Witt O’Brien’s and BC Management Announce Results of Annual Event Impact Management Study Analyzing Effect of Crisis Events on Organizations
Witt O’Brien’s, a leader in crisis management, announced the results of its 9th Annual Event Impact Management Study, indicating significant executive involvement in crisis response. Key findings showed that 89% of leaders engaged due to the pandemic, alongside increases in response rates to cyberspace attacks (38%), health/safety issues (33%), and protests (33%). The study aims to enhance resilience practices in organizations, and Witt O’Brien’s continues to support COVID-19 responses across various sectors, helping to manage over $8 billion in federal recovery funds.
- Increased executive involvement in crisis management, notably 89% due to the pandemic.
- Witt O’Brien’s supports COVID-19 responses for numerous organizations across various sectors.
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WASHINGTON, May 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Witt O’Brien’s, LLC (“the Company”), announced the results of the 9th Annual Event Impact Management Study in partnership with the study’s owner, BC Management, A Castellan Solutions Company. The study assessed how organizations prepare for events and how those events impacted organizations during 2020.
“We’re confident this year’s study featured a well-balanced inquiry across corporate resilience, business continuity, crisis communications, and crisis management. The resulting survey data is highly informative for resilience practitioners and leaders as they build and enhance their programs,” said Devin Sirmenis, Managing Director at Witt O’Brien’s. The Company improved the survey design to reflect the growth and maturity of the resilience discipline over the last decade.
One key discovery detailed the increased involvement from executive leadership in response to the following events: ‘pandemic/disease’ (
“We encourage companies to be proactive in using this information to better safeguard their long-term financial health and ability to operate with minimal disruption”, said Cheyene Marling, Managing Director at BC Management. “We thank Witt O’Brien’s for not only sponsoring this survey, but ensuring it captures the modern and dynamic nature of the fast-growing resilience discipline,” she continued.
Witt O’Brien’s is supporting COVID-19 response for dozens of organizations, including multinational businesses in financial services, transportation, technology, manufacturing, energy, media, and other industries. In the public sector, this includes helping more than 80 states, territories, counties, hospitals, health systems, and universities operationalize as much as
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About Witt O’Brien’s
Witt O’Brien’s, a subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings Inc., is the world leader in crisis and emergency management. We help protect our government and corporate clients by preparing for all types of business disruption. If disaster strikes, we deploy in a matter of hours to help clients respond and recover as quickly as possible. Over the last two decades, we have helped all levels of government respond to health crises, including Avian Flu, H1N1, Ebola, Zika, and now COVID-19. We have also supported emergency operations and long-term recovery following every major U.S. natural disaster, assisting with the administration of over
About SEACOR Holdings
SEACOR Holdings Inc. is a diversified holding company with interests in domestic and international transportation and logistics, crisis and emergency management, and clean fuel and power solutions.
About BC Management
BC Management is the leading provider of executive staffing and research services for the business continuity profession worldwide. BC Management provides contract, contract-to-hire, and direct-hire staffing solutions across all risk disciplines and offers data-driven research studies covering compensation assessments, program effectiveness and industry trends.
About Castellan Solutions
Castellan Solutions As the largest provider of business continuity and operational resilience management solutions – spanning consulting, software, managed services, and staffing – Castellan is uniquely positioned to help clients find the right balance of risk tolerance and resilience to protect their employees, brand, and bottom-line. Leveraging a proprietary proven process for driving business continuity success, Castellan partners with clients to establish a clear vision, drive real results, and provide on-going support from their community of business continuity experts. Castellan helps clients replace uncertainty with confidence. Now you’re ready.TM
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