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crisis preparedness and crisis management

On all levels, the business world is filled with crises.  Across the world, corporations, organizations and individual professionals continue find themselves struggling desperately to cope with seemingly unmanageable circumstances of communications and media crisis.  Such situations can ruin reputations, end careers, destroy business, and result in corporate and personal ruin.
 
The good news is that most communications and media crises are preventable.  The bad news is that most persons and groups are currently entirely unprepared to prevent crises, and to deal with one, should one arise.

Diversified has a long and successful history of approaching crisis communications in a two-domain approach, which includes (a) Crisis Prevention and Preparedness, and (b) Crisis Management.

(A) Crisis Preparedness and Prevention involves a process of foreseeing potential crises catalysts, developing a plan of preventative mitigation (to attempt to ensure that these crises are avoided), and generating forwards-looking preparedness strategies (to deal with these crises should they arise).  This process involves “internal auditing” (of the person or organization), and the creation of an Issues Guide.  Thorough internal analysis can actually prevent situations from occurring, or at least from developing into a serious and damaging problem which might irrevocably alter credibility and trust.  With a little bit of foresight, most clients are never required to engage in active Crisis Management.

(B) Crises Management requires effective, immediate and decisive handling.  In times of crisis, proper situation management can mean the difference between the end of a business or career, and a mere hiccup.  How you behave in the hours, weeks and days following a crisis is of the utmost importance to your future.

If you are experiencing a communications or media crisis outbreak (or see one looming on the horizon), please contact Diversified’s Crisis Line immediately.