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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Clear the Decks
December 31, 2015 According to www.english-for-students.com, the expression "clear the decks" refers to the preparations made by the crew of a sailing ship, such as removing or fastening down loose objects on deck "that might otherwise get in the way...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Clean-spiration
March 9, 2016 Since last week's snowfall, the weather in our area has steadily improved. We've already had a few picture-perfect days, although spring is still more than a week away. For many people, the arrival of spring means melting...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
An Ounce of Experience is Worth a Pound of Speculation Maybe
During last week’s Risk Management & Finance Summit for Nonprofits in Philadelphia, attendees heard a variety of messages about ways to consider and manage risk they encounter in their nonprofit organizations. Various themes were explored in plenary and workshop formats....
Topics: Fraud and Financial Oversight
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Classification Conundrum
Updated: September 24, 2019 Avoiding Potentially Costly Employee Classification Errors Across the country, many nonprofit leaders struggle with the question of whether or not they have properly classified their staff members as either “exempt” or “non-exempt” workers. The Department of...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Choosing Preparation Over Panic
The subjects of employee benefits and employee “rights,” have been front and center in the news as of late. Another front-page / home-page topic on the domestic news front is the growing federal deficit. School children (and taxpayers!) across the...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
All Dressed Up
Invitations to office parties, family get-togethers and school events seem to fill mail boxes and e-mail inboxes this time of year. Although a growing number of nonprofits are experimenting with events for which one is expected to purchase a ticket...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Adopt a Total Ban on Personal Electronic Device Use While Driving
January 26, 2016 Since we began offering free RISK HELP to our Affiliate Members in 2012, we have answered a wide array of risk questions--some highly unusual. Last week we received this quirky question from two incredibly different member organizations:...
Topics: Facility, Program and Transportation Safety, HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Adapt to Thrive
A new article on the “teenage brain” caught my attention last week while I was killing time in an airport bookstore. The feature article in this month’s National Geographic Magazine explores new research on the evolving brains of our teenage...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Can’t Touch This: How to Bring Your Strategic Plan Back to Life
February 25, 2015 In an article titled “Why Strategy Execution Fails—and What to Do About It,” in the March 2015 edition of the Harvard Business Review, authors Donald Sull, Rebecca Homkes and Charles Sull explore what happens when mission-advancing strategies...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Can You Hear Me Now?!
Last week I had an extraordinary opportunity to train a team of nonprofit leaders on workplace conflict resolution. The members of the team work for an international, multi-cultural nonprofit. Working together over several days we explored the process of re-framing...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices