Crisis Leadership Needed During Pandemic Outbreak

Crisis Leadership Needed During Pandemic Outbreak

Pandemic Influenza (PF) and Infectious Diseases (ID) Outbreaks, and other crisis scenarios like Terrorist attacks, bomb explosions, fire - all these possible crisis scenarios and more should be covered within the Crisis Management Plan in preparation of the senior management handling of the crisis at the organisation level.

Crisis Leadership

Crisis leadership must have some of these guiding principles: 

• Have a leader who can lead decisively
• Able to continuously embrace new information and evolve and re frame the crisis
• Communicate constantly to all internal and external stakeholders
• Be prepared for the unexpected
• Navigate confusing data and chaos and be able to make sense on actions to be taken

What Crisis Leadership is Needed for this Pandemic Outbreak?

However, is that enough? Just because the organization has a detailed set of procedures for a PF-ID outbreak does not mean anything if the people in charge of executing those procedures don't know what to do.

• Who is the best person to lead the crisis management team?
• What is the crisis management team in-charged of?
• What critical decisions to be made at each stage of the outbreak?
• What specific directions and instructions to the business continuity and pandemic preparedness team?

MTE COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak Series

This blog is the synopsis of the Meet-the-Experts "Pandemic Outbreak" Series for BCM Institute.  It aim is to share and discuss the current "Crisis Leadership" challenges and issues that is required during this COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.

Reference Guide

Goh, M. H. (2016). A Manager’s Guide to Implement Your Infectious Disease Business Continuity Plan, 2nd Edition. GMH Pte Ltd.

Do You Want to Continue Training During A Pandemic Outbreak?

Due to the pandemic outbreak, BCM Institute will be conducting its certification courses via interactive video conferencing, online and e-learning mode. Find out more about the Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Crisis Management (CM) Blended Learning (BL) courses.

For this period, the content will include the managing and implementing of the Pandemic Influenza plans.  Perhaps you'd like to check out our latest blended learning in view of the COVID-19 Outbreak Restrictions?

Contact us today to find out more at sales.sg@bcm-institute.org

Singapore Government Funding for Blended Learning Courses

The next section applied to Singaporean and Singapore permanent residents.  Click button "Government Funding Available" to find out more about the funding that is available from the Singapore government.  This include the CITREP+, SkillsFuture Credit and UTAP.