10 Ways to Supercharge Your Network in 1 Minute

10 Ways to Supercharge Your Network in 1 Minute

I’ve been thinking a lot about the relationships in our industry and how we foster them for the long term.

But who has time for hours of networking?

We know that relationships are critical but taking the time to foster them can be hard. The answer is found in little activities that create big feelings of connection.

So, here are 10 ways that take less than a minute to supercharge your network and relationships.

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14 Ideas to Spice Up Compliance and Ethics Week

14 Ideas to Spice Up Compliance and Ethics Week

Are you ready for Compliance and Ethics Week?

This year Compliance and Ethics Week is scheduled for November 7 – 13 2021.

For the second year running, many activities will need to be done virtually. That creates tremendous challenges. After all, it’s difficult to do “cupcakes with compliance” if no one is in the office to share them.

Here are 14 ideas, all of which can be done virtually - enjoy!

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New Best Practice Alert! Board Code of Conduct

New Best Practice Alert! Board Code of Conduct

Just when you think you’ve got all the best practices in place, another comes raging to the forefront. And that’s exactly what’s happening today with Codes of Conduct.

It used to be that board members would be asked to attest to the company’s Code of Conduct. That seems fine at first until you think about all the sections of the Code that simply do not apply because a board member isn’t an employee.

For instance, does the section on resale price maintenance really apply? How about the requirement to begin a privacy impact assessment before starting new uses of data? Hence the reason for a board-specific Code.

Sound hard to create? It’s not. Read more for the step-by-step process.

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