Running a great crisis exercise needs though planning and preparation. But it also requires one thing you might not expect: letting go of control. Here's how to relax and run a great exercise. (Hint, you need to be lazy to pull this off.)

Exercises are an essential part of skills development for things like emergencies and crises but creating a successful exercise takes a lot of work and planning - you can't just throw some problems at a group of people and hope they'll learn from the experience. Here's how to plan a successful exercise.

Regular training is necessary to ensure your leadership team is prepared for a crisis. But getting a management team to buy into what seems like a lot of training time can be tricky. Here's how to sell the idea of frequent training.