Is Your Business Ready For An Emergency?
Every few years an event like Hurricane Irene blows by
, reminding companies to make plans for disaster recovery.
East Coast is preparing for a weekend Hurricane Irene, perhaps drawn to plan your opinion.
Or maybe you just think, "We really should have a response plan for emergencies."
(If this is you, what are you waiting for?)
Most disaster plans to cover such things as operations, public relations, and issues such as:
And when our offices are temporary? How can we communicate? We can keep our website up? How can we change the course of phones and what we do for inventory loss? Can we continue to ship the product?
If this sounds like you have a plan, you might miss a very important people.
Also born in the State of Florida, and I am a veteran of many hurricanes, and forget Hurricane Andrew. I lived just south of Miami, and he had recently bought my first house. Andrew destroyed the house and those of many of my friends and colleagues.
In the days following the storm, we gather, and share tips on how to obtain insurance through this mess, where to do laundry and how to send mail. Fortunately, not the employer does not care that I came to work in dirty ragged pants and T-shirt (most of us was dirty on an equal footing and not-cold shower).
Although it took months to recover, we got through this mess, and I learned some valuable lessons in the process. Here are some that you can consider:
How do your employees get to work if a natural disaster? Simple things like going to work has become a real problem when the car was destroyed and the lack of buses, respectively. One solution is to provide a means of transportation through the exchange of personnel or riding a bus operated by the company.
You can accommodate flexible working hours? What do you do when employees need time to interview the insurance officer, and treatment of emotional trauma and pick up a piece of their lives? Consider allowing employees to transfer hours as necessary, and easing requirements for the use of paid leave.
What about housing? In a large-scale disaster, and has many employees out of their homes. For homeowners, insurance can provide temporary living expenses allowance (ie, rent an apartment). However, housing and furniture are likely to be in shortage.
And staff without insurance not a safety net. And can be forced to live with relatives or leave the area entirely. If the transfer of personnel, even on a temporary basis, they may face financial difficulties succeeding the basic necessities, and the long-traveled.
How to replace employees who leave and never return? It was a big problem after Hurricane Katrina, where many people were out of their homes for a long period of time. For many, it was easier to move to another city than to go back and re-construction. You can keep them during the transition, allowing them to work remotely?
If you operate a local business, and the impact of this event on the client is also a concern. And will return when you reopen your business? Plan ahead to stay in touch with existing customers to let then know how things are going and when will be ready for operation.
Disaster, the interests of the community. Have the ability to rebuild your business depends on how to deal with employees and customers in the days following the event. I think in advance about how that can help customers and staff in emergency situations.
Depending on the nature of your business, you may be able to provide products or services free of charge reduced to the local community. If this is not an option, consider how you can help by providing access to meeting rooms, meals or services to meet others.
A little good will help speed the recovery process, and we will long remember.
Photo by Sgt. Joellyn.
Joellyn "Joey" is the sergeant major of the BrandSprout limited liability company, and Atlanta-based marketing and strategic management consulting firm. Joey brings new perspectives to difficult trade issues, helping clients succeed by building their brand awareness, and involvement of customers and increase market share.
He was a passionate advocate of entrepreneurship, and Joey was founded three companies, a key management with two start-ups, and has worked for Fortune 500 companies, including UPS and BellSouth (now AT & T) . With experience as a world leader in strategy, branding, communications, and air is advised business owners on growth strategies, and marketing teams to build high performance and take advantage of technology for maximum impact.
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