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How To Maintain A Smooth-Running Company When Facing Tragedies
Do you think your company will continue running smoothly if you and a couple of your key leaders were suddenly taken out of the day to day action of operating the business? Proactive leaders plan ahead in case bad things happen. Read on and discover eleven action steps you can take to ensure that your company operates smoothly when facing the temporary loss of yourself as the owner, or some of your other key personnel.
Business Blues - consider your risks
Successful businesses depend on proper business planning and proper management. But things do go wrong and such unfortunate events, beyond anybody's control, will cripple a business. There must be contingency plans in place to decrease areas of risk.
Falling Off the Economic Cliff
Economy, economy, economy... Stimulus, stimulus, stimulus... Reminds me of 'location, location, location', and I am pretty sick of hearing that too. If you're tired of hearing about the economy and stimulus, do something about it. This article talks about the permanent change facing businesses today and what you must do if you want to survive. Remember, no good crises should be left unexploited - opportunities abound.
Recession-Proof Your Business
10 Tips to Implement During Tough Economic Times

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Do You Know Where Your Disaster Recovery Plan Is
Disasters of major magnitude are major news again after the Gulf coast region of the United States was hit by 2 major hurricanes. So it is very timely for me to ask each of you: “Do you know where your disaster recovery plan is?” “Do you even have a disaster recovery plan or crisis management plan?” “What business contingency plans do you have?” I am very concerned that in too many cases the answers would be “No” “No” and “None!” The plain hard truth is that if your business is going to continue to perform at a profitable or administratively adequate level when a crisis occurs, crisis/emergency planning is imperative. You must have a properly prepared disaster recovery plan in place and have the appropriate staff fully briefed on their responsibilities.
“A Strategic Action Plan For Recession Resistant Marketing”
As the U.S. and the global economies move up and down, there is always some talk that arises about concern of a worldwide recession. Let’s acknowledge that we are sometimes over-run by pessimists. When the pessimists start talking up a recession, people start to worry, get scared and begin to develop contingency plans. So what would a strategic thinking professional do to make his or her business recession resistant? There is one thing that must be crystal clear – you must never stop marketing! If you stop marketing, your business will fail. Using a strategic thinking and business coach approach, here is my recommended strategic action plan for recession resistant marketing.

Strategic Thinking – A Wise Business Investment, According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Strategic thinking is critical to the long-term success of businesses today. Yet, there are too many businesses that fail to invest time, money and human capital into planning for the future. So many businesses are concentrating only on the day-to-day activities in their business and are failing to create or remember a vision for the future. Some businesses work diligently to create strategic plans, business plans, integrated marketing communications plans, etc. only to leave these plans dormant on some shelf. They fail to remember that these plans are living documents, which warrant follow-through, review and updates. Businesses need to commit to spend more time spent on strategy on a regular basis. Here are ten (10) tips from your strategic thinking business coach to help make the best use of time for strategic thinking.

3 Smart Ways Home Business Owners Handle the Unexpected
A lengthy illness, accident or unexpected death could mean the collapse of your business. Although you can never be one hundred percent certain you've covered every contingency, here are three simple steps you can take today to give yourself the best protection possible.
Business Plans Don’t Last Forever
Business plans... you either love them or hate them. They are a beautiful thing when they create a unified focus and alignment across your company... And empower your team to go out and do what they must do to produce results. But fast-growing companies outgrow their business plans. Often, it is just a matter of time, because business plans don’t last forever! It’s highly likely you have outgrown your business plan when:
Maintaining Company Stability --- Contingency Planning
A “Contingency Plan” is a plan developed for a specific situation when things “could” go wrong or are going wrong. Contingency plans include specific strategies, initiatives and actions designed to deal with identified variances to assumptions. These variances usually result in a particular problem, emergency, or state of affairs. The plan also includes a monitoring process and “triggers” for initiating planned actions.

Business Plans: Uses and Abuses
“Some men see things as they are and say "Why?". I dream of things that never were and say "Why not?" (George Bernard Shaw) Do you ever dream about business success and wonder how to make it happen? We all have aspirational dreams and goals but how many of us know how to turn them into reality. Many of you will have thought about writing business plans to make your dreams come true and been put off, thinking them either too hard to write, not necessary, or feeling that they are not really needed as the plans are already in your head. In fact it is important that you create plans, as they provide focus and a pathway for you to follow to achieve your business goals. In principle plans are not that difficult to write, providing some fundamentals are clearly identified and followed before you start the process.

Sales Planning --- A Critical Component of Sales Success
A sales plan is a schedule of events and responsibilities that details the actions to be taken in order to accomplish the goals and objectives identified during the contingency - recovery - strategic planning process. The plan ensures everyone knows what needs to get done, coordinates their efforts and keeps close track of progress. Sales plans must define the objectives, time line and resources required to meet the growth objectives of the business unit, department or branch. This level of detail is unnecessary in the overall initial planning process.

Business Blues - consider your risks
Successful businesses depend on proper business planning and proper management. But things do go wrong and such unfortunate events, beyond anybody's control, will cripple a business. There must be contingency plans in place to decrease areas of risk.
Master Effective Crisis Management Skills through the Media
No company will ever be fully prepared for any crisis to their business. The key is to develop a standard contingency plan to keep the public informed through the media on how they handle the crisis.

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