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Crisis Management Training

Is your organisation truly crisis ready?

Many organisations have crisis management plans in place.


Far fewer have the capability to execute them effectively under pressure.

When a crisis occurs:


  • Decision making slows or becomes unclear 
  • Information is incomplete or inconsistent 
  • Teams operate in silos 
  • Leadership is tested in real time 


The gap is rarely the plan itself.


It is the ability to respond, coordinate, and lead during a live incident.

Crisis Management Training

What is CrisisReady™?

An Overview

CrisisReady™ is a structured, 12 month crisis management and organisational resilience programme designed to build and test real capability.


Delivered by Oakwood Risk and Resilience, it provides an end to end approach to:


  • Crisis management planning 
  • Crisis leadership training 
  • Scenario based exercising 
  • Continuous improvement 


The programme ensures organisations move beyond documentation and develop practical, proven crisis response capability.

What Does It Mean to Be Crisis Ready?

An organisation that is CrisisReady™ can:


  • Respond quickly and effectively to crises and incidents 
  • Maintain clear situational awareness 
  • Make informed decisions under pressure 
  • Coordinate across teams and functions 
  • Communicate confidently with stakeholders, regulators, and the media

 

This is not theoretical knowledge. It is applied crisis management capability.

A 12 Month Crisis Management Programme

 CrisisReady™ is delivered as a structured programme over 12 months, ensuring a logical progression from assessment through to validation. 

1. Crisis Management Gap Analysis

2. Crisis Management Planning and Framework Development

2. Crisis Management Planning and Framework Development

Understand your current level of preparedness


We begin by assessing your organisation’s existing crisis management capability.


This includes:


  • Stakeholder engagement across leadership and operational teams 
  • Review of crisis management plans and business continuity arrangements 
  • Identification of gaps through scenario based discussion 
  • Benchmarking against recognised good practice 


Outcome: A detailed crisis readiness assessment report with clear recommendations.

2. Crisis Management Planning and Framework Development

2. Crisis Management Planning and Framework Development

2. Crisis Management Planning and Framework Development

Build a practical and effective crisis response structure


We design or refine your crisis management framework to ensure it is usable during real incidents.


This includes:


  • Defined roles and responsibilities 
  • Escalation thresholds and incident categorisation 
  • Crisis management team structure 
  • Golden Hour response guidance 
  • Scenario specific response playbooks 


Outcome: A clear, structured, and operational crisis management framework.

3. Crisis Management Training

2. Crisis Management Planning and Framework Development

4. Crisis Simulation Exercises

Develop leadership and team capability


We deliver targeted crisis management training to ensure teams can operate effectively under pressure.


Training typically covers:


  • Crisis leadership and decision making 
  • Situational awareness and information flow 
  • Crisis communications and stakeholder engagement 
  • Human factors, stress, and team dynamics 


Outcome: A trained crisis management team with confidence and clarity in their roles.

4. Crisis Simulation Exercises

5. Continuous Improvement and Review

4. Crisis Simulation Exercises

Test and validate capability through realistic scenarios


The programme includes a structured exercising plan, delivered at increasing levels of complexity.


Foundation Exercises


  • Tabletop scenarios
  • Focus on roles, structure, and process


Intermediate Simulations


  • Time pressured, scenario driven exercises
  • Focus on decision making and coordination


Advanced Crisis Exercises


  • Immersive simulations with realistic pressures
  • Focus on leadership performance and organisational response


Outcome: Crisis capability that has been tested and validated, not assumed.

5. Continuous Improvement and Review

5. Continuous Improvement and Review

5. Continuous Improvement and Review

Embed learning and strengthen resilience


Following each exercise and at programme completion, we:


  • Conduct structured debriefs 
  • Identify lessons learned and improvement actions 
  • Update crisis management plans and processes 
  • Develop a forward resilience roadmap 


Outcome: Ongoing improvement and long term organisational resilience.

What Is Included?

5. Continuous Improvement and Review

5. Continuous Improvement and Review

Each CrisisReady™ programme includes:


  • A structured 12 month delivery plan 
  • Crisis management consultancy and advisory support 
  • Crisis leadership training sessions 
  • Multiple crisis simulation exercises 
  • Formal reporting and executive level insights 


All elements are integrated to ensure a coherent and effective crisis management capability programme.

Programme Options

Foundation Programme

Foundation Programme

Foundation Programme

Crisis Management Training

Suitable for smaller organisations or those developing initial capability.


  • Crisis gap analysis 
  • Standard framework and plans
  • 2 training sessions 
  • 2 crisis exercises 


From £18,000

Core Programme

Foundation Programme

Foundation Programme

Crisis Management Training

Our most popular option for organisations seeking comprehensive capability.


  • Full crisis management assessment 
  • Bespoke framework and plan design 
  • 3–4 training sessions 
  • 3–4 crisis exercises including advanced simulation 


From £30,000

Advanced Programme

Foundation Programme

Advanced Programme

Crisis Management Training

Designed for complex organisations with multiple teams or sites.


  • Full crisis management assessment 
  • Bespoke framework and plan design 
  • 5–6 training sessions 
  • 5–6 crisis exercises including immersive simulations 


From £50,000

Not Ready for the Full Programme?

Crisis Management Training

Start with Crisis Management Lite

If you are not ready to commit to a full programme, we offer CrisisReady™ Lite:


  • Crisis management gap analysis 
  • Initial recommendations 
  • One crisis simulation exercise 


From £8,000 (redeemable against the full programme)

We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.


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