Business Continuity Leadership for Managers Course

Lead continuity responsibilities, resource decisions, exercises, and recovery priorities with a practical manager accountability workbook.
Business Continuity Leadership for Managers Course

At a glance

Duration
5 days
Format
Classroom
Cities
Trabzon, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Jakarta, Nice, Baku and more
Next session
11 – 15 October 2026, Trabzon
Average fee
5,800 €

Overview

Managerial Leadership for Business Continuity Training Course is a five-day practitioner course for department managers, functional leaders, continuity coordinators, resilience professionals, crisis managers, and operational executives who leave with a Manager Continuity and Resilience Leadership Workbook. Participants convert continuity expectations into accountable decisions on priorities, resources, plans, escalation, exercises, performance, and recovery. The approach is informed by recognized continuity and crisis-management principles without teaching full management-system implementation. Agile Leaders Training Center frames business continuity leadership for managers as disciplined operational stewardship.

Who Should Attend

  • Leaders accountable for maintaining critical departmental services during disruption
  • Professionals coordinating continuity responsibilities across operational functions
  • Managers approving resources, priorities, escalation paths, and recovery actions
  • Teams responsible for resilience governance, assurance, and performance reporting
  • Executives overseeing crisis readiness and restoration of essential operations

The course assumes participants already make operational or governance decisions at work and leaves out full BCMS implementation, auditor preparation, and introductory leadership theory.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and industries where managers must maintain critical services and direct recovery.

  • Operations, service delivery, and corporate support functions
  • Government entities, public services, and regulated organizations
  • Energy, utilities, transport, logistics, and infrastructure
  • Banking, insurance, healthcare, and telecommunications
  • Manufacturing, technology, retail, and professional services

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Apply continuity governance roles and decision rights within their functions
  • Analyze risk and impact information for managerial priorities
  • Prioritize critical activities, dependencies, people, and resources
  • Build accountable plan ownership and escalation arrangements
  • Evaluate exercise evidence, performance results, and recovery choices
  • Use corrective actions to strengthen operational resilience leadership

Course Agenda

Day 1: Managerial Continuity Accountability

  • Business Continuity Leadership for Managers
  • Governance Roles and Decision Rights
  • Critical Service Accountability Map
  • Continuity Policy to Department Responsibilities
  • Leadership Commitment Evidence

Day 2: Risk, Impact, and Priorities

  • Disruption Scenario and Context Review
  • Risk and Impact Information for Managers
  • Critical Activity Priority Matrix
  • Dependencies and Single Points of Failure
  • Continuity Resource Allocation Decisions

Day 3: Plans, Ownership, and Escalation

  • Department Continuity Plan Ownership
  • Roles, Deputies, and Authority Boundaries
  • Continuity Governance and Crisis Readiness
  • Escalation Triggers and Decision Records
  • Stakeholder Coordination Responsibilities

Day 4: Exercises and Performance Review

  • Exercise Objectives and Leadership Participation
  • Manager Observation and Evidence Log
  • Continuity Performance Review Dashboard
  • Capability Gaps and Corrective Actions
  • Management Review and Improvement Decisions

Day 5: Recovery Leadership Practice

  • Recovery Priorities and Operating Constraints
  • Business Continuity Recovery Leadership
  • Resource Tradeoffs and Decision Escalation
  • Exercise: Department Recovery Leadership
  • Capstone: Manager Continuity and Resilience Leadership Workbook

Practical Exercises

The course uses a linked disruption scenario so participants can practise manager-level decisions without designing an entire management system.

  • Suggested activity: map continuity accountabilities, deputies, approval rights, and escalation routes for a department.
  • Suggested activity: use impact and dependency evidence to prioritize activities and allocate constrained resources.
  • Suggested activity: review an exercise record, identify capability gaps, and assign corrective actions with owners.
  • Suggested activity: lead a recovery decision meeting and complete the Manager Continuity and Resilience Leadership Workbook.

