Senior leaders have a critical role in business continuity planning - Leaders Letters December 2009

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Leaders Letters Edition 10. December 2009

Senior leaders have a critical role in business continuity planning Submitted by: Carrie Keizer, Policy Analyst his fall, many senior leaders were involved in creating business continuity plans to outline how your most essential programs and services would respond to a potential loss of human resources resulting from the H1N1 pandemic. This activity has helped leaders to identify key areas where services were vulnerable to staffing shortages so that action could be taken to increase their resiliency.

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Business continuity planning is about much more than being ready for the potential impacts of H1N1.

It is about being ready for any type of disruption that could affect your ability to deliver your programs and services. Government Departments and Agencies at all levels have the responsibility to plan for and respond to disruptions resulting from hazards that are known to threaten their jurisdiction. Over the coming months, Senior Leaders will continue take part in planning responses to a variety of potentially disruptive situations that could impact your workplaces. How would you continue to deliver your service if your IT systems were to become unavailable for a week? Where would you work if your building was damaged by a fire? What would you do if a sprinkler system damaged your essential records? Anticipating and preparing for interruptions to your programs and services allows you to manage through these challenges more smoothly. For more information about business continuity planning, contact Carrie Keizer at cakeizer@ihis.org or 368-6185.

Rhea Jenkins and Barry Chandler discuss business continuity plans for their program areas.

Leaders Letters are produced by the Human Resource Team of the Corporate and Finance Division. They are distributed to members of the Senior Leaders Group and posted to the DSSS public shared drive. For information and feedback contact 569-7568.

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