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May 20, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Best Boards Stay in Their Lane. Here’s How.
“Hello, I’m the CEO of a nonprofit. My board has a hard time staying in its ‘lane’ and frequently veers into mine. That’s risky. Any tips?” “Hi, I’m a member of a nonprofit board. Our CEO is often defensive when...
Topics: Governance
May 15, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Generational Risk: How to Know Someone Older (or Younger) Than You
Have you ever been on the receiving end of a colleague’s frustration about a co-worker? When you’re at your wit’s end, expressing exasperation to another human doesn’t make you better, but it may make you feel better. I’ve noticed that...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices, Organizational Culture
May 8, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Into the Deep: Your Six-Week Risk Challenge (It’s Not About Carbs)
Collecting data (what keeps you up at night?), sorting data (let’s sort these risks by likelihood and impact scores), and promising protection (here’s a list of all the things we’re doing to mitigate our risks) are famously familiar tasks in...
Topics: General
March 25, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
A Step-by-Step Guide to Change Management
Many organizational change efforts will fail—up to 70 percent of them, depending on which experts you ask. What makes the difference? What factors make a change take hold, and what can make a change fall flat? I’ve led my share...
Topics: General
March 25, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Build a Communications Plan to Support Change
Across NRMC’s client portfolio, employees tell us they’re overwhelmed by time-sensitive requests from all parts of their organizations, on many different platforms. This sense of overwhelm holds true for people who work at three-person nonprofits and those with thousands of...
Topics: General
March 25, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
What Your Nonprofit Needs to Know about Change
Years ago, when I was a reporter for a business journal, the editing team met behind closed doors each week to select stories for Page 1. Then our editor decided to make a change. She told us the team would...
Topics: General
March 20, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Today’s Young People Are Incredible. Tell Them So.
“What we know from the research is that being known and understood is one of the most tender and transformative experiences we can have, and that magic connection of relationship ends up helping both the kid and the grown-up at...
March 6, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Think of It This Way, That Way, or Another Way
One of my favorite sleep apps encourages insomniac users to say the mantra “Don’t Think” over and over while listening to a distracting noise pattern. I’ve learned that green is my favorite distracting “noise” and “don’t think” is a helpful...
Topics: General
February 28, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Choose Better Words to Fight Resistance to Risk
When I was young, my parents encouraged us to make wise language choices. Cursing was verboten in our household and a stern look followed any use of crass terms, even common ones. Recently I’ve spoken to several risk leaders who...
Topics: General
February 6, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
You’re Not Alone: How to Meet Your Fellow ‘Risk People’
Being a nonprofit risk professional can be a lonely job. Maybe you manage a team, but the risk department doesn’t seem fully integrated into operations at your nonprofit. Maybe you’re a “department of one.” Or maybe risk management isn’t even...
Topics: General