Hit by a bus syndrome

May

Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 23:14 by Simon

Could your business survive the 'Hit by a bus' syndrome?

There is, in business, a rather macabre term known as ‘Hit by a bus syndrome’.
In more prosaic terms it refers to the aftermath of a key member of staff being hit by the proverbial bus and not being able to fulfil their role in the company.

It’s something all small business owners should take into consideration – losing a key member of your team, could critically damage your business.

Our man Chris had a brief sojourn into the arms of our countries medical professionals this weekend, hence the sombre tone of this post…
He’s on the mend now, that’s why I feel it’s not to bad to post something like this.
The lengths some people will go to get some time off…

When it's just a small team, everything gets held in ones 'Little Grey Cells', this is the fundamental problem in the aforementioned scenario.

Once we’d got the news of his ailment, (and having exchanged our concerns and worries for the patient) we had to go into full on, contact rescheduling mode, come the following Monday morning.
Thus exercising our ‘Just in case’ plan.

Having gone to great pains to get things down into a more accessible format – when it’s just a small team, everything gets held in ones ‘Little Grey Cells’ (one for the Poirot fans out there) :thumbsup: - we simply consulted the files and things were sorted.
This is the fundamental problem in the aforementioned scenario, most businesses of a smaller size just don’t bother to go through this exercise.

One or two minor issues did crop up though; these will be addressed and rolled into the plan for the next, large automotive meets considerably more squishy human scenario.