How do you stop a risk from becoming a crisis? Most business leaders know that various risks can segue into a crisis at any time and they want answers. Two main causes create such a change. First, there’s the familiar boiled frog syndrome. What seems a trivial issue quietly builds from […]
Maynard Leigh Associates once employed a marketing manager who was brilliant at concepts. Give him any problem and he’d devise a graphic to describe the issue, with steps showing how to resolve it. This marketing “expert” though, proved hopeless at making anything happen in real life. His feet never seemed […]
“Want a job for life?” asked a key note speaker at a compliance conference a few years ago. “Then get into the privacy business, you’ll never face a jobs crisis.” New EU rules on data privacy start on May 25th next year. Known as the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) […]
“Trust me, I’m your leader.” Once this would have been a sure way to influence stakeholders, such as employees. No longer. According to the Edelman Trust Barometer, the annual trust in leaders of all kinds is at an all time low. 45% of people say lack of trust in leadership […]
The idea that compliance will take a dive in importance due to a changed US administration is laughable, if it were not affecting some normally quite sane people. It is true Donald Trump seems no fan of compliance and has gone on the record as saying the Foreign Corrupt Practices […]
“Do I have direct access to the board?” This is now a much-asked question about the role of the Chief Compliance Officer. Even when the answer to this question is “yes”, another part of it should be: “ Do I have a strong boardroom presence?” How to achieve a strong […]
Guest post from Barbara Brooks Kimmel, CEO & Cofounder Trust across America-Trust around the World Where does trust come from, what does it really mean, and why is it so important in business? As a former CEO once told me, most leaders are too busy dousing day-to-day fires to give […]
Peering into the future is a mugs game. Get it right and nobody will remember your perceptive insights. Get it wrong and it’s probably too late for anyone to care. Still, somebody must try to clear the undergrowth a bit. Some effort needs to be made to see ahead and […]
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