Tags: Risk Leadership
March 13, 2019
Resource Type: Webinars
Running Successful Risk Workshops
Attend this webinar to learn top tips for an engaging risk workshop, based on 20 years of conducting hundreds of NRMC workshops and trainings. Whether your workshops sessions are dazzling or dragging, we hope this webinar will provide everything you...
Topics: General
February 11, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Dampening Drama: Lessons from a Large Family
I was the oldest of seven siblings, with two military veterans for parents. That’s right, seven kids, just like the Von Trapp family in The Sound of Music. We didn’t march to a whistle or live in a mansion, but...
Topics: General
November 28, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Journalism’s Lessons for Risk Leaders
Like many professions, journalism has its own unique set of values. Made more unique because journalism is the only profession explicitly protected under the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees freedom of the press–though these First Amendment protections are broadly defined, continually...
Topics: General
October 18, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Power of Anecdote: True Stories of Nonprofit Risk from the Front Lines
While attending the Risk Summit, it occurred to me that a powerful benefit of the conference was the opportunity to exchange true stories and tough lessons learned on the frontlines of nonprofit service. After hearing several leaders describe how their...
Topics: General
October 9, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Scorched Middle Earth: Banishing The Department of No
As fans of high fantasy fiction know first-hand, Middle-earth is the fictional setting for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the most widely-read books from English writer J. R. R. Tolkien. According to Wikipedia, “Middle-earth has also become a short-hand to...
Topics: Enterprise Risk Management
September 19, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Talking Cures: Authentic Risk Management
Inspiration for RISK eNews often comes from the work we do answering day-to-day RISK HELP questions from our Affiliate Members. It also comes from the more cerebral work of helping our consulting clients build durable risk management frameworks, resources, and plans. RISK HELP is almost-always...
Topics: General
June 27, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Don’t Be a Buzzkill: Restore Trust in Risk Leaders
Recently, an NRMC Affiliate Member wrote to our team asking how to convince her peers that risk management is in fact a mission driver, rather than a drag. Buy-in for risk management initiatives is sometimes hard to obtain because team members are resistant;...
Topics: General
June 14, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Person of Interest: Soliciting Insights from Staff In-the-Know
“It’s better to be interested than interesting.” – Oprah Winfrey Are you a fan of true crime TV? In a crime drama, “person of interest” refers to an individual who possesses information that is potentially relevant to an investigation. While...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
March 28, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Restructuring Risk Roles
Throughout the sector, more and more nonprofits are formally assigning risk management responsibility to an individual or team focused on risk, usually with risk or related words in their job titles. Many NRMC clients succeed by assigning an existing team to wear...
Topics: General
March 1, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Selfless Leadership: When to Leave Fingerprints
If you’re a fan of crime dramas, you’re well aware that recovering fingerprints—the impressions left by the friction ridges (raised portion of the epidermis) of a human finger—is often an important part of a crime scene investigation. And when the...
Topics: Organizational Culture