The COVID pandemic and daily life in general, has put a stress on everyone, regardless of their job title. CEOs and other leaders are no exception. I speak with the author of 'The Broken CEO: How to be the Leader You Always Wanted to Be', Chris Pearse.

During our chat, Chris touches on:

1. Defines what a leader is...and isn't,

2. The difference between stress and strain,

3. How meditation helps everyone (even if only for 5min a day),

4. Rest - and what rest really means (It's more than what you might think),

5. What's wrong with the phrase ‘work-life balance’,

6. How can a leader can increase their Influence (no matter where you are in your organization),

7. Coaching (not telling),

8. CEOs supporting employees (inverting the hierarchal pyramid), and

9. Upside down Leadership.

A great chat with allot of insights from Chris. You don't need to be a CEO to adapt allot of what Chris has to say. Listen in and let your inner leader loose. Enjoy!

This week I'm joined by internationally recognized security intelligence and crisis management professional, and author of 'Strategic Corporate Crisis Management: Buildings an Unconquerable Organization, Brendan Monahan.

During our discussion, we touch on:

1. The Plan: expectations, decision-making, delivering value, establishing triggers, assumptions, dealing w/ difficult people, testing/exercising

2. The team: membership, roles/responsibilities, support, policy, characteristics of a well-functioning team, keeping the team going, the often forgotten procurement team, cross-training

3. Resilience: Addressing silos, finding common ground, resilience in crisis mgmt., making connections, and what resilience means to your own organization

It's a great discussion with insights that all organization's and professionals will learn valuable insights they can take back to their own places of business and help build that strategic - and tactical - direction needed during crises. Enjoy!

All organization's strive to be more resilient as they move forward. They want resilient processes and operations but without resilient leaders and resilient employees, an organization will never get there.

I talk with noted speaker, coach, instructor and consultant, Tammie Horton on how to create resilience within your teams.

Tammie will describe the characteristics that can make a person more resilient, as well as describing how the brain functions in relation to resilient states of mind.

COVID has put allot of stress on individuals, teams, and organizations, putting a strain on the well-being of many. Mental health and one's own well-being is key to creating a resilient mindset, workplace, and team.

Full of insightful information, this chat with Tammie is not to be missed if you want your teams and team members to be more resilient.

I'm joined by longtime experienced Business Continuity, Analyst, Emergency Management, and IT professional, Carol Paasch. We talk about some of the key components that help create a successful Resilience Program.

During our chat we touch on:

1. Executive sponsorship,

2. Steering Committees,

3. Role & Responsibilities...that work!,

4. Stopping the 'scenario planning',

5. Business Impact Assessments (for BU and IT),

6. The Risk Assessment,

7. Getting to know the Risk team,

8, Understanding Vendor Management,

9. System of Truth,

10. Testing & Exercising,

11. The thud factor,

12. Understanding what's in it for them,

13. Software is a tool, not the answer...and much more.

Carol's extensive hand's on experience is something you don't want to miss if you want to make you resilience program a success. It's logical and ground-roots common sense insight you don't want to miss. Enjoy!

Join me as I talk with recognized Business Continuity & Resilience industry thought leader, Shane Mathew. We talk about the nuances of decision-making during a crisis, but also how we prepare our Crisis Team members and decision-makers before a crisis occurs.   1. The importance of good decision-making,   2. How the Chernobyl disaster triggered the conversation of decision-making,   3. Fear and decisions,   4. The 'Netflix Dilemma' (you gotta hear this),   5. Phases of Decision Making,   6. Social Media impacts to decision-making,   7. Knowing stakeholders,   8. Know your values,   9. How stress impacts decisions,   10. How to make better decisions,  11. The 'Point Guard',   12. Frameworks,   13. Decision-making tools,   14. Practice!...and much more.  Shane takes a step back from not just talking about decision-making during a crisis, but how we can prepare ourselves to make decisions before a crisis ever occurs. That's something that doesn't get talked about enough. Share shares some great insights you don't want to miss. Enjoy! 

 

Shane Mathew:

I coach teams charged with helping businesses to prepare to continue on in crisis or business disruption by developing a best-practices-aligned resilience program. 

