Categories: General
April 1, 2025
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Own It: Failure as a Springboard to Success
By Melanie Lockwood Herman As a teenager, I was bursting with excitement when Mum and I set off to the DMV in Danvers, MA to take my driver’s exam. A year prior, my older sister returned home from her exam...
Topics: General, Risk Basics
March 4, 2025
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults from Sexual Abuse with Mike Kolberg of Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Mike Kolberg is regional manager of risk management services for Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY), a commercial property/casualty and professional liability insurer that offers a variety of solutions tailored to the nonprofit sector. With abuse prevention for all populations top of...
Topics: General
January 27, 2025
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Cultivate Your Risk Manager Superpowers
When was your last big risk management win? Did you feel like you’d earned your superhero cape? Reflecting on our successes can help us build on areas where we excel as risk managers. It can also help us identify areas...
Topics: General
January 16, 2025
Resource Type: Webinars
Cultivate Your Risk Manager Superpowers
Remember your last big risk management win? Did you feel like you’d earned a cape? We explore the “superpowers” great risk leaders tap every day, and how to cultivate them. https://vimeo.com/1047270784/773ffac9ea?ts=0&share=copy HANDOUT: Cultivate Your Risk Manager Superpowers
Topics: General
December 16, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
NRMC’s Most Popular Risk Articles of 2024
By Rachel Sams This year, the risk managers in NRMC’s audience navigated competing demands to stay open to possibilities yet have all the answers. They sought a sense of calm and tools to help their nonprofit build resilience in the...
Topics: General
October 31, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
5 Steps to Better Risk Communication
Years ago, a boss confided in me about a personal issue that would impact her work schedule. She asked me to briefly tell each of the team members I managed about the issue, so they’d know why she was out...
Topics: General
October 2, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Obsessing Over Risk Issues? That’s OK, If You Do It Right.
“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.” - Daniel Kahneman I remember when the Calvin Klein cologne “Obsession” debuted in the mid-1980s. I was (and still am) a cynic who...
Topics: General
September 25, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Risk Managers Must Learn to See What’s Already There. Here’s How.
I recently finished a fascinating book on the power and perils of something all humans experience: habituation. In Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There, Tali Sharot and Cass R. Sunstein encourage readers to seize and embrace...
Topics: General
August 28, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Risk Register Redux
Throughout the year I hear from risk leaders who tell me they are either ‘still using’ or are ‘back to using’ a risk register, an impractical tool from risk management antiquity that refuses to be forgotten. Although many risk functions...
Topics: General
August 7, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
It’s OK to Laugh About Risk Management. Really.
While prepping for an upcoming speaking engagement, my point of contact warned me: “Don’t be surprised if members of the audience share humorous anecdotes and comments when you invite their participation.” This news was a great relief! Before walking up...
Topics: General