As a business owner it is important to have the business and the employees ready. It might be time for a review of the organization and its preparedness for emergencies of all types. A disaster can make or break a business.
Simple items done long before an event happens can make the difference between surviving or not. The recent terrible earthquake in Haiti shows how hundreds of years can go by before the “big one” can strike. The other side of the story is how devastating it can be. Only the pictures can really show the horrendous impact it can have on individual’s lives and businesses.
Being prepared is the best that can be done hoping that would ease the situation if it happened. Here are several excellent sites that have Common Sense Preparedness:
• FEMA http://www.fema.gov/
• LA Fire Department http://www.ci.la.ca.us/LAFD/eqbook.pdf
• USGS http://earthquake.usgs.gov/prepare/
The government is recommending 3 days of food/water etc. While that is good in reality it would be good to think longer than that. Each business needs to assess its situation.
Past meeting physical needs of the employees a business needs to think of its records, business accounts and supply chain. All of these items will be potentially disrupted as well. Each department needs to review its processes and how they would be impacted by a disaster.
Here is a great business resource:
Emergency Management Guide for Business & Industry http://www.fema.gov/business/guide/index.shtm
“Being Prepared” is the best way to handle an emergency disaster for the business!
Judy
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Monday, January 04, 2010
“Go West Young Man and Woman” -- Opps I Mean Go East to the Land of Gold, Gems and Trees
“Go West” was a saying that reflected the West was the “Land of Opportunity”. Is West still the best direction today? This is confusing economic times and it is hard to know what to do. Which direction really leads to success especially after a financial failure?
Remember the ancient story of the newlyweds, who made a serious mistake and had to leave their paradise home. They faced several options. The question was which direction was the best - North, South, East or West. They received some interesting advice from their parent – go East. Now, if you are giving advice to your recently married children, who had made some serious mistakes, wouldn’t you want them to have a good land waiting for them?
This young couple was encouraged by their parent to follow the economic river going to the land “East”. This great economic river was easy to follow to a land of …no not of “milk and honey”. The economic river lead to a land with gold, gems and trees. It not only was a location for making great money (gold), which was called “good” by the parent. It, also, contained the ability to store wealth for the future (gems). Then to add spice to life it offered expanded opportunities, which made it a pleasant (trees to make spices, incenses and perfumes). That is what I call giving the kids good advice to make a new start in the right direction.
Confused about the economy today? Then maybe it is time to look “East” for a new start following the economic river to the “the New Opportunities” for the next decade. The result of following that river offers success. Remember there should be good money (gold), the ability to store wealth (gems) and it needs to make life happy (trees) in that direction. If your economic river is not taking you there then you are going the wrong direction and as the GPS in my vehicle says “As soon as possible make a U turn”!
Remember the ancient story of the newlyweds, who made a serious mistake and had to leave their paradise home. They faced several options. The question was which direction was the best - North, South, East or West. They received some interesting advice from their parent – go East. Now, if you are giving advice to your recently married children, who had made some serious mistakes, wouldn’t you want them to have a good land waiting for them?
This young couple was encouraged by their parent to follow the economic river going to the land “East”. This great economic river was easy to follow to a land of …no not of “milk and honey”. The economic river lead to a land with gold, gems and trees. It not only was a location for making great money (gold), which was called “good” by the parent. It, also, contained the ability to store wealth for the future (gems). Then to add spice to life it offered expanded opportunities, which made it a pleasant (trees to make spices, incenses and perfumes). That is what I call giving the kids good advice to make a new start in the right direction.
Confused about the economy today? Then maybe it is time to look “East” for a new start following the economic river to the “the New Opportunities” for the next decade. The result of following that river offers success. Remember there should be good money (gold), the ability to store wealth (gems) and it needs to make life happy (trees) in that direction. If your economic river is not taking you there then you are going the wrong direction and as the GPS in my vehicle says “As soon as possible make a U turn”!
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