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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
November 6, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Systemic Failure and Risk Management
“You don’t understand anything until you learn it more than one way.” – Marvin Minsky The other night, I happened to catch the documentary program “Retro Report” on PBS. Retro Report is a nonprofit news organization that produces mini documentaries that...
Topics: General
September 25, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
It’s Time to Banish Blueprints and Best Practices
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson When our team is asked, “What should a risk committee do?” or “How should risk roles be...
Topics: General
September 18, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
A Risk Management Journey with Miranda Hora
Miranda Hora is Senior Manager of Global Operations at Helen Keller International (HKI), a global development organization at work in 20 countries to save and improve the sight and lives of the world's vulnerable by combating the causes and consequences...
Topics: General, Risk Assessment
September 14, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Is Your Board an Asset, or a Liability?
This week I’ve been reflecting on the role of a nonprofit board in risk management. A nonprofit board is: A line of defense, a powerful radar system that can help detect incoming opportunities as well as threats A vision magnifier,...
Topics: Governance
August 28, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Cannabis Will Happen: Is Your Workplace Ready?
In this article, Glenn Mott speaks with Crystal Stevens McElrath, a senior attorney at Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP. Ms. McElrath represents and counsels employers and insurers in workers’ compensation and employment law matters. In this role, she has...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices