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Why HR Should Have a Seat at the Crisis Management Table

Melissa Agnes

But while external communications are typically top of mind in a crisis (at least for the organizations with a mindset on communication), there is an equally important stakeholder group that is often overlooked when it comes to crisis management: the internal stakeholders. For employee morale.

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Three Steps to Successful Crisis Communication

Melissa Agnes

Crisis communication is one of the most important aspects of your crisis management. In fact, whom you communicate with in a crisis, along with when and how you communicate with them, can mean the difference between successful crisis management and crisis management failure.

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Your Guide for Data Breach Crisis Communication

Melissa Agnes

You have a responsibility to your customers, clients, members, employees and even to your organization to take this initiative. Does your organization communicate confidential information and trade secrets via email? If so, how secure it your email service provider and are your employees required to change their passwords regularly?

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4 Four Tips to Begin (or Amplify) Your Crisis Management Career

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Whether a disaster impacts your company or an organizational issue disrupts your workplace’s ability to function as it should, well-mapped-out communication strategies should be structured to embrace the nuances of internal and external audiences. Being able to read nonverbal signals is vital in de-escalating conflict.

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COVID-19: Lessons of Past Pandemics Are More Timely Than Ever for Crisis Management

PRSay

As the situation continues to unfold, here are six crisis communications lessons from past pandemics to keep in mind: 1. Given the uncertainty about the coronavirus and what still lies ahead, ongoing crisis planning should concentrate on worst-case scenarios. Enlist employees. Plan for the worst.

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When Everyone is a Reporter, Everyone in your Organization is a Spokesperson

Melissa Agnes

Any organization with public-facing staff, field workers – any enterprise really – must now have a very basic media relations/crisis communications program for all of its personnel. Your employees are your representatives and they are expected to behave decently, with respect and compassion.

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The Correlation Between Corporate Culture and Successful Crisis Management

Melissa Agnes

Your corporate culture directly impacts your organization’s crisis management. Successful crisis management has a lot to do with an organization’s corporate culture and the mindset it instils in its team members. The same goes for issues management. Simple next steps to take.