Message #70291

[Cathy S]

Hello Shea

I am not sure where you are located but a hot topic here in the UK is Swine Flu and business continuity planning. 

You and your colleagues may not be responsible for introducing such policies but it is actually a good idea for us all to have some idea how we would carry on if a pandemic left us suddenly short staffed.

Maybe you could each review what is in place in your respective teams - eg do you each have a desk manual/secretarial will that a colleague could pick up and follow the key tasks of your role?

If you do it may be helpful to highlight key areas to each other incase of disruption and if you don't currently have desk manuals maybe you could start it as a project and spend a little time at subsequent meetings developing, reviewing and encouraging each other.

Sure there will be lots of other ideas too

Cathy