Categories: General
June 27, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Don’t Be a Buzzkill: Restore Trust in Risk Leaders
Recently, an NRMC Affiliate Member wrote to our team asking how to convince her peers that risk management is in fact a mission driver, rather than a drag. Buy-in for risk management initiatives is sometimes hard to obtain because team members are resistant;...
Topics: General
May 30, 2018
Resource Type: Webinars
Setting & Applying Your Risk Appetite
Dive into the concept of risk appetite with this webinar. Learn about a couple common risk appetite frameworks, and the NRMC team’s philosophy for applying risk appetite in a practical way that relates to decision-making. Engage your team in dialogue...
Topics: General
May 9, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Celebrate Spring with Surprise
Enjoy the little things in life, because one day you will look back, and realize they were the big things. - Kurt Vonnegut This Spring has been extra special, with news from several colleagues that little ones have arrived or are...
Topics: General
April 11, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
For the Love of Learning
Learning Lessons from NRMC’s Executive Director NRMC’s Melanie Lockwood Herman was recently inspired to see a consulting client devote a full day for all-staff training on topics ranging from diversity and inclusion to managing up. Melanie is an advocate for lifelong learning...
Topics: General
March 28, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Restructuring Risk Roles
Throughout the sector, more and more nonprofits are formally assigning risk management responsibility to an individual or team focused on risk, usually with risk or related words in their job titles. Many NRMC clients succeed by assigning an existing team to wear...
Topics: General
March 21, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
8 Tips for a Happy Unicorn Meeting
How do you feel about meetings? Me too. A bad meeting is a gigantic waste of time. They are not a box to be checked, but a critical check-in step that propels a project forward. The best meetings happen when...
Topics: General
March 7, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Charity Gone Wrong: Unethical & Illegal Conduct
NRMC team members sometimes field calls from concerned nonprofit staff members, volunteers, board members, and even members of the public, who worry that a cherished nonprofit is involved in unethical or illegal conduct. Oftentimes, the inquiring individuals lack the authority...
Topics: General
February 7, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Risk Management Advice: Smarts from the Streets
This week’s RISK eNEWS features street smart words of wisdom from risk management leaders who serve in nonprofits, or who serve clients across the nonprofit sector. Find inspiration in this sage risk management advice from your peers, who take bold...
Topics: General
January 31, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Managing Risk in a World of Change: Turn and Face the Strange
Three of the questions we often ask during NRMC Risk Assessments or ERM Engagements are: What is the most significant, recent change in your organization? What disruptive changes are going on now? If we were to return a year from...
Topics: General
January 18, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Risk Management Leaders Must be Unstoppably Optimistic
“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.” – Colin Powell In his article, “How to Lead in 2018,” Fast Company editor Robert Safian beckons his readers to embrace optimistic leadership by staring “unblinkingly at this time of chaos and dig into...
Topics: General