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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Brain Freeze
Once again I’m intrigued by and caught up in the latest research and analysis on the human brain. I’ve been re-reading “The New Science of the Teenage Brain,” featured in the October 2011 issue of National Geographic, and I’ve begun...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
2010: An Odyssey of Your Making
Instead of dreaming about sugar-plums, many nonprofit leaders will fall asleep tomorrow evening dreaming about better times for the organizations they serve. Let’s face it, 2009 was a rough year for the vast majority of organizations that provide vital social...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
A Word of Advice
February 11, 2015 Helping our members think through their risk-related challenges is incredibly rewarding. We approach member questions as wonderful opportunities to learn about and understand the pressure points in risk practice in the public, nonprofit, and business sectors. But...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
A Little Respect
As anyone who's ridden in my car, visited my home, or asked me about my taste in music knows, I'm a huge fan of Channel 33 on SiriusXM. My "First Wave" station plays music from the 1980s--from upbeat dance tunes...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
A League of Your Own
Last weekend two close friends who are enthusiastic members of a bowling league persuaded me to join them for an outing to our local bowling alley. Prior to Sunday I perceived bowling to be an individual sport. I’ve watched winning...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
A Complaint is a Rose Waiting to Bloom
Every nonprofit has received a call or member complaint. It doesn’t feel good. It is awful to know that you have let someone who believed in you down but should you chalk it up to a one-time event and let...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
9 Truths about Black Holes and Dark Risks
The March 2014 edition of National Geographic Magazine featured a fascinating article about black holes (“The Truth about Black Holes,” www.ngm.com). The term “black hole” is often used to describe a space where things go, but never escape. I found...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
8 Essential Words
A few days ago I was reminiscing about the dinner table of my childhood with a close friend. Our conversation about language led me to recall a “word of the day” game that I played with my siblings and parents....
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
7 Risk Questions for the Board
“Carpe diem . . . . The saying implores you to seize your pleasure, seize the pleasures of the world while they are still available to you. In this spirit, this effort to live in the moment, not the spiral...
Topics: Governance
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
6 Tips for Making Risk Management Stick
Is your road to a great risk management program paved with only the best of intentions? Even skilled and experienced nonprofit leaders sometimes find their risk management efforts falling victim to internal and external booby traps. Consider the following tips...
Topics: General