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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Learning from Loss: Risk Management Wisdom May Be Close at Hand
I have had the opportunity to participate in many programs that showcase “great ideas” emanating from success. In one instance, I served on the selection committee for an awards program that recognizes excellent management techniques. Representatives of the “finalists” for...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Legal Advice
When and Why You Need It From time to time, every nonprofit needs legal advice. Whether administered as a vaccine—to ward off or prevent violations of law or other missteps by the nonprofit—or as an antidote—to help the nonprofit survive...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Employee Handbooks: Risk Management Road Maps
Creating written workplace policies and procedures that are legally up-to-date and easy to follow is as important as having adequate insurance. Policies that are clearly communicated to staff and consistently applied serve to safeguard against improvised solutions that can result...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Weather Outside is Frightful
And shivering at work is not delightful. Here in Leesburg, VA, we are experiencing bone-deep cold weather and shocking gusts of wind. Though weather is part of our unpredictable, uncontrollable context, we can resolve to be better prepared for cold...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices, Insurance and Risk Financing
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Risk Management Process
Measures to address risk should be practical and within the reach of the organization. Every nonprofit, from the largest to the smallest, can and should take time to look into the future and predict both downside and upside risks. In...
Topics: Risk Assessment
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Less Worry, More Happy
While visiting family this week the subject of Bobby McFerrin’s song, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” came up in a conversation about traffic on Cape Cod during the high season for visitors. “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” was released in 1988 and became the first a cappella song...
Topics: Risk Assessment
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Don’t Be Superstitious about Risk
I’m a compulsive calendar checker. I no longer have a black, spiral bound desk calendar, but I consult my electronic calendar at least a dozen times throughout the workday. With the Ides of March approaching, I was reminded of the role that...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Risk Management Culture and Your Volunteers
We’ve been obsessed with “culture” in recent weeks. At a conference I attended in Toronto in mid-August Nancy Axelrod, governance guru and founding President of the Nonprofit Risk Management Center told an audience of nonprofit CEOs that “culture trumps strategy.”...
Topics: Organizational Culture
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Stop and Think About Inherent Dangers
Some dangers are so familiar that we don’t give them the attention they are due: distracted driving, crossing a busy street, navigating an escalator, or using a ladder. The potential danger of everyday events popped into my head on Monday...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Embracing the Unknown
This week I’ve been reading a wonderful book titled Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life, by Karen Armstrong. I ordered a copy for purely personal reasons, but found inside this inspiring new book several wonderful connections to sound risk management practice....
Topics: General