Norbert “Bert” J. Alicea Bert Alicea is a Licensed Psychologist with more than 27 years of experience in the EAP field. Bert specializes in assisting with difficult workplace situations and is a premier trainer in Employee Assistance. Bert specializes in conducting trainings locally and on a national level on topics including
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Is Your Company Prepared for the Worst? Why Business Continuity Must Be Part of Your Strategy
Principles of Managing Through Extraordinary Change
We are all accustomed to operating in an environment of change; e.g. organizational, regulatory, changes in executive appetite, budgetary, and evolving standards. But, how would you cope with change that is coming so quickly from within your organization? There is no time to reset resiliency strategy or your program resources.
Tips for Evaluating a Business Continuity as a Service Provider
Business Continuity as a Service (BCaaS) continues to gain traction among organizations attempting to avoid the persistent issues associated with the adoption and operation of a business continuity management system. But as with any third-party service, there are a number of questions that need to be asked to ensure that
10 Critical Indicators of a Sound Business Continuity Program
The Blind Spot in Workplace Violence Prevention Programs: Part Three
By Steve Crimando, Behavioral Science Applications Bringing It Home In this final installment in our three-part series addressing violence prevention for employees working from home, we will focus on strategies and techniques that employees can use to reduce the risk of violence and ensure a safe and healthy work environment. In Part
Business Resiliency Health Index Implementation
Jeremy Adkins and Neeta Adkar, Lockheed Martin Evaluating business resiliency posture, highlighting areas of progress or regression, and objectively comparing results across business areas are some of the keys to identifying opportunities to improve preparedness. Lockheed Martin has developed and implemented a model that provides the ability for each of its
Innovations in Business Continuity Planning
Mark Armour, Brinks, Inc. Business Continuity should be considered more than just a series of sequential steps. There are ways of better preparing organizations for disruption that don’t follow the traditional, linear path. From exercising first to building ground support, your colleagues are blazing trails you may not even be aware
Are You Asking the Right Questions – Vendor Assessments
Vicky Kagler, T. Rowe Price, discusses in a time of static budgets, the need to perform extensive assessments of vendor’s BC/DR capabilities has stretched BC staffs to the limit. The typical BC due diligence questionnaire is bloated with ineffectual and redundant questions that ultimately fail to provide the information your
