Tags: Risk Management Basics
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Salty and Sweet
Recently I’ve noticed an interesting trend in restaurant desserts: the addition of salt as a prominent ingredient. Experienced home cooks know that a small amount of salt is typically present in even the sweetest desserts. But the trend of featuring...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Conquer Your Fear with Familiarity
I’ve often remarked that, in the absence of fear, few nonprofit leaders would look to the Nonprofit Risk Management Center for advice and assistance. Fear motivates leaders to attend risk management workshops, purchase online tools, and read the books and...
Topics: Risk Assessment
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Confessions of a Risk-Taker
As an employee of the go-to organization for advice on any and everything risky, I realized that some people probably assume I’m a professional worrywart. You probably wouldn’t be surprised if I told you I constantly fret over danger, like...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Beneath the Halo
Author Duncan Watts’ discussion of “The Halo Effect” in his book, Everything is Obvious Once You Know the Answer led me to reflect on the halos that hover above nonprofit organizations. The Halo Effect is in essence a form of...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Be Thankful… By Getting Ready
Countless Americans will take time this week to pause and give “thanks”—for healthy families, for regular employment, and for a beautiful meal prepared with skill and love. During these reflective moments many of us will think about the nonprofit sector...
Topics: Governance, Insurance and Risk Financing
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Your Staff Has a Thousand Eyes
Only the very largest nonprofits in the U.S. — about one in a thousand — have a person on staff with a job title like “risk manager” or “insurance manager.” Instead, the most direct responsibility for preventing or financing recovery...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Your Special Skills in Managing Risk
Sifting for Truth This column focuses on how executive directors and other senior managers of community-serving nonprofits can use the special knowledge and skills they apply in advancing their nonprofit’s mission to manage their organizations’ strategic risk management. Everyone, to...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Banish Overconfidence to Unleash Originality
April 20, 2016 I recently purchased tickets to attend one of the stops on Garrison Keillor's farewell Prairie Home Companion tour. Although I've heard it countless times during his weekly radio broadcast and it's a bit corny, I'm looking forward...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
How to Bring the Power of Intuition to the Discipline of Risk Management
In her thought-provoking book, Artistry Unleashed, Hilary Austen lays out a framework for tapping surprise, uncertainty, ambiguity and change to improve personal performance. To a traditionalist, risk management theory and practice seem to be at war with Austen’s invitation to embrace...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Safety in Numbers
As a child I saw the “upside” and “downside” in the number three. Being one of three children increased my odds of finding a sibling compatriot for innocent fun or mischief. If one sister was unavailable, the other could likely...
Topics: General