Executive Support
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Leveraging Your BCP Into A Competitive Advantage
November 9, 2012 4:39 pm | by Luke Simpson, Editor | Articles | Comments
While BC programs (BCPs) offer immense value to organizations they are not always leveraged to give the organization an edge over competitors. Andy Vanderhoff, President of Quantivate, discusses the ways you can publicize your BCP and use it to achieve cost savings, as well as the lean manufacturing conundrum: necessary redundancy versus lean principles.
JetBlue Names New Business Continuity Leader
December 26, 2012 12:09 pm | News | CommentsMr. Battaglia will assume responsibility for the airline's JetForward Program, the largest single multi-year strategic initiative in Operations to improve core technology used in planning, running and recovering JetBlue's operation within System Operations.
Speakers’ Soapbox: Doug Weldon On Effective BIAs & Eisenhower
August 20, 2012 3:53 pm | by Luke Simpson, Editor | Articles | CommentsIn the leadup to Continuity Insights New York, Doug Weldon, President of the BCI USA Chapter, discusses executive support, the need to have a total understanding of the business and its processes, and Dwight D. Eisenhower’s deep understanding of planning and incident response.
Tales From The C-Suite
May 7, 2012 5:12 pm | by Luke Simpson, Editor | Articles | CommentsKelly McDonough, President/CEO of First Alliance Credit Union, talks about how to scare your C-level executives into supporting your BCM program, how credit unions do more with less, the “end point” for business continuity, and why cloud will make businesses and families more resilient.
A: Case Study Track — 2012 Continuity Insights Management Conference
April 4, 2012 4:28 pm | by Luke Simpson, Editor | Events | CommentsA listing of Case Study educational sessions at the 2012 Continuity Insights Management Conference and links to download presentation slides.
E. Program Development, Methodology & Measurement Track — 2012 Continuity Insights Management Conference
April 4, 2012 12:09 pm | by Luke Simpson, Editor | Events | CommentsA listing of Program Development, Methodology & Measurement educational sessions at the 2012 Continuity Insights Management Conference and links to download presentation slides.
2012 Continuity Insights Management Conference
February 28, 2012 11:13 am | News | CommentsThe Continuity Insights Management Conference is the premiere event for strategic business continuity discussion, offering unmatched opportunities to learn and network.
Inspiring Change
January 9, 2012 6:46 pm | by Alan Nicol, Executive Member, AlanNicolSolutions | Blogs | CommentsChange comes with resistance. If we are the top dog of our organization or team, we can force change by dictating it. If that isn’t your option or your style, then inspire change by addressing the emotional motivations to change. Logic alone just isn’t reason enough.
Selling BCM To Law Firm Leadership
August 22, 2011 12:30 pm | Articles | CommentsPresenting the case for business continuity management to a legal audience entails speaking their language and delivering the message in a manner that appeals to those in the legal profession.
Growth, Change, and Growing Pains In Business Continuity Management
May 4, 2011 10:16 am | by Michael Keating Vice President, Client Services | Articles | CommentsBusiness Continuity Management (BCM) has changed rapidly in recent years. Today, many BCM programs are a byproduct of enterprise risk management programs or part of customer-driven service level agreements. But BCM is still looking for a place to call home in many organizations, with BCM ownership all over the map.
ARCHIVED Webinar: World Class BC
October 5, 2010 8:00 pm | Articles | CommentsThis webinar will help you understand and, therefore, better communicate with high-level executives about implementing CPM as part of a World-Class BC program.
Yeah, That Makes Sense
September 23, 2010 8:00 pm | by Joe Jurchak Director of BC Management | Articles | CommentsIt’s a beautiful thing when your management understands immediately where your continuity risks are and what needs to be done about them. Getting to that point requires a little science and a lot of art. Metrics and reporting are the communication instruments of a sound BCP program. Often regarded as a simple technical exercise in gathering data, they can make or break your program’s effectiveness in leading the firm to sound continuity capabilities.
Maximize Your Return on Investment
September 12, 2010 8:00 pm | Articles | CommentsCompanies are putting ever-more emphasis on return-based decision making. Learn three basic ways to maximize your company’s ROI on its BC program.
Ask the EAB - Jul/Aug 2010
July 23, 2010 7:00 am | Articles | CommentsMUST ... DEMONSTRATE ... RETURN ... ON ...INVESTMENT. Until we can develop some realistic, replicable, and recognizable quantification of our value (The “3 R’s” of value), we will always be seen as a cost center. That should be the main industry focus for the next three years. Let’s use terrorism as an example.
