Human Resources

Enterprise Risk Management ...

ERM can also be described as a risk-based approach to managing an enterprise, integrating concepts of strategic planning, operations management, and internal control. We can accept the words, Enterprise risk management processes can help organizations more strategically and thoroughly manage their risk. Nice website for enterprise risk management.

www.ermsummit.com

www.gsmiweb.com

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Nice intro info regarding risk analysis ...

Risk is always present whether big or small a business is. Specially in the credit card provider industry, risk is highly tackled.

-sam
fdis-wolverine.com ...

Stealth Destroyers Are Cancerous and Contagious ...

Stealth destroyers are not only cancerous, but they are highly contagious.

Like a cancer, stealth destroyers are poisonous to the organizational system. In my experience over the past fifteen years with clients, there are only two options. Avoid hiring a passive aggressive stealth destroyer or complete the proper documentation and remove the cancer. I've found it fairly straightforward to detect passive aggressive behavior in behavioral interviews.

Unlike real cancer, which is not contagious, the stealth destroyer is highly contagious for two reasons. First, they can drag others down to their level. Secondly, fellow employees can see clearly what's going on and can't believe that managers are buying their truckload of crap. That can deflate the engagement level of a workforce very quickly.

So, my suggestion is to take aggressive action against the stealth destroyer. Thanks for the thought provoking articles.

But i want my "special" rights!

Thank you, Rebecca, for shedding light on how this lack of federal protection for "domestic partners" affects gay and lesbian couples in the U.S. As we are unable to have our marriages legally recognized by the federal government, we must rely on PRIVATE companies that extend benefits to domestic partners. But, as you point out, there are separate and distinct laws made and applied to two distinct and separate groups of U.S. citizens. This is the very definition of Apartheid, and it should be appalling to all U.S. citizens that we live in such a society. Read a powerful piece by David Mixner, former adviser to the Clinton White House, on this topic: http://www.davidmixner.com/2009/07/separate-but-unequal-means-gay-apartheid.html#more ...

Glad you didn't forget...

I'm glad you didn't forget number 5. You might add there that you need to make sure that your staff, as competent as they may be, may need a little coaxing to let this person come in and play a part in your business.
I once was brought in to help manage an office that had run smoothly, but there were a few men that took great offense to me being there. One actually walked out due to me being a woman and being younger than him.
It made for a tense situation until he was gone, but then everything settled down and we all got to work.