The Difference Between Compliance & Risk Management: What You Need to Know

Lots of people hear the terms compliance and risk management and assume the two terms are the same. While there is overlap between the two, it’s important to know the differences so you can assure your company is using each strategy to its full advantage. Let’s look at what each strategy is, how they differ, …

Risk & Responsibility: Is Your Corporate Board Prepared?

Those of you who know me or have been students of mine know that I constantly rant about the supreme importance of knowing and understanding the client’s business, in order to intelligently comprehend and appreciate the risks the business faces. Well, the same goes for the board of directors. Obtaining an understanding of the company’s …

Getting your GRC into the hands of decision makers

“Risk Culture – the values, beliefs, knowledge, attitudes and understanding about risk shared by a group of people with a common purpose.” Institute of Risk Management To successfully influence risk culture, we need great structural mechanisms or formal arrangements that support strong risk management practices in our systems, policies, procedures, and governance – and – …