The Ping: Onboarding – Prepare your Business for a Wave of Success

May 3, 2018 Corie Bogan Leave a comment business management, onboarding, planning, The Ping

 

Onboarding can be one of the most effective ways of helping new employees quickly get acclimated to your company processes. Onboarding allows you to provide new employees with the right knowledge, resources, and tools to be successful.  You’ll also be providing your company with an employee that meshes well with your organization.

First, let us be clear: a proper onboarding process is not simply putting somebody through orientation.  Orientation programs typically prepare someone for their first day at work.  Onboarding is much more focused and long-term, transitioning new employees into being an engaged part of their new work family.  The following items will help you develop a smooth and successful onboarding with your new hire.

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The Ping: Finalize and Maintain your Disaster Recovery Plan

April 20, 2018 Corie Bogan Leave a comment BUSINESS CONTINUITY, business management, disaster recovery, network, planning, safety, The Ping, vulnerability



Ok, I have followed all the steps in last week’s blog post. I have identified my critical functions and reviewed my backups, but I still don’t have a recovery plan in place.

How do I create a plan based on the loss tolerance decisions that have been made?

Now that you’ve done some research and made critical business decisions that best fit your Disaster Recovery needs, let’s document it! You can simultaneously begin to implement some of the changes you will need to engage your plan when disaster strikes, but if there is no user manual then no one will know how to use it. You want to create a write-up that is comprehensive and easy to understand and to follow. At a high level, you want to make sure your plan covers the Who, What, When, Where, Why & How?

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