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Risk Management

No backup plan if something goes wrong

Spot it. Sight it. Solve it.

Spot It.

If a fire, a flood, a computer breach or a key person's illness hit tomorrow, you aren't sure what would happen. You have thought about it once or twice, usually after hearing about it happening to someone else, but there is no written plan.

Sight It.

Emergency planning feels like something only big companies do. It is easy to assume the worst won't happen to you. And it is hard to know where to start, so it stays on the someday list while the business grows and the potential damage grows with it.

Solve It.

Build a simple plan:

  1. List the events that would hurt the business most.
  2. For each one, write down the first steps you would take.
  3. Make sure key data is backed up and can be reached from somewhere other than the office.
  4. Keep an updated list of key contacts: employees, customers, suppliers and your insurer.
  5. Review the plan with your team once a year.

A simple plan written today beats a perfect plan that never gets written.

Fixed it yourself? Great. Want help making it stick? Talk to a Troubleshooter.

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