What’s your plan B?

Don’t wait until things go wrong to make a Plan B. Having a Plan B doesn’t mean that you’re planning for the worst. Instead, it means you are making good decisions when you are in a good space (not fight or flight mode, where you’re likely to make mistakes) so that you can feel confident that even if things go wrong, you will be ok.

‘Business resilience’ is an organisation’s ability to adapt and recover from unexpected events, such as natural disasters, economic downturns, or cybersecurity threats. Many of us have experienced unexpected events recently. As a result, you may have dealt with staff shortages, supply chain issues creating shortages, technical challenges, flooding, outages and the list goes on.

This week, Auckland City experienced a third extreme weather event – another “atmospheric river” resulting in another state of emergency. There were flash floods and gridlocked traffic. Our business experienced supply and service difficulties – no lunch delivery for a client session and no way to get home!

What did we do? We self-catered and postponed the second half of the day’s business so people could leave early to get home through traffic if needed.

Mark O’Donnell is an experienced EOS Visionary and Implementer. He suggests thinking about resilience in this way:

“Give your employees the confidence to succeed in your absence by documenting core processes and automating as many tasks as possible. Train your team to think independently and provide your organisation with a clear vision and action plan.

Using the EOS Traction Organiser™ and the Accountability Chart™ aligns everyone with a clear vision and actionable steps.

With EOS, you’ll have a plan B, putting measures in place to mitigate risks. Then your business can better weather unexpected events and emerge stronger from adversity”.

Take control of your life.

Blain Oelkers, a successful business coach, is, in his own words, America’s only ‘Chief Results Officer’. Blain speaks with Debra about how we can change how we think, which will change our behaviour.

He has coined the term WYTABA, “What You Think About You Bring About.”

He tells Debra about the techniques leaders and managers can use to bring success-oriented behaviour to their businesses.