM) team. We’ll also share some tips on how the CM team can…