Tags: Risk Management Basics
March 13, 2019
Resource Type: Articles
Risking It All to Save the World: An Analysis of Risk Management Practice and Risk Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
The risk management discipline continues to evolve and gain traction across the nonprofit sector, with organizational leaders recognizing risk management as a mechanism for loss prevention, quality improvement, informed decision-making, and mission advancement. Using results of two recent surveys conducted...
Topics: General
February 28, 2019
Resource Type: Articles
Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change
Elastic, by Leonard Mlodinow, is available from Amazon and other booksellers. The NRMC team is pleased to feature this book review from Felix Kloman, a former member of our board and long-time student of the discipline of risk management. A graduate...
Topics: General
February 25, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Get Fresh: How to Solve Wicked Problems by Scrapping Sameness
“Problems cannot be solved by thinking within the framework in which they were created.” – Albert Einstein This week I’ve been reading Sticky Wisdom: How to Start a Creative Revolution at Work. The first chapter of the book explores what the...
Topics: General
February 19, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Clearing the Air: How to Find Powerful Lessons After a Loss or Near Miss
The hindsight bias, also known as the “I-knew-it-all-along” effect, is the tendency to believe that past events were predictable. In the risk realm, an important part of a risk leader’s responsibility is reflecting on mistakes, losses, near misses and situations...
Topics: General
February 5, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Got Growth? Managing Risk When Your Nonprofit is on the Rise
For several years our NRMC team has had the opportunity to work with a number of nonprofits that have grown rapidly from a small capable corps of nimble and idealistic pioneers to strong, sustainable organizations with functions, departments, and even signs...
Topics: General
January 16, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
What Kind of Risk Champion Are You?
This week we’ve been discussing the traits and tendencies of the risk leaders we encounter at NRMC. We see positives across a wide spectrum of approaches and philosophies and get especially excited when leaders tell us they are forging new...
Topics: General
January 2, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Resolve to be Resolute
Eat healthy, exercise more, save money-sound resolutions, all. How many of us will still be at it after January? Surveys suggest that somewhere on the order of 80 percent of resolutions fail. This may explain why 30–day challenges have become popular, and...
Topics: General
December 25, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Happy Boxing Day!
In the spirit of Boxing Day, the holiday celebrated in nations of the British Commonwealth and in the American Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this edition of the RISK eNews contains a “boxed set” of resources. Reflection Questions for 2018 During multiple consulting engagements...
Topics: General
November 5, 2018
Resource Type: Infographics
4 Favorite Reads for Risk Champions
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Topics: General
November 1, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Accidental Risk Champion: Accidentally On Purpose
(Pictured, from left to right: Philip Briggs, Kevin Duke, Julie Reyburn, Heather Chadwick, Amanda Rudy and Ma'Rion Horhn.) Last weekend the Fall 2018 cohort of NRMC's Risk Leadership Certificate Program journeyed to our headquarters in Leesburg, VA for the second...
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