Crisis management: when to turn to an experienced crisis manager
Crisis management: when to turn to an experienced crisis manager
Outside expertise is often crucial
When a company is facing exceptional challenges, outside expertise is often crucial to finding a way out of the storm. But it’s best to have a clear picture of the particular situations that call for the experienced hand of an Crisis Manager.
Experience tells us that interim managers are often hired as Crisis Managers when a company is involved in situations such as:
- The closure of a specific branch or site
- Buy-outs with workforce downsizing
- Scandals and PR crises
- Severe accidents or calamities
- Drastic changes in geopolitical situations
- …
Turning crisis into opportunity
A good Crisis Manager knows how to mitigate the impact of these events – or even turn them into an opportunity for the company. If the crisis gets handled swiftly and intelligently, it could spell be the start of meaningful and even productive change.
Needless to say, this means a Crisis Manager needs a specific skillset to lead the way. Leadership skills are crucial, but so are communication skills. Other essential traits such as efficiency, thoroughness, resilience and perseverance – coupled with a strategic and creative approach to events as they unfold – only come through years of experience.
Consequences linger
The impact of a crisis on a company cannot be underestimated, and the consequences often linger. Concerns among employees, a damaged reputation, uncertainty over when and if activities can be resumed… All this can affect the company and even jeopardize the survival of the business long after the initial crisis has been overcome.
If these issues aren’t addressed head on, insecurity can take over, leading to strikes, unrest, productivity loss, and more. A period of rebuilding after the crisis is vital to the company’s interests. Once productivity levels are stabilized, a new dawn can finally break. Your crisis manager can then analyze the situation and put together new business, marketing and financial strategies.
Contact Essensys to find your Crisis Manager
Let them strengthen your company and use crisis as a steppingstone towards growth and change. This is the opportunity for your business to become stronger than ever before.
Is your company facing an acute crisis? You can rely on the independent expertise of Essensys.