Tags: Risk Management Basics
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Making My List and Checking It Twice
Humorist Robert Benchley wrote that, “There are two kinds of people in the world: those who divide the world into two kinds of people, and those who don’t.” I’m in the first category. Although I’m intuitively aware of the dangers...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Risk Management Resolutions
Easier than a diet; good for the health of your nonprofit Were you one of thousands of Americans who received a gym membership gift tucked neatly in a card from a loved one? Each year, millions of Americans jot down...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Trying My Patience
“Patience is quiet hope and trust that things will turn out right. You wait without complaining. You are tolerant and accepting of difficulties and mistakes. You picture the end in the beginning and persevere to meet your goals. Patience is...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Truth Be Told
Truthfulness is an important value in the nonprofit sector. We see ourselves as people with integrity and we encourage and expect that our staff, volunteers, clients and other stakeholders will be truth-tellers. We recognize the critical need for truthfulness when...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Trust Me
In “Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action,” Simon Sinek writes that “trusting relationships are invaluable for us to feel safe.” Entity leadership teams who want to fully embrace risk management should begin by getting on...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Let’s Get Entrepreneurial
Are nonprofits “entrepreneurial”? Or is the term only applicable to for-profits? The website Dictionary.com offers the following definition of an entrepreneur: “a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.” Effective nonprofit...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Let’s Get Lost
“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.” – Soren Aabye Kieregaard On Friday night I began reading a book called Crashing Through, by Robert Kurson. The book is about the life of Mike...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Flaw of Unintended Consequences
My travels often involve taxi rides and I find that there is much to learn while traveling from the airport to the center city. Sometimes the lessons are provided through a conversation with a taxi driver, while in other cases...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Popcorn Anyone? Risk in the Movies
This week we read a wonderful article published by the American Bar Association about how trial stories are sometimes inspired by movie plots. It caused us to reminisce about a few personal, “ah-ha” moments while watching films on the big screen. Here...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Playing to Win
As a teenager I was open to just about any job that would enable me to keep the gas tank full in my Fiat 850 Spider convertible. Of course I also needed cash to fund the cost of replacement parts,...
Topics: General