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January 26, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
If Board Meetings Don’t Change You, You’re Doing It Wrong
Last week I found myself engrossed in my first read of a new year: The Power of Giving Away Power. Author Matthew Barzun offers a compelling, fresh look at a concept I’ve come to understand as servant leadership: recognizing that being...
Topics: Governance
January 12, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Relinquish Relics
Last week I was reminded of a relic from the ‘before times’ when a colleague asked me about ordering business cards for our newest team member. The arrival of these tiny cards—descendants of calling cards used by aristocrats in 17th century Europe—has been a...
Topics: General
January 5, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Keep it Real: Choose Rational Risk Resolutions
It’s that wonderful time of year when nonprofit leaders (and everyone else!) get busy making lists of the things we aspire to do, resolve to do, and sometimes actually accomplish. The act of sharing goals and resolutions with a friend...
Topics: General
December 28, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Top 10 of 2021’s RISK eNews
In 2021, the world entered the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many nonprofits began to hit their stride. Most risk leaders became more familiar and comfortable approaching risks with a novelty that constantly shifting plans required. The NRMC team...
Topics: General
December 15, 2021
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Managing Risks and Reaping the Rewards of Remote Teams
Remote work—a facet of the working landscape for three-plus decades—quickly became the default construct for businesses and nonprofits alike in 2020. In short order, leaders across the nonprofit sector learned that remote work was not only possible but also practical...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 8, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Risk Roles in a Nonprofit
Evolution of risk management programs happens in many ways. However, expansion usually involves infusing risk awareness into decision-making and routine activities. Doing so often requires the thoughtful consideration of how new risk-related activities will be dispersed among the team. During...
Topics: General
November 17, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Dream a Little Dream With Me: Channeling Chaos
The word chaos has myriad negative connotations: confusion, disruption, frustration. Many risk leaders expect that evolving risk management capabilities will bring order, formality, and cadence. My team fields question after question about managing risk more effectively; no one has ever...
Topics: Organizational Culture
November 3, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Growing Up Fast: Risk Program Maturity
Every year on my daughter’s birthday, I am reminded of how quickly time passes. So many milestones in her life seem like they happened moments ago: her first Halloween-themed birthday party, the first day of kindergarten, her first dance recital,...
Topics: Enterprise Risk Management
November 1, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Reimagine Your Risk Roundtable
During NRMC consulting engagements and conversations with our Affiliate Members, our team often hears about the work and deliberations of risk teams. During the Virtual Risk Summit, I was delighted to join my colleague Ann Terlizzi, Director of Risk Management at Lutheran Social Service...
Topics: General
October 21, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Fraud Risk: Every Nonprofit Mission is Exposed
The US Internal Revenue Service and international organizations have teamed up to call attention to Charity Fraud Awareness Week, which takes place in October. Fraud awareness and prevention are top concerns for nonprofit leaders. What’s more, with the explosion of cybercrimes,...
Topics: Fraud and Financial Oversight