Test the organisation's response to business continuity planning under conditions that are less than ideal.
Building Business Continuity Plans to Withstand Major Disruption
An applied course in business continuity planning built around the decisions practitioners actually face.
📍 Tripoli🗓️ 5 training days📚 4 modules🎓 Accredited certificate
5intensive training days
4scientific modules
8training sessions
32detailed points
Course Overview
Authority is granted by the organisation; credibility in business continuity planning is earned separately. When the organisational leadership capability is unclear, people default to protecting their own function. Participants develop a defensible line of reasoning for the choices they make about the practice within organisational leadership. Applied research in organisational leadership consistently shows that early structure around business continuity planning reduces downstream rework. It concentrates on the parts of the organisational leadership discipline that determine outcomes and treats the rest proportionately. The programme suits teams tackling this area of organisational leadership together as readily as individuals attending alone. What blocks progress on business continuity planning is usually unclear ownership rather than unclear intent. The method assumes participants will be challenged on their handling of the practice within organisational leadership and prepares them for it. It ends with a prioritised list of changes to this strand of organisational leadership that the participant is prepared to defend internally.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Document decisions about business continuity planning in a form that remains useful after the people change.
Estimate what business continuity planning costs to run properly, and what is lost when it is not.
Develop successors capable of running business continuity planning without you.
Delegate responsibility for business continuity planning without losing sight of the outcome.
Manage the emotional load business continuity planning places on you and on the team.
Build the trust that makes candid feedback about business continuity planning possible.
Who Should Attend
Anyone whose accountability for business continuity planning exceeds their current formal training in it.
Managers in small and medium organisations who own business continuity planning alongside other duties.
Team leaders responsible for daily delivery of business continuity planning.
Board members and non-executives overseeing business continuity planning.
Consultants coaching leadership teams on business continuity planning.
Newly promoted managers taking on business continuity planning for the first time.
Course Modules
Business continuity planning: the conversations that decide the outcome
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Getting other functions to support business continuity planning
- Agree what will be standardised in business continuity planning and what will not.
- Write down the assumptions underpinning the approach to business continuity planning.
- Name the person accountable for each part of business continuity planning, not the committee.
- Rehearse the briefing on business continuity planning that would follow an incident.
Session 2Recovering after a visible mistake on business continuity planning
- Check whether incentives anywhere reward behaviour that undermines business continuity planning.
- Ask the team what they think is wrong with the plan for business continuity planning.
- Confirm that contractual obligations around business continuity planning are understood.
- Set the decision rights on business continuity planning: who decides, who is consulted, who is told.
Business continuity planning: setting direction people can act on
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1What your team concludes from how you handle business continuity planning
- Collect evidence on the present handling of business continuity planning before proposing changes.
- Write down the reasoning behind your position on business continuity planning.
- Review whether business continuity planning is aligned with the objectives of the management team.
- Establish what evidence demonstrates business continuity planning is under control.
Session 2Reading the room before proposing business continuity planning
- Give one piece of specific feedback on business continuity planning within the week.
- Decide the point at which you would escalate business continuity planning.
- Review a past decision on business continuity planning and state honestly what you would change.
- Identify the conversation about business continuity planning you have been postponing, and schedule it.
Business continuity planning: influence across functions you do not control
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Where business continuity planning typically breaks, and why
- Test whether the team can explain business continuity planning in their own words.
- Confirm that the people affected by business continuity planning heard it from you first.
- Identify your successor for business continuity planning and the gap they need to close.
- Set the review point at which business continuity planning will be reconsidered.
Session 2Moving business continuity planning through people who do not report to you
- Map the handovers in business continuity planning between functions and secure them.
- Prepare how you will respond when business continuity planning is challenged publicly.
- Set out the decisions in business continuity planning that require sign-off and by whom.
- Establish who is informed, consulted and accountable in business continuity planning.
Business continuity planning: building the bench and letting go
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1The meeting that finally unblocks business continuity planning
- Prepare the response for the most likely failure in business continuity planning.
- Agree the indicators that will show whether business continuity planning is improving.
- Define acceptance criteria for business continuity planning in advance.
- Agree the standard on business continuity planning and confirm it applies to everyone.
Session 2What to measure in business continuity planning and what to ignore
- Draft the minimum viable leadership plan for business continuity planning.
- Set escalation thresholds for business continuity planning that work out of hours.
- Rank the weaknesses in business continuity planning by consequence rather than by ease of fixing.
- State the outcome expected from business continuity planning in a single sentence anyone can repeat.
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Silver Package
At least 3 people
USD1,250
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
Gold Package
At least 3 people
USD1,850
- 5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
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