An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Crisis Governance, Business Continuity, and Risk Recovery Planning
Building Resilient Structures for Crisis Leadership, Continuity, and Sustainable Recovery
UPCOMING SESSIONS
| Date | Venue | Fee | |
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| 15-19 Jun 2026 | London - UK | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 21-25 Sep 2026 | Paris - France | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| 14-18 Dec 2026 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
| Date | Venue | Fee | |
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| 09-13 Feb 2026 | Online | $3,950 | RESERVE A SEAT |
Training Course Overview
This Crisis Governance Risk Recovery Planning Training Course provides a practical and strategic foundation for strengthening organisational resilience in an era defined by disruption and uncertainty. Modern organisations face escalating risks ranging from operational breakdowns to geopolitical instability, cyber incidents, natural disasters, and supply chain shocks. This course equips participants with the essential knowledge and structures needed to respond decisively, maintain critical operations, and recover effectively.
By examining crisis governance models, continuity frameworks, and structured recovery processes, the Crisis Governance Risk Recovery Planning Training Course helps participants build robust systems that support rapid decision-making and coordinated response. The curriculum integrates industry standards such as ISO 22301, practical tools for Business Impact Analysis, and proven techniques for crisis communication and incident recovery. Through real-world case studies and scenario-based simulations, participants will develop the capability to lead through disruption, safeguard organisational assets, and restore stability with confidence.
Training Course Objectives
This Crisis Governance Risk Recovery Planning Course is designed to strengthen participants’ ability to anticipate crises, respond effectively, and manage continuity with structured and strategic methodologies. Through practical frameworks and real-world insights, the course ensures participants can apply crisis governance principles to protect operations and accelerate recovery.
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Establish governance structures that support clear and rapid crisis decision-making
- Develop and maintain Business Continuity Management Systems aligned with ISO 22301
- Identify critical business functions using BIA and structured risk analysis
- Build crisis communication plans for internal and external stakeholders
- Create incident response and operational recovery plans
- Coordinate cross-functional crisis roles and responsibilities
- Design Disaster Recovery Plans for technology, facilities, and infrastructure
- Conduct drills, simulations, and tabletop exercises to validate readiness
- Strengthen organisational culture around resilience, preparedness, and continuity
Designed for
This Crisis Governance Risk Recovery Planning Training Course is ideal for professionals responsible for protecting organisational continuity and guiding teams through high-risk disruptions. It benefits individuals involved in crisis leadership, business continuity, operational resilience, and emergency preparedness across both public and private sectors.
This training course is suitable for:
- Crisis management team members responsible for response coordination
- Business continuity and organisational resilience specialists
- Risk managers and compliance professionals
- Senior managers and executives involved in crisis decision-making
- Security and emergency response leaders
- Cybersecurity and IT disaster recovery teams
- Public sector leaders and NGO preparedness coordinators
- Professionals overseeing operational recovery and continuity planning
- Individuals involved in stakeholder communication during crises
- Anyone tasked with strengthening organisational readiness and recovery capability
Learning Methods
This Crisis Governance Risk Recovery Planning Course uses a highly interactive learning approach designed to enhance understanding and application of crisis governance, continuity frameworks, and recovery planning. Participants benefit from instructor-led presentations that introduce core concepts such as governance structures, BIA techniques, continuity lifecycles, and recovery strategies. Scenario-based discussions allow participants to explore real crisis situations and evaluate organisational vulnerabilities.
Hands-on workshops guide participants through exercises such as developing continuity playbooks, performing impact analyses, and drafting recovery procedures. Tabletop simulations replicate real crisis events to reinforce decision-making under pressure and test response effectiveness. Case studies from global organisations provide insight into best practices and common pitfalls in crisis management and continuity planning. The learning journey concludes with practical action-planning activities, ensuring participants leave with clear, applicable strategies to strengthen resilience within their own organisations.
The Course Outline
- Understanding crisis types and organizational vulnerabilities
- Crisis Governance model: structure, roles, responsibilities
- Crisis leadership competencies & rapid decision-making
- Forming crisis committees and command centers
- Legal, ethical, and regulatory considerations during crises
- Stakeholder engagement & leadership communication principles
- Case study: Global crisis governance failures and lessons learned
- Introduction to Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS)
- ISO 22301 framework and certification requirements
- Understanding continuity lifecycle: Plan – Do – Check – Act
- Business Impact Analysis (BIA): Identifying critical functions
- Determining RTO, RPO, and MTPD
- Risk assessment techniques for continuity planning
- Workshop: Conducting a BIA for a real organizational scenario
- Designing business continuity strategies
- Crisis response procedures and playbook development
- Departmental continuity strategies (IT, HR, Operations, Finance)
- Crisis communication planning (Media handling, Internal communication, Public announcements)
- Escalation matrices & decision criteria
- Workshop: Drafting a crisis response playbook
- Technology and data continuity considerations
- Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) structure and alignment with BCP
- Cloud resilience and cyber incident recovery
- Facility and infrastructure recovery strategies
- Coordination with third parties, suppliers, and government entities
- Testing, drills, and simulation exercises
- Tabletop exercise: Responding to a simulated disruption
- Building a resilience culture across the organization
- Post-incident evaluation and lessons learned processes
- Root cause analysis and corrective action plans
- Transition from crisis mode to normal operations
- Financial and reputational recovery strategies
- Designing the long-term recovery framework
- Final workshop: Building an integrated Crisis Governance & Recovery Roadmap
- Course wrap-up, evaluation, and open discussion
The Certificate
- Anderson Certificate of Completion will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course
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