{"id":46766,"date":"2020-04-16T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/the-network\/uncategorized\/crisis-management-at-agf"},"modified":"2024-05-07T15:39:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T19:39:40","slug":"crisis-management-at-agf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/the-network\/innovation-2\/crisis-management-at-agf","title":{"rendered":"Crisis Management at AGF"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>On March 12, with the growing severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, AGF Group convened its crisis unit to define a strategy and an action plan to address the crisis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What is a crisis unit?<\/h3>\n<p>AGF&rsquo;s crisis unit consists of a dozen of employees who represent the various functions within the company: operations management, legal, human resources and communications.&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe crisis unit fulfils several roles:&nbsp;<br \/>\n&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Analyzing and assessing incidents<br \/>\n&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Implementing strategies and action plans&nbsp;<br \/>\n&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Communicating with stakeholders&nbsp;<br \/>\n&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Handling post-crisis management.<\/p>\n<h3>Origins of AGF&rsquo;s crisis unit<\/h3>\n<p>The existence of a crisis unit attests to the Group&rsquo;s desire to act quickly in the event of a crisis such as the one we are currently experiencing. In recent months, the Continuous Improvement Department has been working on a crisis management handbook that defines procedures to be adopted in the event of an incident or major event.&nbsp;<br \/>\nAlong with the handbook, a crisis simulation was carried out at the head office in February, in partnership with a specialized firm. It was an especially useful exercise since it allowed each crisis unit member to become fully aware of his or her role and develop reflexes for dealing with a real-life situation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>The crisis unit in the context of COVID-19&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p>Since March 12, the crisis unit has been having daily telephone meetings to deal with the rapidly evolving situation.&nbsp;<br \/>\nThis has allowed AGF Group to proactively manage the crisis internally. Information is shared with the Group&#8217;s employees and partners very quickly and almost every day.&nbsp;<br \/>\nMany tools have also been developed to keep managers and employees informed and given them access to effective support resources:&nbsp;<br \/>\n&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;An internal Web platform dedicated to COVID-19, with all essential information (news updates, health precautions, resources for help, government measures, etc.)&nbsp;<br \/>\n&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;A space for managers with all procedures related to COVID-19<br \/>\n&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;An email address, <a href=\"mailto:covid19@agfgroup.com\">covid19@agfgroup.com<\/a>, for all of our employees, customers and partners who wish to contact the crisis unit with questions or comments.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as the various levels of government authorize the resumption of normal activities, it will be crucial to get all departments back up and running quickly. This is what AGF Group is now preparing for.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ligne_bleue_separation_version_e-2274.jpg\" style=\"height:67px; width:400px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3><strong><u>La gesti&oacute;n de crisis en AGF<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>El 12 de marzo hubo un ascenso de la pandemia por el virus de la COVID-19 y Grupo AGF convoc&oacute; a su c&eacute;lula de coordinaci&oacute;n de crisis para definir una estrategia y un plan de acci&oacute;n para enfrentarla.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&iquest;Qu&eacute; es una c&eacute;lula de coordinaci&oacute;n de crisis?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>En AGF, la c&eacute;lula est&aacute; compuesta de una decena de colaboradores que representan las diferentes funciones de la empresa: gesti&oacute;n de operaciones, departamento jur&iacute;dico, recursos humanos e incluso comunicaciones.<\/p>\n<p>El rol de la c&eacute;lula consta de varias facetas:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; an&aacute;lisis y evaluaci&oacute;n de incidentes,<br \/>\n&#8211; implementaci&oacute;n de estrategias y de planes de acci&oacute;n,<br \/>\n&#8211; comunicaciones a los interesados,<br \/>\n&#8211; gesti&oacute;n postcrisis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>El origen de la c&eacute;lula de coordinaci&oacute;n de crisis de AGF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La existencia de una c&eacute;lula de gesti&oacute;n de crisis demuestra la voluntad del Grupo de actuar r&aacute;pidamente en caso de una crisis como la que vivimos actualmente. Durante los &uacute;ltimos meses, el departamento de mejora continua trabaj&oacute; en la realizaci&oacute;n de un manual de gesti&oacute;n de crisis que ten&iacute;a como objetivo definir los procedimientos que hay que adoptar en caso de un incidente o evento mayor.<\/p>\n<p>Paralelamente a este manual, el pasado febrero se organiz&oacute; un simulacro de crisis en la sede social, en colaboraci&oacute;n con una firma especializada. Fue un ejercicio particularmente &uacute;til, ya que le permiti&oacute; a cada uno de los miembros de la c&eacute;lula de coordinaci&oacute;n de crisis tomar plena conciencia de su papel y desarrollar automatismos que hay que poner en pr&aacute;ctica en la realidad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>La c&eacute;lula de coordinaci&oacute;n de crisis en el contexto del virus de la COVID-19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Desde el 12 de marzo, la c&eacute;lula se re&uacute;ne semanalmente por tel&eacute;fono para enfrentar la r&aacute;pida evoluci&oacute;n de la situaci&oacute;n.<\/p>\n<p>Esto le ha permitido a Grupo AGF ser proactivo en la gesti&oacute;n interna de la crisis. La informaci&oacute;n se comparti&oacute; r&aacute;pidamente a los empleados y a los socios del Grupo a un ritmo casi cotidiano.<\/p>\n<p>Se desarrollaron varias herramientas para permitirles a los administradores y a los empleados estar informados y tener acceso a recursos de ayuda eficaces:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; una plataforma web interna dedicada al virus de la COVID-19, reagrupando toda la informaci&oacute;n esencial (actualidad, precauciones de higiene, recursos de ayuda, medidas gubernamentales&hellip;),<br \/>\n&#8211; un espacio que reagrupa todos los procedimientos relacionados con el COVID-19 para los administradores,<br \/>\n&#8211; una direcci&oacute;n de correo electr&oacute;nico: <a href=\"mailto:covid19@agfgroup.com\">covid19@agfgroup.com<\/a>, para todos nuestros empleados, clientes y socios que desean comunicarse con la c&eacute;lula de coordinaci&oacute;n de crisis (preguntas, comentarios).<\/p>\n<p>En cuanto los gobiernos anuncien la reanudaci&oacute;n de las actividades normales, ser&aacute; necesario estar listos para poner r&aacute;pidamente en funcionamiento todos los servicios. Es por esta raz&oacute;n que Grupo AGF se prepara desde ahora.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 12, with the growing severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, AGF Group convened its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":46761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[233],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-innovation-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46766"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58826,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46766\/revisions\/58826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}