Planning, Awareness and Execution
August 31, 2009 8:00 pm | by Brian Zawada | Articles | CommentsFailure to activate BC teams and strategies could result in a serious loss of confidence and may be a serious source of embarrassment if executives attempt to fill a perceived void.
Ask the EAB - July/August 2009
June 30, 2009 8:00 pm | Articles | CommentsIn this issue: There's been lots of talk about "elevator pitches" lately. Do you have one? Do you have more than one? What do you say and for how long? When do you use them? Who do you approach and how? How do you not make it seem like a cheesy bar pickup? Does this approach work for you? What have you gotten out of it? And have you ever really given an elevator pitch in an elevator?
Developing or Enhancing Your Business Continuity Program's Value Proposition (Part 2)
April 28, 2009 8:00 pm | by Brian Zawada | Articles | CommentsBusiness continuity professionals often struggle with defining and delivering a value proposition that keeps management’s attention and secures the resources necessary to meet the organization’s response and recovery objectives. This two-part br...
Terrorists, Lawyers, and Peer Embarrassment: Management Strategies for Gaining Executive Support for BC/DR
April 26, 2009 8:00 pm | by Howard Mannella | Articles | CommentsExecutive support for BC/DR is easy if you work in a bank, brokerage firm, pharmaceutical, or other regulated company. The law and the regulators mandate it. For the rest of us, getting executives to prioritize BC/DR can be a struggle, especial...
BCP vs. DR in the 21st Century
April 26, 2009 8:00 pm | by John M. Stagl | Articles | CommentsUnderstanding how business continuity works in a company when compared to disaster recovery will be one of the key factors impacting a company's ability to survive in the challenging markets of the 21st century. This presentation will examine wh...
Developing or Enhancing Your Business Continuity Program's Value Proposition
April 26, 2009 8:00 pm | by Brian Zawada | Articles | CommentsBusiness continuity professionals often struggle with defining and delivering a value proposition that keeps management’s attention and secures the resources necessary to meet the organization’s response and recovery objectives. This two-part br...
Ask the EAB - January/February 2008
December 31, 2007 7:00 pm | by The Staff | Articles | CommentsWe all agree that BCP needs to be brought to the attention of senior executives. But when we get the chance to present our progress to executives, we don’t often get the “Wow!” response we were hoping for. What needs to be on an executive’s BCP dashboard? What do they really need to know about BCP?
BCP at Citi: It's Crystal Clear
August 31, 2007 8:00 pm | by Buffy Rojas Editor-in-Chief | Articles | CommentsAsk Rudy Garcia about his business continuity program and there are a few key phrases that you're going to hear quite a bit: crystal clear, business drivers, strategic planning, communication, useful information, day-to-day basis. Those phrases pretty well sum up Garcia's approach to BCP: Have a crystal clear understanding of the organization's business drivers. Develop a strategic business continuity program that is aligned with the business. Communicate that program to all relevant parties. Provide stakeholders, particularly top management, with useful information that will help them make business decisions. And add value to the organization on a day-to-day basis.
How to Talk to Your CEO About BCP
April 24, 2007 8:00 pm | by Donald Byrne | Articles | CommentsOne of the first recommendations presented in every course on business continuity planning (BCP) is to secure senior management support for the program. Unfortunately, the same people who are recommending that you go and talk to senior managemen...
Advancing Your Business Continuity Program
April 23, 2007 8:00 pm | by Kathy Lee Patterson | Articles | CommentsAs healthcare organizations become more and more interested in business continuity and disaster recovery, funding is starting trickle through IT for BC and DR programs. The future is looking brighter. Since business continuity within a hospital ...
Your Board Will Care About Business Continuity
April 22, 2007 8:00 pm | by Brian Zawada | Articles | CommentsA growing number of boards of directors, specifically audit committees, are taking an activist role in managing enterprise risk and mandating business continuity programs. With a view of the entire organization – its financial targets, stakehol...
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina: Business Continuity That's Ship Shape
October 31, 2006 7:00 pm | by Buffy Rojas Editor-in-Chief | Articles | CommentsWith a former Navy submariner leading its enterprise business continuity team, BlueCross and BlueShield of North Carolina has a ship shape program that emphasizes responsibility, viability, and plain old common sense.
