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April 28, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Risk and Resilience: The Board’s Role

Recently we’ve been fielding a variety of questions about the board’s risk role. Across the board, members of nonprofit governing teams want to support the missions they admire. Board members want to help an organization: 1. weather future disruptions (think...

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April 21, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Take a Hike! (around Your Risk Landscape)

“Seek to understand your context better. Things that are out of place in a context bear closer inspection.” – Karl E. Weick & Kathleen M. Sutcliffe, Managing the Unexpected Environmental, climate, and weather-related risks often occupy prominent positions on the risk...

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April 14, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Humble Haiku’s Mighty Lessons for Risk Leaders

This Saturday is International Haiku Poetry Day, leading me to reflect on the lessons I’ve learned from this simple form of poetry—the humble haiku. If you’re wondering how this pint-sized poem has the potential to teach risk leaders important lessons about...

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April 8, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Choose Your Own Adventure to Risk and Reward

If you’ve ever faced a personal crisis or a crisis at your organization, you know how all-consuming and paralyzing it can be. It’s hard to see beyond the hour or the day when the bad news keeps coming. During these...

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March 25, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Choose Essential: Define Your Singular Risk Priority

This week I’ve been reading Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown. The book’s themes touch on a prickly subject for me: saying “no.” A very wise friend once told me that we often say yes out of...

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March 21, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Do This, Not That: 5 Essential Risk Policy Drafting Tips

This week I’ve been busy helping consulting clients and Affiliate Members make sense of (and hopefully improve!) an array of longstanding risk-themed policies, from employee handbooks to vendor contracts and risk-scoring frameworks. In between writing and re-writing, I was able...

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March 3, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Round and Round: The Leadership Learning Loop

I recently listened to a compelling interview with Katlin Smith on the NPR program “How I Built This,” hosted by Guy Raz. Smith founded Simple Mills while working as a management consultant at Deloitte and attending the first year of...

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February 24, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Unplugged

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” – Anne Lamott When you find yourself traveling at the speed of risk, is it necessary to stay plugged in to organization communications, local and...

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February 17, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Do What You Love, Love What You Do

During our Zoom Family Meeting on Valentine’s Day, I made my siblings and parents laugh out loud when I told them that I was spending the day with my one true love… my job! Since we are obsessive Life360 members...

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February 9, 2021

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Toss the Register, Make a Plan Instead

One of the most common risk management tools is a detailed list or inventory of ‘threats’ facing an organization. Many risk leaders refer to their ever-expanding, sometimes colossal spreadsheet as a “risk register.” During our 25 years of guiding risk...

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