Transcript of Gaining Exec Support.mov Welcome to your continuity connection continuity programs require detailed planning and preparation If your department or agency fails to plan, then you're planning to fail. If that the case, the important services and functions you're supposed to provide, won't happen. Successful continuity programs start at the top of the organization. Provide leaders concise and good briefings on the program. Provide them reference material on the program, and also provide them some background on the historical progress of the program. Leadership can be very helpful in announcing and communicating the importance of the program during routine staff meetings, during all hands gatherings, during conferences, and interviews, and also by participating in exercises and continuity tests. When your leaders are involved in actively demonstrate support for your department or agency continuity program, you will make the continuity connection.