National Preparedness Month - How Does Your Business Stack Up?
September is National Preparedness Month and it's a great time to review how prepared your business is.
For the 4th consecutive year, Agility Recovery Solutions has partnered with the US Department of Homeland Security to bring you free webinars to improve how your business is protected. Over 78% of businesses who suffer a catastrophic loss are out of business within two years. Take steps this month to make sure you have a plan in place.
My newest client said it best when asked how he defined business continuity. He said, "It's when that disaster hits and everything is in turmoil, you break the glass and pull out your plan and know what the next steps are so you can make sure your business is open the next day." I couldn't have said it better myself.
Do you have a plan? Is it written down? Have you communicated it to your employees? If not, why?
Don't treat risk management like a red-headed step child (no offense to red heads or step children). This process is one of the more inexpensive ways you can take action and control your own destiny.
Think it won't happen to you? Ask the folks in Iowa (flooding), the Southwest (Dolly and Edouard), and the CPA office in Ohio that found his server room flooded one morning. OUCH! Be prepared for both the big and little disasters that can happen to you.
Here's the first step. Take part in these free webinars. The first one comes up next Wednesday and that's why I got this notice out now. All webinars are from 2:00-3:00pm Eastern Standard Time. Here they are...
Be safe. Protect your business.