FAQs

Who suits managerial business continuity leadership training?

Department managers, functional leaders, continuity coordinators, resilience professionals, crisis managers, and operational executives suit the course when they hold decision, resource, plan, or recovery responsibilities.

Does the course provide certification or official authorization?

No. The course is practical professional development informed by recognized continuity and crisis-management principles. It does not claim certification, accreditation, regulator endorsement, or official authorization.

How is this different from a BCMS implementation course?

This course concentrates on manager accountability, decision rights, resources, plan ownership, escalation, exercise participation, performance review, and recovery leadership. It does not teach the full process for implementing or auditing a business continuity management system.

What evidence should managers review before setting continuity priorities?

Managers should review critical activities, disruption impacts, recovery needs, dependencies, resource constraints, existing controls, stakeholder obligations, and current plan capability before approving priorities.

What is included in the Manager Continuity and Resilience Leadership Workbook?

The workbook includes accountability maps, priority and dependency records, resource decisions, plan ownership, escalation routes, exercise observations, performance review measures, recovery decisions, and corrective actions.

Conclusion

Participants leave with a Manager Continuity and Resilience Leadership Workbook that connects business continuity leadership for managers with governance, impact-based priorities, continuity resource allocation decisions, accountable plans, exercises, business continuity recovery leadership, and improvement. The work product helps managers make traceable continuity decisions while keeping the course distinct from system implementation, auditor training, and generic leadership development.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Image Location Dates Duration Mode Price Actions
Trabzon Trabzon Week 41, 2026
11 – 15 October 2026
5 Days Onsite €6,800
Amsterdam Amsterdam Week 42, 2026
12 – 16 October 2026
5 Days Onsite €5,700
Barcelona Barcelona Week 43, 2026
19 – 23 October 2026
5 Days Onsite €5,700
Jakarta Jakarta Week 44, 2026
26 – 30 October 2026
5 Days Onsite €5,700
Nice Nice Week 45, 2026
2 – 6 November 2026
5 Days Onsite €5,700
Baku Baku Week 46, 2026
9 – 13 November 2026
5 Days Onsite €5,000
New York New York Week 47, 2026
16 – 20 November 2026
5 Days Onsite €12,000
London London Week 48, 2026
23 – 27 November 2026
5 Days Onsite €5,700
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Week 49, 2026
30 November – 4 December 2026
5 Days Onsite €4,700
Chicago Chicago Week 49, 2026
6 – 10 December 2026
5 Days Onsite €12,000
Manama Manama Week 50, 2026
13 – 17 December 2026
5 Days Onsite €4,700
Dubai Dubai Week 51, 2026
14 – 18 December 2026
5 Days Onsite €4,500
Accra Accra Week 51, 2026
20 – 24 December 2026
5 Days Onsite €4,100
Marbella Marbella Week 52, 2026
27 – 31 December 2026
5 Days Onsite €5,700
Casablanca Casablanca Week 53, 2026
28 December 2026 – 1 January 2027
5 Days Onsite €4,100
Frankfurt Frankfurt Week 01, 2027
4 – 8 January 2027
5 Days Onsite €5,700
Phuket Phuket Week 01, 2027
10 – 14 January 2027
5 Days Onsite €6,000
Zoom Zoom Week 02, 2027
11 – 15 January 2027
5 Days Online €1,500
Montreux Montreux Week 03, 2027
18 – 22 January 2027
5 Days Onsite €7,500
Zanzibar Zanzibar Week 03, 2027
24 – 28 January 2027
5 Days Onsite €5,500

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewManagerial Leadership for Business Continuity Training Course is a five-day practitioner course for department managers, functional leaders, continuity coordinators, resilience professionals, crisis managers, and operational executives who leave with a Manager Continuity and Resilience Leadership Workbook. Participants convert continuity expectati…

Are training dates available?

Yes. Available dates and destinations are listed in the course dates section on this page.

How can I register?

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