Overseas travel for your employees can be fraught with challenges that include navigating through foreign airports and cities as well as jet lag that often accompanies time zone changes. Business travelers often have added stressors, many with days of back-to-back meetings to fit a large volume of work into a limited number of days. Arranging for local transportation or other routine needs may be difficult for some travelers where there are language or cultural barriers to overcome. [Read more…] about Business Travel Security for Employees: A Key Benefit for VIPS, Managers, and Other Executives
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Weather is one of those factors in business that people may (or may not) be cognizant of. Surely farmers and those in the agricultural sector are keenly aware of how the weather can impact their business. Weather is a “known risk factor” to agricultural businesses. But severe weather and natural disasters can have a long-reaching impact on businesses. Indeed, this post argues that part of your business continuity planning and business risk management planning should include a focus on the weather. [Read more…] about Business Continuity Planning: Planning for Bad Weather as an International Risk Factor
In a recent meeting about travel security for employees, VIPs, and executives, a business executive asked a question. “How can we, as a company, determine what is a credible threat?” It was a great opening to a larger conversation about risks and security vulnerabilities, and the discussion that ensued had less to do with threats and more to do with expertise. [Read more…] about Employee Travel Security and Credible Threats
Whether for work or leisure, travel is one of the most exciting parts of life. Immersing oneself in places unknown can be both exhilarating and intimidating, but in the best of ways.
However, when preparing for these rewarding experiences, it is important that travelers familiarize themselves with the risks associated with each intended destination and align their preventive actions appropriately. Risk is inevitable and endemic in everything we do. [Read more…] about Before Your Employees Travel Abroad, Know the Security Risks
Yes, it’s true. If you own a small or mid-size business, IMG GlobalSecur can help you ensure that your team gets the security and medical help needed even while traveling out of the country. [Read more…] about Overseas Medical Assistance for Employees? You Don’t Have to be a Big Corporation