Risk Management or Compliance?

Is risk management taking a back seat to compliance? Risk management frameworks are often seen as a lower priority than the specific activities associated with compliance. In a busy commercial environment, it is easy to focus on complying with rules rather than implementing effective risk management. It is also easy to focus on a headline, …

Compliance Risk Management using MI

Management information (MI) to identify compliance related risks and issues within a financial services entity  can be wide-ranging.  Metrics such as KPIs and KRIs serve as risk management tools that can be used as an “early warning” signal, to address an issue before it increases in gravity.  MI can help uncover systemic issues and track …

Enterprise Risk Management – Structure to Your Business Success

Embracing foundational principles of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) will be one of the most powerful things an organization can do to put structure to its success. ERM is a “Risk Based” approach to operating your business that applies logic to overcoming obstacles and taking advantage of opportunities. Its ROI can be significant and its value …

Do Sellers Deserve Anything Less?

For me, it started with a simple question: “Why is it that sales organizations, the very heart of every growth company, are not as well served with technology as their counterparts in Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Manufacturing and Operations?” I spent a lot of time thinking about this last summer when I had some time …