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December 29, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
5 Questions to Re-Focus Your Risk Function
A colleague recently sent me a copy of "The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization," a book organized around a short list of simple but provocative and powerful questions. In a series of essays authored...
Topics: General
December 29, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
A Spoonful of Skepticism Helps the Medicine Go Down
Have you ever attended a board meeting where one of the members seemed to have everything figured out? Or have you ever worked (or lived with!) a 'know-it-all?" One of my favorite expressions relevant to the world of nonprofit governance...
Topics: Organizational Culture
December 27, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Safe Lifting: Why & How (video)
Improper lifting practices result in countless injuries to American workers each year. Watch the video below to learn a few simple steps for safe lifting! The Center team creates custom risk resources for our clients, like this safe lifting video...
Topics: Facility, Program and Transportation Safety, HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 8, 2016
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Avoid Distracted Driving: Don’t Get Teary & Put Down Siri
Whether it is sending a quick text or recalling a very emotional memory or event, distracted driving is incredibly commonplace on roads throughout the United States and abroad. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes three primary varieties...
Topics: Data Privacy, Tech Risk, Cybersecurity, Facility, Program and Transportation Safety
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Right Stuff
The Tom Wolfe book “The Right Stuff” chronicles the lives of a group of navy test pilots as well as the early years of the U.S. Space Program during the late 1940s to mid 1960s. The film version of the book reinforces...
Topics: Fraud and Financial Oversight, Governance
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Power of Ten
Earlier today I received a notice about a school-related function that will be held on 10/10/10, a date the invitation described as “The Powers of Ten Day.” While reading the notice I was reminded that the line-up for Center’s annual...
Topics: Risk Assessment
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Power of Salt
I thoroughly enjoy cooking and entertaining. Recently, I have had salt on my mind. Perhaps it is because of a speech I heard that reminded me of growing up and learning to cook. My sister and I prepared meals for...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Finding Danger in What Lies Beneath
While I agree with the saying, “you can’t judge a book by its cover,” I’ve discovered that books with clever titles* are often great reads. I’ve been reading a fascinating new book this week titled “Slow Death by Rubber Duck:...
Topics: Risk Assessment
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Is Your Door Open?
I enjoy reading about and observing the intersection of human nature and “best practices” in organizational management. This week I had an opportunity to read the October 2011 edition of HR Magazine, the monthly publication of the Society for Human Resource Management,...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Enough is Enough: Banish Meeting Madness
We all go to meetings, sometimes even multiple meetings in the same day. A recent Bain & Company study reports that managers spend 15 percent of their time in meetings, and executives spend two full days per week in meetings. And according...
Topics: General