2008Course Information

One Day - “All Hazards” Crisis Management Seminar LMS-150 Series

CRISIS! - Can Your Organization Afford Not to have an Effective Crisis

Management Program?

Most organizations plan for business success. Yet, few plan for the potentially devastating
effects of a crisis. Logical Management Systems, Corp., offers an intensive workshop
designed to help you understand potential risks, hazards, threats and vulnerabilities;
develop plans to reduce your risk exposure and introduce the "All Hazards" approach to
Crisis Management Planning and effective incident response. This workshop focuses on
key elements for an effective Crisis Management/Response Program. The course
focuses on the fundamentals for effective crisis management program development.
Introduced are the key elements for an effective hazard analysis, how to identify hazards,
current issues and potential threats, crisis management planning concepts, commitment
identification and tracking, how to conduct audits and perform effective evaluations.
Presented is an overview of pertinent concepts for developing an effective Crisis
Management Plan:

Risk, Hazard & Vulnerability Analysis Techniques

 Hazard Operability Studies

 Business Impact Assessment
 Risk Analysis
 Vulnerability Analysis
 Job Hazards Analysis
 Developing worst case scenarios
 Current threats facing business today
 Threats, Events & Effects

Crisis Management/Response Planning

 Development of effective plans

 Selecting your planning team
 Five phases of crisis management and incident response

Crisis Management/Response Organization

 Organization structure
 Defining critical functions, duties and tasks
 Decision-making in a crisis

Training, Drills, Exercise Simulations

 Instructional Systems Development

 Plan Validation & Performance Evaluation
 Certification Methodologies
 Critical Documentation Aspects

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Response Facilities and Equipment

 Design and function of key emergency response facilities

 Essential equipment for emergency
 Alternate facilities

Incident Management System: Practical Applications

 This session focuses on adapting the Incident Management System Structure to your
specific setting.
 You will learn about types of Incident Management Systems, how to apply Incident
Management Philosophy to your setting, the role of management, interfacing with
external resources, the role of responders during incidents and how to tie the pieces
together.
 A hands-on tabletop exercise concludes this session.

Course Instructor:

Geary W. Sikich is an executive level, hands-on business strategy advisor to companies of

the global 2000, international institutions, and governments. Geary is a coach, leader and
internationally recognized speaker with twenty years plus of service in the financial, energy,
healthcare, technology, manufacturing and critical infrastructure industries. His core
competency is business strategy: the art of sculpting the resilient organization and achieving
results. Geary provides insights into the working know-how of strategy development and
executive decision-making to achieve sustainable market share and operational resilience. As
a consultant he is a noted expert on decision-making systems and rapid cognition for
managing risk. His main research interests are in the areas of organizational strategy,
decision theory, managerial decision making, and risk management technologies. He has
written over 175 academic and applied papers which have appeared in journals ranging from
the John Liner Review to Continuity Insights to Supply & Demand Chain Executive. His first
book It Can’t Happen Here: “All Hazards” Crisis Management Planning (PennWell Publishing,
1993) received an extensive profile in Disaster Recovery Journal and Disaster Resource Guide.
He wrote The Emergency Management Planning Handbook (McGraw-Hill, 1994) which
discusses decision making in crises situations (profiled in Contingency Planning &
Management). This book was translated into Spanish in 1995 and has received accolades from
Spanish speaking continuity planners throughout the world. He wrote Integrated Business
Continuity, Maintaining Resilience in Uncertain Times (PennWell Publishing 2003) focusing on
integrating strategic, grand tactical and tactical aspects of continuity planning. He currently is
finalizing a managerial book about potential economic consequences of a pandemic titled
“Protecting Your Business in a Pandemic: Plans, Tools, and Advice for Maintaining Business
Continuity,” Praeger (Greenwood) Publishing. He regularly speaks to international
organizations on his keys to successful business strategy development and implementation.
He holds a M.Ed., Counseling and Guidance from the University of Texas, El Paso, and a B.S.,
Criminology, from Indiana State University.

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Logical Management Systems, Corp. Representative Clients:

Since its inception, Logical Management Systems, Corp. and Geary Sikich have been engaged by
and provide consultation frequently for multinational firms, including but not limited to:

ENERGY HEAVY INDUSTRY Evergreen Data Security, Inc.

Amoco Corporation Inland Steel Company DavisLogic, Inc.
Amoco Oil Company United States Steel Group Emery & Associates, Inc.
Amoco Pipeline Company United States Steel Gary Works The John Buck Company
Mobil Oil Corporation UTILITIES LeMeridien Hotel Chicago
The Uno-Ven Company Nicor Gas The Tabb Group
UNOCAL ComEd The Field Museum of Chicago
Sun Company Northern Illinois Gas M1 Energy
Triton Energy, Ltd. Leclade Gas Company University of Nevada Reno
Indian Refining Company Washington Gas Company World Conference on Disaster
Texaco Latin America/West Africa Idaho Power Company Management
Ashland Oil Company, Nigeria LEGAL & INSURANCE
Shell Nigeria, Ltd. Aon Services Corporation
Chevron Nigeria, Ltd. Mauck, Bellande, Cheely
Mobil Producing Nigeria, Ltd. Eichhorn & Eichhorn
Elf Petroleum Nigeria, Ltd. Trial Practices, Inc.
Agip, Nigeria, Ltd. Gallagher-Bassett
Esso Exploration & Production BANKING & FINANCE
Nigeria, Ltd. American Express Company
Nigerian National Petroleum Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Corporation Wells Fargo
CHEMICAL World Bank
Amoco Chemical Company Discover Financial Services
Rohm and Haas SECURITY SERVICES
K.A. Steel Chemicals Burns International, Inc.
TRANSPORTATION Pinkerton
Greater Orlando Airport The Steele Foundation, Inc.
Authority American Society for Industrial
Federal Aviation Administration Security
Illinois Central Railroad Kroll Worldwide
GOVERNMENT The Wackenhut Corporation
Government of Ontario PRIVATE SECTOR
Livingston County Illinois American Petroleum Institute
Lake County Indiana Burson-Marsteller
City of East Chicago, Indiana Impact Assessment, Inc.
Florida Emergency Management Laventhol & Horwath
Agency Petropros International, Inc.
Nigerian Dept. of Petroleum Gas Technology Institute
Resources Logistics Management Institute
The School City of East Chicago TELTECH, Inc.
Indiana Rubber Manufacturers
HEALTHCARE Association
Alliant Health System International Liquid Terminal
Abbott Laboratories Association
Veterans Administration IEMC, Inc.
Main Line Health Systems The Corporate Response Group,
Health Care Services Corporation Inc.
TECNOLOGY ERM, Inc.
Avaya Disaster Recovery Journal
Motorola Corporation University of Central Florida
Motorola Land Mobile Products University of California Berkley
Sector George Washington University
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. General Physics Corporation
W.W. Grainger Evergreen Data Security, Inc.
MANUFACTURING Harman Wisconsin (McGregor
CF Industries, Inc. Loudspeaker Manufacturing)
Liquid Carbonic Industries Physician Insurers Association of
Corporation America
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