Kirk O'Sullivan Email & Phone Number

"It will never happen to us" is not a safe strategy when considering business continuity, first aid training, and event safety.It may seem like an odd statement, yet I have heard it from business leaders and owners of companies of all sizes.Businesses that don’t plan are less likely to weather the storm.❌ Have not identified a single point of failure within their organisation.❌ Do not have a clear understanding of what their priorities are to deliver key services and products.❌ Do not exercise or train people in the processes and plans required to manage a crisis.What are the consequences?> Cash flow interrupted.> Reputational damage.> Closure of the business.> A long time to recover from the crisis.> Time and effort spent on work being repeated.Just to mention a few.So, what can disrupt your business?✅ Weather✅ Supply Chain Issues✅ Fuel Shortage✅ Staff Sickness✅ Denial of access to your premises (fire or floods)✅ Cyber breachesAnd so on...▶︎ 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜 𝗗𝗢:🥇 Exercise and train your team to manage an effective and efficient response when a crisis occurs. 🥈 Develop and implement business continuity policies and plans to ensure that these products and services can still be delivered.🥉 Identify the key products and services you provide and create action ready plans incase of the worst case sercenio's▶︎ 𝗪𝗛AT DOES THIS ACHIEVE⭐️ Protects your reputation.⭐️ Provides assurance to your clients and can result in more income.⭐️ Allows your business to recover faster from disruption or a crisis.⭐️ Reduces the likelihood of business failure.⭐️ Enables your team to effectively manage the response and send out the right message to stakeholders and other interested parties.▶︎ HOW IS BUSINESS CONTINUITY EMBEDDEDDevelop a Business Continuity Policy and Programme.Review current systems and complete a Business Impact Assessment.Design the Business Continuity Management System (BCMS).Implement the BCMS into the business.Validate the effectiveness of the BCMS and review.▶︎ About Ascent ResilienceIf you have a business that is not working the way you want it to, you may desire and dream of a different approach to how you work and how your business mindset is set up.📥 Message me on LinkedIn or🔗 Discover more here: https://www.ascentresilience.co.uk/It would be a pleasure to talk to you, Kirk.