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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Remember This
“…who we are and what we do is fundamentally a function of what we remember.” — Joshua Foer It took a few pages (“locations” for Kindle readers) before I was fully committed to the book I’m reading this week, “Moonwalking with...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Inspired at the Front Line
Front line leaders are key players in the delivery of programs and services in a nonprofit organization. With daily client contact, employees working in branch offices, chapters, local affiliates, community-based service sites or field offices work hard to bring the...
Topics: Governance
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Shift Happens
I’ve been engrossed in the pages of a new book this week: Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty: Creating the Risk Intelligent Enterprise by Frederick Funston and Stephen Wagner. The pages of this text offer a refreshing approach to integrating the principles of...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Inspired by Risk
The staff members at the Nonprofit Risk Management Center find inspiration from many sources. We are moved by the ambitious missions of our consulting clients. We admire the unwavering dedication of our volunteer board. We marvel at the steadfast commitment...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Short, Sweet and Shallow
The sense of frustration that overcomes me when I cannot remember something that seems vital in the moment has become a recurring, increasingly unpleasant phenomenon. Like many of my generation I instinctively blame the inability to recall information on my aging brain....
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Leadership is Hard
This week I’ve been reading “The Hard Thing About Hard Things,” by Ben Horowitz, the former CEO of Opsware, whose company was acquired by HP for $1.6 Billion in 2007. What practical advice might a Silicon Valley tech executive turned...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Great Communication Mitigates Risk
Last week we welcomed a new staff member to the Center, Arley Turner. At the Center, communication skills top the list of what it takes to get hired and succeed. So for this week’s RISK eNews, we decided to try something...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Leadership Lessons from the First Century, BC
On Christmas Eve I had the opportunity to watch Jon Meacham interview Pulitzer Prize winning author Stacy Schiff on the PBS program Need to Know. The less than ten minute interview peaked my interest and I took a short break from...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Don’t Drink the Water: How to Avoid Risk-Taking Side Effects
Imagine crystal clear waves washing up on white sand beaches, lively steel pan music floating through humid air, and sweet rum punch flowing freely into your glass. Several years ago I enjoyed all three delights during a heavenly vacation in...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Governance Matters
Strengthening the governance practices at your organization requires more than a checklist or handbook touting “do’s” and “don’ts.” Leaders who want to inspire good governance must take the time necessary to look beneath the surface of often complex governance issues...
Topics: Governance