Categories: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Buyer’s Remorse
In a thought-provoking “CEO to CEO” feature article in the September/October 2010 edition of Associations Now magazine, four CEOs were asked: “If you could take back one business decision you’ve made in the last five years, what would it be?”...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Brain Freeze
Once again I’m intrigued by and caught up in the latest research and analysis on the human brain. I’ve been re-reading “The New Science of the Teenage Brain,” featured in the October 2011 issue of National Geographic, and I’ve begun...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
2010: An Odyssey of Your Making
Instead of dreaming about sugar-plums, many nonprofit leaders will fall asleep tomorrow evening dreaming about better times for the organizations they serve. Let’s face it, 2009 was a rough year for the vast majority of organizations that provide vital social...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Webinars
1st Quarter Open Door Session
1st Quarter Webinar Topics Codes of Conduct Social Media and the Law Risk Oversight Questions about these… or other risk topics? HANDOUT 1st Quarter Open Door Session https://player.vimeo.com/video/431628760
Topics: Data Privacy, Tech Risk, Cybersecurity, HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
A Little Respect
As anyone who's ridden in my car, visited my home, or asked me about my taste in music knows, I'm a huge fan of Channel 33 on SiriusXM. My "First Wave" station plays music from the 1980s--from upbeat dance tunes...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
A League of Your Own
Last weekend two close friends who are enthusiastic members of a bowling league persuaded me to join them for an outing to our local bowling alley. Prior to Sunday I perceived bowling to be an individual sport. I’ve watched winning...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
A Complaint is a Rose Waiting to Bloom
Every nonprofit has received a call or member complaint. It doesn’t feel good. It is awful to know that you have let someone who believed in you down but should you chalk it up to a one-time event and let...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Boiling the Frog: Fighting the Slippery Slope of Ethical Indiscretions in the Workplace
A familiar anecdote suggests that if a frog is dropped into a pot of boiling water, he will immediately jump out, but if he is dropped into a pot of cool water that is gradually heated, he won’t perceive the...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Black, White and Sometimes… Grey
On Sunday I had the good fortune of visiting The Phillips Collection, a wonderful, too-often-missed museum in the heart of Washington, DC. I was lured by the opportunity to see a special exhibit (“Variations on a Theme”) of the work...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Big Bucks or Big To Do About Nothing: CEO Compensation in the Spotlight
Published stories about salaries paid to nonprofit CEOs often include scathing comments from individuals who take offense at what they regard as too-rich pay for charity leaders. And it’s not only donors, journalists and casual onlookers who take offense to...