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March 11, 2020
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Dream Team: Keep Sleep a Priority at Your Nonprofit
“It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.” — John Steinbeck The National Sleep Foundation declares the first week of March Sleep Awareness...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
March 3, 2020
Resource Type: Infographics, Risk eNews
COVID-19: Five Things to Know and Do
By Katharine Nesslage and Whitney Thomey COVID-19 has caused many nonprofits to shift their focus to emergency planning for an infectious disease. NRMC wants to remind organizations that your organization may already have plans in place to help mitigate the...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning, Crisis Management, Crisis Communications
February 26, 2020
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Toss Your To-Do List
“Connect today to all your tomorrows. It matters.” – Gary Keller I’ve just finished reading The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results, by Gary Keller. The premise of the book is that achieving “extraordinary results” is “directly determined...
Topics: General
February 19, 2020
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Lessons from the Coop: The Sky is Falling!
“To be wise is not to know particular facts but to know without excessive confidence or excessive cautiousness… (T)o both accumulate knowledge while remaining suspicious of it, and recognizing that much remains unknown, is to be wise.” — Managing the Unexpected:...
Topics: General
February 11, 2020
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Stop Preaching to the Choir
During a recent Risk Assessment, one of the senior leaders I spoke to was rather blunt in expressing doubt about the tangible benefits and ultimate value that a risk assessment would bring to the organization. Although I was grateful for his...
Topics: Risk Assessment
February 4, 2020
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Redundancy to Reduce Rattle
Being faced with our own personal mortality or the inevitability of losing a valued team member can feel paralyzing. Although uncertainty often inspires worry, there is one ‘risk’ about which you can be absolutely certain; everyone leaves eventually. I remember...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning, HR Risk and Employment Practices
January 22, 2020
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Just My Cup of Team
“We may be hard-wired for power struggles, greed, and workplace conflicts. But as social creatures, we also derive enormous pleasure from creating, sharing, and implementing new ideas with other people.” – Amy C. Edmondson What better time than January, the...
Topics: General
January 2, 2020
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Don’t Faint at Complaints: How Negative Feedback Can Enhance Your Reputation
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” —Henry Ford Rumors and false information can move at the speed of a digital virus. One false allegation can ripple through social media in minutes, and a single misunderstood...
Topics: General
December 23, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
A View to the Horizon: Managing Reputation Risk
A famous Peanuts cartoon uses a cruise ship as an analogy for life. In the cartoon, Lucy explains that some people place deck chairs at the back of the boat to see where they have been, while others place their...
Topics: General
November 20, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Surprises Await: Embrace the Future
“The future is already here—it’s just not very evenly distributed.” – William Gibson Whether you’re finalizing your FY 2020 budget, wrapping up a 2020 work plan, or prepping talking points for a seasonal pitch to donors, my guess is that...
Topics: Enterprise Risk Management