In my extensive career, I've started and matured multiple programs that were able to successfully reduce the impacts of crises. My goal is to lower the cost and complexity of programs through developing a strategic plan and stakeholder engagement that ultimately supports business objectives. I'm also very media friendly, and try to find ways to weave marketing and brand value best practices into my efforts.

Ask me how and I will be glad to help!

Specialties: Sales, Marketing, Project Management, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Management, Crisis Management, Crisis Communications, Environmental Health & Safety, Mass Notification Systems, Program Management, Leadership, Data Breach Response Planning, Vendor Risk Management

Join me as I talk with the founder and principal of Raymond-Cox Consulting, Fiona Raymond-Cox, as we talk about Cyber table top exercises. We touch on: 1. The evolution of tabletop exercises and how things have changed over the years (and why!), 2. Tabletop exercising with the Crisis Management Team (CMT) and why it's important, 3. Functional exercises and how they take tabletops to the next level...and more! Don't miss the insights Fiona has to share, as it will certainly help your Operational Resilience / Business Continuity programs. Enjoy!

Join me as I talk with Trauma Informed Conflict Management Consultant, Treena Reilkoff. We have a very insightful discussion on three key areas that are impacting people and workplaces: 1. School violence, 2. Work related suicide (and an actual case from Australia where a business was found at fault for contributing to a suicide), 3. Psychological Health & Safety Environments (which ties everything together). Treena share some really good advice and guidance for people - both at the general employee level and at the management/leadership level - on what to look for an how to prevent incidents from occurring. It's an episode you don't want to miss if you want safer workplaces for all. Enjoy!

Join me, as I talk with long-time insurance control expert, Chris Snider. Insurance in the Resilience/BCM industry has been a topic I've wanted to cover for a long time and Chris does a great job of explaining how insurance really works, using understandable and relatable language.

All corporate leaders, business continuity and resilience professionals need to understand how insurance policies and providers work with you, rather than assuming how they work or believing that by having a policy in place you're protected.

During our chat, Chris touches on:

1. Myths of insurance,

2. Working through risk assessments,

3. Insurance Policies,

4. Asking 'What if...,

5. Insurance providers and risks,

6. Incorporating emergency risks,

7. Including insurance as a member of your BCM steering committee (and the benefits of doing that),

8. What organizations can do to keep premiums low,

9. Proactive vs reactive,

10. Bill S211 and the impact upon insurers and organizations,

11. Bill S211 and its relation to supply chain management...and more.

A very insightful discussion where Chris clarifies how insurance providers can actually help you BCM and resilience programs. Don't miss what Chris has to say. Enjoy!

Join me as I talk with Business Continuity specialist Gayle Anders and Technical Continuity specialist TJ Mead - both of Netflix. As 'departments-of-one' they've been able to transform their organization's thinking on Business Continuity and Technical Continuity and share many lessons on how they did it, and how they're keeping things moving forward. During our chat we touch on: 1. Terminology (a small change makes a big difference), 2. Challenges, 3. Cultural components, 4. Plan Ownership 5. Changing perspectives and making it personal, 6. Building relationships, 7. Successful programs (this might not be what you're used to), 8. Becoming a 'knowledge hub', 9. Sharing mistakes and lessons learned, 10. Understanding and keeping leadership support, 11. Staying current...and more! Gayle and TJ share some great insights on how they've been able to raise the bar with their programs and provide some valuable advice for industry professionals wanting to raise the bar in their own organizations. Don't miss what Gayle and TJ have to share. Enjoy!

Join me as I talk with respected globally recognized operational risk, business continuity, and risk expert, and chair of the BCI's Women in Resilience Interest Group, Ratna Pawan. During our discussion we touch on two topics: Operational Resilience and Women in Resilience. 1. Operational Resilience (OpR) a. Defining operational resilience, b. OpR is BCM done well (neither of us like this comment), c. Risk awareness, d. OpR ownership, e. Understanding the inter-relationships, f. BCM as an OpR professional, g. Why other areas need to pay attention to OpR...and more! 2. Women in Resilience (WiR) a. What WiR? b. WiR initiatives, c. The challenges being faced, d. Allies and equality, e. Contacting and being part of the WiR interest group...and more! Ratna share some great insights into Operational Resilience and talks candidly about the BCI's Women in Resilience group - the successes and the challenges. Don't miss what Ratna has to share. Enjoy!