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  Recently, Awareity’s CEO, Rick Shaw, was asked to present at the Infotec conference in Omaha.   During his presentation, “The Truths (and Myths) About Assessments, Planning and Implementing”, Rick discussed the three-legged stool each organization is sitting on, and the importance of all three legs (Assessments, Planning/Developing and Implementing). Most organizations understand the importance of assessments and planning, but where many fail to deliver is in the implementation phase.   As we have seen with numerous headlines and lessons learned, a failure to implement can lead to expensive fines, lawsuits, breaches and losses.  Rick used a case study for CVS Caremark.   Due to employees carelessly tossingRead More →

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I am attending the 2009 Virginia School and Campus Safety Training Forum in Virginia and the speakers have been very informative providing the attendees with a whole lot of “what you should dos”…also called recommendations. The “what you should dos” and recommendations are targeting serious challenges and obligations: Legal Gotchas Regulatory Updates Gang and Drug Abuse Search Guidelines Violence and Crime Prevention Bullying Establishing Relationships with School and Community Threat Assessment Team Recommendations And many other important topics…   In talking with several of the attendees, I have been asking which step is the most difficult: Performing Assessments Planning and Development of Programs Implementing PlansRead More →

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Numerous lessons learned reveal the Achilles Heel for most managers (and organizations) is the Lack of Implementation Tools.  The lack of implementation tools has become THE principal weakness for all levels of managers that eventually will lead to their downfall. So let’s discuss some of the details surrounding implementation. First, the lack of implementation tools for implementing what you may ask? Implementing Processes.  Processes include:  procedures, policies, plans, regulations, specifications, roles, responsibilities, strategies, priorities, etc.  Numerous Processes need to be implemented in every Department in an organization.  Numerous Processes need to be implemented to meet requirements in Regulations and Mandates, which continue to mount.  NumerousRead More →