A few things every business needs, but CEOs just don't want to take the time to plan for..... a #SaturdayMorning plan to prepare your business for the worse while doing the work to be the best. A few themes were a part of my week that I want to share with you today as something you can work on today (and tomorrow):
1. Crisis management and communication protocols
2. Succession planning
3. Reputation management
Why do these things go together? I'll tell you. First, no one wants to plan for bad things like a crisis, the loss of an important business leader or unflattering reviews BUT you need to. Just like insurance, you need to have protocols, action steps and decision making processes in place BEFORE YOU NEED THEM. Just like insurance, you hope you never need it, but when you do it's a major factor in continuing successfully.
Listen as I explain all three, why they are important and the steps you need to take this weekend to begin these processes. Too many C-Suite leaders use the excuse of "taking away from day-to-day operations to not future plan. So my answer is to do it on the weekend, Now you don't have an excuse. You can't expect your business to run its lifespan without hiccups (or major f@#$ups). Get ahead of those missteps now.
It's Saturday, I'm in the office so it must be the #SaturdayMorningHustle. Listen to the podcast every weekend while your competition is still sleeping. The Saturday Morning Hustle t-shirts are now available at http://bit.ly/SMHshirt.