Crisis Management 101: A Pandemic Prep Kit for Businesses

NEW YORK, March 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The COVID-19 pandemic has sent the business world into a tailspin. Citywide curfews, mass lockdowns, and public safety ordinances multiply by the day, leaving many small businesses in a state of utter uncertainty.

But as the backbone of the American economy, it's vital for small businesses to have a firm strategy to navigate such extremes. Strong emergency procedures that include flexible work options and nimble investing strategies will help organizations weather this and other torrential storms... and guess what? Many of these ER strategies will have long-lasting positive effects on the business.

Fortunately, FitSmallBusiness.com, the digital publication, gives business owners an ER Kit of sorts to aid them during a pandemic: 10 Ways to Prepare Your Small Business During a Pandemic. The editorial staff dug deep to bring you the key crisis management and human resource tactics to ensure productivity and success during this and any other globally threatening episode.

You can find the full list of strategic tips HERE:

The 10 Ways To Prepare Your Small Business During A Pandemic
10. Create Your A-Team
9. Go Remote
8. Mitigating Panic
7. Who's On Deck?
6. Brace for Financial Impact
5. Business Travel Policy
4. Employee Health & Office Hygiene
3. Employee Sick Day Policy
2. Leadership Back-Up-Plan
1. Getting Back To "Normal"

"Business owners across the country are facing a scenario they never envisioned being in. A solid plan brings teams together and transforms them into more proactive and more efficient organizations," according to Rebecca Michael, Special Projects Editor, FitSmallBusiness. "With this study, we wanted to recommend strategies that could be applicable in any time of uncertainty, not just a public health crisis."

About FitSmallBusiness.com:
With a rapidly growing monthly readership of more than 3 million, FitSmallBusiness.com is an online publication devoted to helping small business owners. Its full-time staff of writers spends hours of research, data analysis, and interviews with industry experts to answer the questions that owners want in order to run a successful small business. 

For more information on this list and this topic, please contact James McEnrue, [email protected], (551) 697-0766.

SOURCE FitSmallBusiness.com