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February 1, 2017
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Embrace Your Leaky Brain to Conquer the Unknown
This week I was dismayed to learn about the damaging effects and destructive force of a leaky faucet. For the past two weeks I have noticed–but repeatedly ignored–a strangely stiff faucet handle and minor leak in one of my sinks...
Topics: General
January 19, 2017
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Reversing Decisions: Risk Lessons from the Peanut Gallery
Changing your mind and reversing a previous decision generally seems like something to avoid. However, it may be the best thing to do when new information makes it prudent to do so. A recent New York Times article about peanut allergies discusses...
Topics: General
January 12, 2017
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Proper Planning Prevents Poor Meeting Performance
Many of the employees we meet in Center-led Risk Assessments yearn for a more generous communications loop in their organizations. Our team has also observed the growing interdependency of work tasks and the need for thoughtful collaboration and communication. Email and instant...
Topics: General
December 30, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
How to Go Around or Over the Bumps in the Road
This holiday season has been a hectic one for me. The eve of Thanksgiving Day, I drove a few hours to visit family in West Virginia, and I hit a buck on the highway going 70 MPH. Miraculously my boyfriend...
Topics: General
December 30, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Give Thanks & Fill Your Piggy Bank: Risk-Savvy Year-End Fundraising Appeals
Once again, it’s time to start dreaming of turkey, taters, and cranberry sauce. Soon Thanksgiving will be upon us, which also means it is time for year-end fundraising appeals–an opportunity to give thanks to donors and share a cornucopia of...
Topics: General
December 30, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Drinking from the Hose: Is Your Executive Onboarding Program Effective (and Sane)?
Transitioning into any new job is often compared to drinking from a fire hose. How quickly can you learn everything about your new role and organization? How long will it take for you to fit in and live out the...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 30, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Keeping Your “Promises, Promises”
“You made me promises, promises, knowing I’d believe. Promises, promises, you knew you’d never keep.” – Promises, Promises by Naked Eyes Several years ago I heard a wonderfully simple definition of accountability: ‘doing what you said you were going to do.’ I...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices, Organizational Culture
December 30, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Internal Crisis Communications: The Inside Track
When a crisis threatens a nonprofit mission, top leaders instinctively focus on what to say to the rapidly encroaching outside world. A community-serving nonprofit may attract attention from far and wide when a disaster, scandal or tragedy strikes. Yet one...
Topics: Crisis Management, Crisis Communications, HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 30, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Effective Communication & Annual Reviews
Communication let me down And I’m left here Communication let me down And I’m left here, I’m left here again! “Communication,” Spandau Ballet Last week’s Risk eNews, “Super Size It: Don’t Skimp on Supporting Your New Hire,” seemed to strike a...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 30, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Lessons on Learning
This month I’ve been reading Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing, by Jamie Holmes. One of the memorable reminders in the book is about the importance of learning, something my team has been focused on recently as we prepare to unveil...
Topics: General