How to get Business Continuity Certified What are Business Continuity certifications? If you are getting started as a professional or getting credentialed to supplement your experience, this blog is for you. Or this is helpful if you are transitioning into a business continuity role. This week, I talked to a colleague who is interested in
Women supporting each other What resilient women do is on my mind at the moment. My participation inspired me in last week’s BCI WiR USA Chapter panel discussion on Women’s Experience in Business Resilience at All Career Stages. I hope you connect with the Women in Resilience (WiR) group. Otherwise, I anticipate you will ally
Resilient women focus of BCI webinar The Business Continuity Institute‘s (BCI) Women in Resilience (WiR) USA Chapter let me moderate a panel yesterday. The talk focused on Women’s Experience in Business Resilience at All Career Stages. It was enjoyable to hear the opinions of such accomplished women. Although we all came from different backgrounds, we
Guest Contributor Article – Part II It’s my honor to share Part II of Kenton Friesen’s article on Measuring the maturity of your Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program. If you missed Part I, go back and check it out here. Kenton has over twenty years of experience in multiple industries. Throughout his career, he’s specialized
Featured in the BCI’s Business Continuity Awareness Week This year’s BCI Business Continuity Awareness Week feature contains a piece I co-authored. I am excited to share that the article on The Hybrid World was published this week. It results from a collaboration with the Business Continuity Institute’s (BCI) Women In Resilience (WiR) group. Working with
It began with shell shock In this blog, I share emotional first aid for employees and why psychological techniques are translatable to the workplace. But first, let’s talk about shell shock. During World War II, soldiers first coined the phenomenon to describe extreme fatigue, tremor, confusion, nightmares, and impaired sight and hearing they experienced on
Building Psychological Resilience Employee resilience must be a core attribute when considering organizational resilience. Although not called out in the definition, businesses prepared to absorb and adapt after crisis events focus on personnel first. Companies developing real resilience consider the capabilities of their employees first when moving towards a model that promotes ongoing agility. As
I am pleased to share my second IFMA Podcast Returning to the Workplace Amidst COVID-19 is a hot topic across the globe right now. The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) – Boston Chapter, asked me to come back to speak to them about COVID-19. This time, the topic was planning on how to return to
