We often think of the balance sheet as a precise, quantitative snapshot of a company’s financial position. Cash, receivables, liabilities—clear, measurable, and defined. But one line item has always stood apart: goodwill. Traditionally, goodwill is described as an intangible asset—something that arises during an acquisition when the purchase price exceeds the fair value of identifiable …
Category archives: Leadership for Risk Managers
You Manage a Process. You Lead People.
In some was, in a complicated world, sometimes it’s good to get back to basics. Somewhere along the way, a lot of us in compliance and risk started using the word “manager” for everything. We manage risk. We manage compliance. We manage the file, the audit, the relationship. And because the word gets used so …
Making compliance easy
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about friction — and how much it shapes whether things actually get done. I recently replaced my road bike with a gravel bike, mostly to scratch the itch of getting back out on the roads and trails. But getting out the door still takes effort: checking tire pressure, finding …
Psychological Safety in Compliance and Risk Leadership
The workplace feels different today. Whether it is “forced” return-to-office mandates, restructuring, increasing regulatory pressure, economic uncertainty, or evolving expectations around work-life balance, organizations are navigating an environment filled with tension and change. For Compliance and Risk leaders, this creates a unique challenge. Our role often requires difficult conversations, uncomfortable decisions, escalation of issues, and …
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Change is inevitable, How about Risk Management?
Change is inevitable has been the corporate mantra for years, and is often framed as a strategy exercise, a technology upgrade, or an operational improvement initiative. But for risk managers, change represents something deeper which is uncertainty introduced into systems, people, culture, and decision-making processes. In my view, now more that ever with the advances …
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