Contingency Planning is Essential to Your Organizational Survival
Positive Leadership with Dr. Dave MartinShow Notes
If your organization was faced with a major disaster in the next 24 hours, would it survive? Would it?
You can't fly by the 'seat of your pants' when it comes to dealing with unexpected events. If that's your idea of planning for unexpected contingencies, your organization might not survive the next major crisis it encounters - and we all encounter disasters in our life, so we have to be prepared for them.
In this episode, Dr. Dave talks about the importance of contingency planning and gives his listeners some great practical advice on identifying risks and creating a contingency plan. He concludes by saying the best plans are useless if they aren't tested and gives senior leaders some advice on setting the tone for contingency planning.
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