In a Crisis?

Change is good, but difficult to accomplish. The bottom line is that the change accomplished has to be something that improves your business and makes the next potential crisis less likely or not as severe. If you have been through crisis but are not yet planning effectively, take that as a sign that a different approach might be required. Work with someone of knowledge and experience who can help you change your business and get a different result. Often effective planning and execution of the plan can improve business performance by making existing resources more effective and instilling clearer goals and incentives for business team members. If you are not planning effectively now, get some help and accomplish improved performance of your business. The next crisis may be one you avoid.In a crisis we all have regrets. We can look back and see what might have made a difference, but we are where we are and we need to get through it. In a crisis it is tough to plan and we react to survive. But we also need to ask, how did we get here? What could we have done differently? Crisis situations often help us understand what we need to do to avoid the next crisis.

After the crisis it is easy to forget. The urgency is gone and the post mortem epiphanies forgotten. As a result often there is no execution on the perception of lessons learned and no change to the business. That is recognized in the regrets experienced during the next crisis. And so it goes, round and round.

One way to break this circle is to write down what is learned from a crisis - the concerns and perceptions. Answer in writing the questions about what could have been done better and more wisely. Documenting what is learned from mistakes can be the best way to plan. When that learning is documented, a plan can be drafted and executed to change the result. This is long-term planning and it can be very effective for the success of your business.