Pandemics, cyber attacks, power failures, floods and supplier collapse have shown that an organisation's survival rests on how fast it restores critical services. Senior managers who attend this five-day programme learn to treat continuity as a strategic capability owned at executive level, not a binder kept by one department. You begin with governance, policy and risk appetite, then move to business impact analysis, recovery time and recovery point objectives, dependency mapping and third-party concentration risk.
From there the programme covers continuity strategies for people, premises, technology and suppliers, the structure of plans, crisis management teams, communications under pressure, exercise design and post-incident review. ISO 22301 and ISO 22313 provide the reference points, with links to operational resilience expectations from regulators and to cyber response. Scenario drills require groups to take decisions against a clock. The sessions suit chief operating officers, risk and compliance heads, continuity coordinators, IT service managers, facilities and security leaders, and public sector executives. Delivery is classroom, online or in-house, ending in a CPD-accredited certificate. You return able to present a resilience roadmap, justify investment and lead a response when something fails.
Disruption is now a routine management condition. Customers expect services to continue through outages, regulators ask for evidence of tolerance for disruption, and boards want assurance that critical processes can be restored within agreed limits. Organisations with scattered, unrehearsed plans find that the first hours of an incident are lost to confusion over who decides what.
The Strategic Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course takes a leadership view of the discipline. Participants set up a management system, define critical services and impact tolerances, analyse dependencies and select proportionate recovery strategies. They then examine incident response structures, crisis communication and decision-making when information is incomplete, and finish with methods for exercising, auditing and improving the programme over time.
Because this is a strategic programme, emphasis falls on prioritisation, investment cases and accountability rather than template filling. Participants work in syndicates on a fictional organisation and apply each technique to their own context, leaving with a resilience roadmap, a draft impact analysis format and a crisis exercise outline they can use immediately.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Participants leave the course with:
The programme is designed for senior participants who want decision practice rather than lecture. Delivery involves:
Day 1: Governance and the Resilience Mandate
Day 2: Business Impact Analysis and Dependency Mapping
Day 3: Continuity Strategies and Plan Development
Day 4: Crisis Management and Communication
Day 5: Testing, Assurance and Continual Improvement
The programme is designed for leaders who own or influence organisational resilience, including:
Attendance at all sessions and completion of the scenario exercises earns a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion, issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy. The certificate recognises professional development in continuity and resilience leadership.
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By the end of the Strategic Business Continuity & Operational Resilience programme, you'll be able to establish a continuity management system aligned with iso 22301 and organisational strategy, conduct business impact analysis and set recovery time and recovery point objectives, map critical services, dependencies and third-party concentration risks, and select and cost recovery strategies for people, premises, technology and suppliers. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The programme is designed for leaders who own or influence organisational resilience, including: Chief operating officers and general managers, Heads of risk, compliance and internal control, Business continuity and disaster recovery managers, IT service delivery and information security leaders, Facilities, security and safety directors, Heads of department responsible for critical services, Emergency management officers in government agencies, and Bank, insurance and utility operations executives.
Strategic Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Strategic Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Strategic Business Continuity & Operational Resilience starts October 26, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Strategic Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Strategic Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course is pitched at advanced professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Strategic Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Strategic Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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