WHY DOES MY ORGANIZATION NEED A THREAT MANAGEMENT TEAM (TMT)?
THREAT MANAGEMENT TEAMS ARE PROVEN TO REDUCE RISKS AND COSTS TO THE ORGANIZATION THROUGH MORE EFFICIENT DETECTION AND RESPONSE.
REDUCING THE RISK TO YOUR ORGANIZATION
Implementing a multi-disciplinary Threat Management Team is one of the most critical measures an organization can take to mitigate the risks they face. These teams provide immense value to all types of organizations and industries. One of the most critical steps in a workplace violence prevention program is having measures in place for identifying and managing potential threats to employees and the organization. Getting ahead of a potential threat and managing it before it escalates is key. Prevention should never be an afterthought. Organizations as large as the FBI have recognized these teams as a vital link to the prevention and mitigation of threats. Without the work these teams accomplish, many behaviors of concern would go unnoticed and unmanaged, resulting in greater spikes in workplace violence incidents and statistics.
Faster Threat Detection & Response
In the case of prevention, ignorance is not bliss. The fine-tuned knowledge and experience these teams possess are the secret ingredient in identifying the levels of risk and the potential for violence to occur. Once a concern has been identified, their methodical assessment provides critical intelligence and response options for navigating this delicate dance. The team’s holistic approach identifies warning signs that might otherwise be overlooked and provides appropriate response options and procedures for mitigating the risk, aiding in a faster road to resolution.
Continuous Monitoring
Targeted violence, including insider threats, is a significant risk to all organizations. Threat Management Teams provide continuous monitoring and oversite through built-in analysis, detection, and mitigation methods. Once engaged, this team develops effective intervention strategies. Without this calculated strategy in place, a dangerous decision could be made, inflaming an already potentially volatile situation.
REDUCING THE COST TO THE ORGANIZATION
The team’s precision is attributed to the training they’ve received, and conducting this training as a team is the success factor. This allows them to increase their skills and fosters trust to formulate organically, a critical component for making solicitous decisions in complex situations. After all, in the wise words of Benjamin Franklin, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
Employee Retention
Creating a unified team to detect potential threats early isn’t the only cost-effective benefit Threat Management Teams provide to an organization. While identifying and managing potential threats are valuable to stakeholders, they are also an excellent resource for employees. They provide educational awareness training and resources throughout the organization. For employees seeking advice on intervention strategies concerning a situation or individual, these teams offer immediate support and better alternatives to lengthy investigations conducted by thinly stretched human resources departments. Most importantly, they are built to be diverse, representing many facets of the organization, from human resources to legal, security, communications, executive management, and so on.
EXECUTE A THREAT MANAGEMENT TEAM TODAY
The good news is that every organization has the capability to enact a Threat Management Team to present one unified front for workplace violence prevention. If millions of workplace violence situations are being reported, it begs the question, how many slip through the cracks? With all the knowledge and education available today and understanding that the road to violence is an evolutionary but detectable process, knowledgeable teams dedicated to intervention strategies are the key to detection and avoidance. Enact your Threat Management Team today!
By: Senior Advisor, Global Operations & Threat Mitigation, Dave Benson, MS, CTM
