Tags: Risk Management Basics
December 30, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
How to Go Around or Over the Bumps in the Road
This holiday season has been a hectic one for me. The eve of Thanksgiving Day, I drove a few hours to visit family in West Virginia, and I hit a buck on the highway going 70 MPH. Miraculously my boyfriend...
Topics: General
December 30, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Say What? How Unconscious Bias Affects Our Perceptions
You probably regularly encounter situations where you are convinced that you know exactly what is going on, only to find out that things are the exact opposite of what you thought. When it comes to how we view our environment...
Topics: General
December 29, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
You’ve Got a Friend in Me
“When the road looks rough ahead, and you’re miles and miles from your nice warm bed… you just remember what your old pal said, ‘Boy, you’ve got a friend in me.'” – You’ve Got a Friend In Me, by Randy...
Topics: General
December 29, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
5 Questions to Re-Focus Your Risk Function
A colleague recently sent me a copy of "The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization," a book organized around a short list of simple but provocative and powerful questions. In a series of essays authored...
Topics: General
December 8, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Unmasking the Discipline of Risk Management
Note: This article is excerpted from the Nonprofit Risk Management Center’s book, Ready…or Not: A Risk Management Guide for Nonprofit Executives. The discipline of risk management is incorrectly masked in mystery. Leaders of nonprofit organizations may believe that formulas can be applied...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Power of Salt
I thoroughly enjoy cooking and entertaining. Recently, I have had salt on my mind. Perhaps it is because of a speech I heard that reminded me of growing up and learning to cook. My sister and I prepared meals for...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Enough is Enough: Banish Meeting Madness
We all go to meetings, sometimes even multiple meetings in the same day. A recent Bain & Company study reports that managers spend 15 percent of their time in meetings, and executives spend two full days per week in meetings. And according...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
It Shouldn’t Be So Complicated
I can’t help but smile when a friend or colleague recommends a favorite book. And although I’m not afraid to tackle a book that I know little about, I’m much happier opening the cover of a book that comes with...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Risk Management Resolutions
Although the first month of your New Year is history and no doubt you have already made progress on many of your annual resolutions, we'd like to suggest three really important ones from a risk management standpoint. Unlike a resolution...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Missing Piece
I recently found myself studying several maps of a city known for its circuitous routes and maze of historic cobblestone alleyways. The map provided by the sightseeing tour bus operator was helpful to the extent that the location of stops...
Topics: General