Every business depends upon certain "givens," which range from retaining key personnel, to emergency planning, to credit arrangements. But what happens when a relatively young CEO is killed in an ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In today’s ever-changing business environment, business owners, entrepreneurs and franchise owners need to be prepared for the unexpected ...

Companies of all sizes across all vertical markets are now in an uncertain and uncharted situation due to COVID-19. Many of you may have recently pulled out and used parts of your business continuity ...

A contingency plan is a backup plan, activated in the event of a disaster that disrupts a company's production and puts employees in danger. The goal of the plan is to safeguard data, minimize ...

Business leaders don’t want doubters in their organization, for fear that workers won’t advance the leader’s plan if they consider the possibility of failure. This is probably the chief reason that ...

Event teams live in the future: always imagining how to turn event visions into reality. But the future is unpredictable, constantly threatening event organizers' aims to deliver a flawless experience ...

I suggest rolling through the five areas listed above and identifying contingencies that are somewhat likely and would require a major change in the business. A company could have over a dozen major ...