Bruce Blythe - Crisis Management Specialist Speaker - Workplace Violence and Hostility Management 847.577.5000

Bruce Blythe

Crisis Management Specialist
Hostility Management, Workplace Violence
Strategic Crisis Leadership

Bruce Blythe is an internationally acclaimed crisis management expert. He is the owner and chairman of three companies that provide employers with a continuum of crisis preparedness, crisis response, and employee return-to-work services. Mr. Blythe also provides workplace violence preparedness programs and threat of violence consultations through a specialty network of threat management specialists, including former FBI and Secret Service agents. His companies respond to corporate crisis situations 1,000 times per month through a North American network of crisis mental health professionals and his services accelerate employee return-to-work for workers comp and non-occupational injury cases.

Mr. Blythe has been personally involved in crises such as the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, mass murders at the U.S. Postal Service, the Oklahoma City bombing, 9/11, commercial air crashes, rescue of kidnap and ransom hostages, Hurricanes Andrew and Katrina, earthquakes, fires, floods, and reputational crises. He serves as a consultant and certified coach to numerous Fortune 500 executives and managers in strategic crisis leadership preparedness and response.

Widely regarded as a thought leader in the crisis management and business continuity industries, he is the author of Blindsided: A Manager’s Guide to Catastrophic Incidents in the Workplace. He has served in the Military Police for the U.S. Marine Corps. He's a certified clinical psychologist and has been a consultant to the FBI on workplace violence and terrorism.

Blythe has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, CNN, ABC’s 20/20, CBS’ 48 Hours, CNBC, NPR and others. Fast Company Magazine published a cover-story article about Blythe’s leadership in responding to 204 companies onsite, all within three weeks following 9/11. He provides commentary in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Business Week, Smart Money, New Yorker, Fortune Magazine and USA Today.

Mr. Blythe is the author of Blindsided: A Manager’s Guide to Catastrophic Incidents in the Workplace, August 2002, published by Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Putnam, NYC, on corporate crisis preparedness and response.

Catalyst Magazine awarded Bruce Blythe “Catalyst of the Year 2002,” being recognized for leadership in industry innovations, effective management, and excellence in business.

Bruce Blythe has been a keynote presenter to over 200 national and international conventions and conferences, on subjects related to crisis leadership, workplace violence, terrorism, crisis preparedness, business continuity, defending Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder claims, the negligent failure to plan, and corporate crisis response.

BRUCE'S PREVIEW VIDEO

BRUCE BLYTHE’S SPEECH TITLES:

· Strategic Crisis Leadership: The Three Fundamentals of Leading in a Crisis

· Workplace Violence: Effectively Mitigating Threatening Situations in the Workplace

· Hostility Management...in the Workplace and Beyond

· Crisis Management: Negligent Failure to Plan

· Managing Disaster-Related Behaviors

· The Human Side of Crisis Response: Best Practice Components of a Crisis-Related Human Impact Program child.

KEYNOTE FEE CATEGORY: $9,500 *

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