Compare the competencies of a business psychologist and a crisis consultant

Based on the results of the master class: "Fundamentals of crisis counseling»

The current situation in the world has highlighted the problem of the crisis in business as perhaps the most pressing for all of us, our way of life and doing business. Therefore, we have seriously engaged in understanding the issue of the competence of business psychologists in helping organizations to overcome crisis situations. In this direction, several events were held for students. One of them is a master class on the specifics of the work of a business psychologist in companies, which was conducted by Alexander Esliseenko and Ruslan kutuev. These are brilliant graduates of our program, red graduates. After graduation, they gained valuable experience in various business areas: from international companies to their own business.
Alexander Eliseenko-consultant, trainer, teacher of the program "Psychology in business" he conducts courses of the organizational unit, teaches the possession of quantitative and qualitative methods, the basics of group work, etc. 

	Crisis manager	Business psychologist
Background	System in crisis due to inadequate management-emergency mode (inadequate, unprofessional, abuse or outright fraud as a result of theft or raiding, manipulation, collusion, corruption)	The system is in crisis due to inadequate reality of people's perceptions of the situation (denial, unwillingness to adapt, ignoring the facts, defensive position)
The purpose of the consultant	Balance the resource model of the enterprise (restore order in the resource allocation system)	The return of people to an adequate state of the situation
Tasks	Adjustment of financial and economic, investment, policy, strengthening of control, strengthening of manageability, compliance with legislation	Joint coping with difficulties and searching for resources (potential) to resolve the situation (to update the picture of what is happening, to find the necessary psychological and socio-economic resources).
Business results	Business is stable	Business is sustainable There is a team
Result for people	Order and certainty Stable operation of business systems	Clarity and understanding of perspectives Moral stability Uncovering your creative potential
What to learn from them	Clarity, technology, speed, discipline, goal setting, structure and consistency	System (in the dynamic aspect), stability to instability, creativity and search for solutions, the ability to release the potential of people

As a result of the lesson, the tasks and directions of our professional development became clear. Now we can go further in this analysis, namely to think about the points of contact, the cooperation of these professionals. And perhaps about the new competencies of business psychologists!