FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK
Changes
Coming?
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By BOB ARNOLD
In life you always hear the old saying, “the only thing in life that is guaranteed is death and taxes.” In listening to our keynote speaker at Spring World 2011, I
would have to add something else to this list:
change! Change is a constant thing in life.
Whether it is in your personal life or professional life, change is always present. Change
is everywhere. How we accept and adapt to
this change is key to how effective we are as
business continuity planners.
In the more than 20 years I have been
involved in this profession, I have seen the
profession progress to an incredibly important role within every organization. The
skill sets required to adequately investigate
risks, research the impacts of these risks and
methodically implement solutions (changes)
to reduce or eliminate these risk is a task not
many can succeed at. That is why adaption is
such a key requirement to being
an effective business continuity planner.
Again quoting the keynote speaker, how many of
us go to work on Monday
morning and ask how we
can help our co-workers
and external partners do
their jobs? How many of
us constantly say thank
you to those who have
helped us complete a task
or build a better organization? As BC planners, we must do just this! We need everyone
we deal with directly or indirectly to buy into
our program in order for it to be effective in a
time of crisis.
We also must maintain a positive rela-
tionship with others to ensure we constantly
record change in processes, applications, and
systems that would alter our continuity pro-
gram. The best way to maintain great rela-
tionships is to lead by example. We all need
to show that we are acceptable to change and
have the willingness to adapt to the needs of
others in order to provide betterment for both
sides of the working partnership.
EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER
Bob Arnold
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This issue of Disaster Recovery Journal
was so close to press time after the
Japan disaster we did not cover it in
the printed magazine. Our website
( www.drj.com) has featured a series
of special reports in the hours and
days after the initial earthquake and
continues to be a hub of information.
We hope to bring exclusive coverage
from Japan in our next issue.
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Richard L. Arnold, CBCP
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PRESIDENT
Bob Arnold
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