#181 – INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATE RISKS ARE NOT THE SAME – ALEXEI SIDORENKO

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SIDORENKOIn the first of a four-part series, Alex Sidorenko, founder and CEO of Risk-Academy, explains how the key to managing corporate risks is often through dealing with the individual risks of decision-makers first.

If there is one thing I learned in my previous role as head of risk at a multibillion-dollar sovereign investment fund, risk management is not about managing risks. It’s about helping management make strategic, operational and investment decisions while keeping the risks in mind. Continue reading

#181 – HOW TO MAKE AUDIT MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVE – GREG CARROLL

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team-carroll-150x150Effectiveness is the holy grail of Compliance Management.  Whether regulatory or ERM, ensuring business is conducted as intended is the base requirement to optimising your organization’s performance.

Let’s face it, business spends its money where it will deliver the best return, i.e. to shareholders, so the key to increasing the compliance budget is to measure compliance as a factor of performance not as a safety net. Continue reading

#181 – THE ANTIDOTE TO FRACTURED MANAGEMENT THINKING – IAN DALLING

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DallngOrganisations, through their structures and processes, exist to deliver a purpose. They also impact their internal and external stakeholders’ needs, expectations and aspirations positively and negatively. Ideally, they should be delivering equitable win-win outcomes across their stakeholders while making the best use of the available resources which is the principle of integrated managementContinue reading

#181 – FIVE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM YOUR RESUME IN 2017 – ELIZABETH LIONS

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Picture1Everyone I know agonizes over what is on their resume because we all know if it’s not perfect, you may not get a call from a recruiter. This constant process of gathering feedback, from peers and experts alike, can make the job search confusing before you even start. Continue reading

#181 – Moose Lodge Syndrome – Greg Hutchins

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Greg HutchinsSome 20 years ago, I was volunteering with a not-for-profit organization to develop new products and services.

Our team had lots of ideas. We were excited to innovate, change, add value, and do better. You could feel the energy. It was electric.

The challenge: The organization was riding high and making lots of money on its core products. They did not want or did not need to look at anything new. Why fix something that was not broken from its point of view. OK. We got it.  Continue reading