CHAPTER FIFTEENRISK AWARE: FORTIFYING YOUR MISSION WITH A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO RISK MANAGEMENT
Melanie Lockwood Herman
The discipline of risk management too often inspires fear, dread, and frustration among nonprofit leaders. This is unfortunate! Some of the reasons for that reaction to risk is because many leaders believe that:
- The more informed they are about the risks facing their organization the greater the likelihood that identified risks will materialize.
- Risk management equals wordy policies, convoluted forms, tedious training, and pushback to bold, new programs.
- Purchasing insurance protects a nonprofit from most risks making anything else unnecessary.
- The greatest risks facing the organization stem from bad actors out in the world ...
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