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April 16, 2020
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Contentious Conversations: Talking Politics at Work
(download The Political Risk issue of Risk Management Essentials, here.) Is civil discourse creating a toxic environment in your workplace? According to the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Politics at Work Survey, deepening divisiveness across party lines is a...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
April 1, 2020
Resource Type: Risk eNews
To Infinity and Beyond: Unleashing Imagination to Build Your Organization’s Resilience
“An infinite-minded leader does not simply want to build a company that can weather change but one that can be transformed by it. They want to build a company that embraces surprises and adapts with them.” – Simon Sinek As we...
Topics: General
March 24, 2020
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Are We Covered? Your Nonprofit’s Insurance Policies and COVID-19 Claims
This article was adapted from a Client Alert published on March 20, 2020 by the law firm Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP. NRMC is grateful to the firm for permitting us to adapt their excellent piece for our nonprofit...
Topics: Insurance and Risk Financing
March 17, 2020
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Bolstering Bouncing Back
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” - Maya Angelou Kids are amazing. I always knew this statement to be true, but I wasn't able to...
March 13, 2020
Resource Type: Infographics, Risk eNews
No Business Continuity Plan? Take These 4 Steps
If you’re regretting the fact that you never got around to finishing your nonprofit’s Business Continuity Plan, you’re not alone! Many nonprofits in the U.S. are in the same, unprepared boat. The purpose of this article is to offer a...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning, Crisis Management, Crisis Communications
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