Issues management

While issues management is central to mitigating risk and potential crisis, it is also useful for understanding and maximising emerging opportunities.

Effective issues management covers:

  • environmental scanning
  • issues auditing and prioritising
  • mitigation planning and program development
  • risk communication and crisis preparedness.

Knowing your risk profile is a central input to business and communication strategy, just as stakeholder engagement is essential in ensuring that relationships are firmly established before they are needed.