ESG – Environmental, Social, Governance – received a lot of attention in 2021. Organizations across industries and around the world have had to respond to investor, stakeholder, regulator, customer, employee, and activist demands to address ESG. The pressure is on, organizations are being held accountable and it is now time for the organization to build……

Creating a defensible compliance process is not only good for risk management. It provides organisations with mitigation should unforeseen breaches occur. The Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer (CECO) role is about being the Chief Integrity Officer of the organisation. With the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) accountability handed to corporate compliance and ethics teams, this……

2021 was a year of resiliency as we ride the waves of the pandemic with a focus on ingrity as the world turns to a focus on ESG within organizations. 2022 will continue these themes of resiliency and integrity but will bring in agility. How can organizations not only be resilient but also agile while……

Here are some thoughts on how to mature a policy management strategy from the recent GRC 20/20 research report, Strategy Perspective: Policy Management Maturity Model. Mature policy management is a seamless part of governance and operations. It requires a top-down view of policies starting with the code of conduct and filtering down into division, department,……

Already today I have had three inquiries from organizations discussing their policy management strategy and the appropriate solutions to address their enterprise policy management and training needs for a holistic approach to policy management. Here are some thoughts on how to build a policy management strategy from the recent GRC 20/20 research report, Strategy Perspective:……

In business, change is inevitable. The compliance landscape is also constantly evolving. Agile compliance ensures businesses move with these changes. Business today is dynamic. It is changing minute-by-minute and second-by-second. Employees, processes, technology, transactions, interactions, even business relationships are in a continuous state of movement. At the same time, the regulatory and risk environment is……

Dynamic, Disrupted & Distributed Business Requires Policies Gone are the years of simplicity in business operations. Exponential growth and change in risks, regulations, globalization, distributed operations, competitive velocity, employees, partners, technology, and business data encumbers organizations of all sizes. Keeping business strategy, performance, uncertainty, complexity, and change in sync is a significant challenge for boards……

I have been a remote and hybrid worker for twenty-five years. It is has been and remains my professional life. I work out of my home office (though I do have a rental office space I can use for when I need seclusion). It takes a lot of foresight to manage the risks as I……

Why Every Organization Should be Focusing on ESG I recently wrote an article for Aravo’s new publication, Risk & Resilience. Their inaugural issue focused around the important topic of ESG, and is jampacked with great thought leadership content from a variety of experts and perspectives. I invite you to read the article I included below, but……