Managing your nonprofit for resilience : use lean risk management to improve performance & increase employee engagement / Ted Bilich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bilich, Ted, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations--Management.

Nonprofit organizations.

Risk management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 222 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, [2023]

Summary:

"What if nonprofits could avoid crises and devote more resources to the causes they want to advance? What if instead of being merely reactive, nonprofits could be proactive-confronting issues with radical candor, then taking reasonable steps to address their most important challenges? What if nonprofits could create virtuous cycles of action, leading team members to think like owners and strive for continuous improvement? What if, instead of being fragile (susceptible to reversals) or merely robust (strong, but unyielding), nonprofits could actually become resilient: able to bounce back from challenges and spring forward to create and take advantage of opportunities? I have spent decades exploring these questions. I have trained hundreds of nonprofits and gathered data every step of the way. This book is the result of those efforts"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 You and Your Nonprofit Deserve Risk Management

Read the Book Straight Through

Nonprofits Are Vulnerable

Heeding Experts, Nonprofits Are Beginning to Explore Risk Management

Nonprofit Risk Management Standards Are Tightening Because of Increased Social Distrust

New Technologies Mean New Threats-Especially for Nonprofits

The Hidden Jobs of Nonprofit Leadership Drive Leaders to Distraction

This Book Provides Relief-and a Way Forward

Insight and Exploration

Chapter 2 Learn the Language of Lean Risk Management

Risk Involves Threats and Opportunities

Risk Management Involves Commitment, Process, Information, and Action

Comparisons and Contrasts Help Clarify Risk Management

Three Powerful Tools Drive Risk Management: The Inventory, Register, and Cycle

Now Add Lean to Risk Management

Part I Identify

Chapter 3 Perform a Risk Inventory

You Cannot Figure Out How or Where to Go Until You Know Where You Are Now

A Risk Inventory Is a Simple Orienteering Tool-Here's Your Rule Book

Part II Prioritize

Chapter 4 Prioritize Your Risks

Prioritization Is a Dialectic

Use a Simple Method of Prioritization with Your Team

The Leader's Supplemental Prioritization Rubric Provides Additional Input

Do Not Use Complex Risk Priority Calculations When Starting Out

Chapter 5 Create Your Risk Register

The Risk Register Is the Key Tool of Lean Risk Management

Build Your First Risk Register

FAQs About Your Risk Register

Part III Respond

Chapter 6 Respond to Your Risks

Part IV Assess and Improve

Chapter 7 Develop a Risk Management Cycle.

Review Your Risk Register Regularly

Develop a Cadence for Risk Management Discussions

Use the Risk Register as the Basis for Meetings About Risk Management

Make a Copy of the Risk Register at Least Once a Month

Use "No-Vote" Risks as the Basis for Functional Work Sessions

Add New Risks as They Arise

Reprioritize Existing Risks as Circumstances Change

Hold Champions Accountable

Add Additional Perspectives

Name, Claim, Record, and Celebrate Value

Emphasize WIIFT with Your Team

Develop Support Networks

Chapter 8 Work with Risks at the Board Level

The Board Should Ensure That Staff Is Performing Its Critical Risk Management Work

The Board Should Weigh In on the Most Important Risks Facing the Organization

The Board Should Set the Tone at the Top of the Organization

Chapter 9 Implement Lean Risk Management Incrementally

Dip a Toe in the Water

Take the Plunge

Learn to Swim

Do Your Laps

Conclusion

Appendix 1 50 Reasons Why It Is Hard to Run a Nonprofit

Appendix 2 Questions to Use During Risk Inventories

Operations

Information Technology

Finance

Talent Management

Reputation Management

Sales of Goods and Services

Sales to Donors (Development)

Risk Management

Compliance

Planning and Visioning

Governance

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Questions for External Context

Political/Governmental Forces

Economic Forces

Social Forces

Ecological/Environmental/Sustainability Forces

Appendix 3 Nonprofit Risk Management Policy Templates

Example 1

Example 2

Appendix 4 Fundamental Risk Management Elements (FRaMEs)

Insurance

Appendix 5 A Simple Compliance Checklist

Definition of Nonprofit Compliance

Nonprofit Compliance Checklist.

What Should You Do Now?

Sources and Methodology

Books on Risk and Risk Management

Books on Lean Management

Books on Systems Thinking

Books on Design Thinking

Other Cited Materials

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Part I

Chapter 3

Part II

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Part III

Chapter 6

Part IV

Chapter 8

Appendix 1

Appendix 5

About the Author

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-394-15383-X

1-394-15384-8

OCLC:

1343160724