Tags: Risk Leadership
August 7, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
It’s OK to Laugh About Risk Management. Really.
While prepping for an upcoming speaking engagement, my point of contact warned me: “Don’t be surprised if members of the audience share humorous anecdotes and comments when you invite their participation.” This news was a great relief! Before walking up...
Topics: General
June 26, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Eliminate Excess to Nourish Your Risk Management Function
In his book, From Strength to Strength, Arthur Brooks writes that “As we grow older in the West, we generally think we should have a lot to show for our lives—a lot of trophies. According to more Eastern thinking, this is...
Topics: Enterprise Risk Management
June 19, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Keep Calm and Carry on Embracing Possibilities
“Possibilities are always more interesting than facts. We shouldn’t frown on fact, but our world is congested with them. But for every fact that becomes a fact, there are seven, eight, maybe five hundred possibilities hanging around in the background...
Topics: General
June 12, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Fortify Your Pillars of Resilience
In his chapter on “Resilient, Net Positive Leadership” featured in the book Certain Uncertainty, Andrew Winston questions the wisdom of an economy that “values efficiency above all.” Winston explains that while obsessive efficiency “certainly keeps costs down… it’s completely unfit for...
Topics: General
June 5, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Tension Crushing the Soul of Risk Management
The risk professionals with whom I have the pleasure of working are bright stars in the nonprofit universe. Without exception, the dedicated risk champions we meet—in consulting engagements, at the Risk Summit, and in our Affiliate Member orbit—seek to contribute to...
Topics: General
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
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
September 27, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
6 Signs You Might Need to Hire a Full-Time Risk Manager
Wondering if your organization needs to hire someone to handle risk management full-time? Every nonprofit, and every risk management journey, is different. We can’t offer you a magic formula that will tell you whether you need to hire a risk...
Topics: General
June 6, 2023
Resource Type: Articles
How to Have Better Meetings
We’ve all attended unproductive or pointless meetings. Why am I here? When will this end? Why am I feeling frustrated and confused? But done well, meetings can bring emerging issues to the forefront, catalyze exciting ideas, build consensus, and form...
Topics: General
September 14, 2022
Resource Type: Webinars
How to Become the Resilient Leader Your Mission Requires
Risk management leaders require personal resilience and a strong sense of balance, helping their organizations avoid harm while enabling growth after disruptive experiences. Watch this webinar to learn what constitutes resilient leadership as a risk professional or individual contributor to...
Topics: General