Links below include a series of my articles the publishers allow me to share on topics including: board of directors, CEO effectiveness, C-Suite effectiveness, strategy, enterprise risk management, governance, increasing profitability and change.

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This Corporate Compliance Insights (CCI) 12 Specific Actionable Steps to Add ERM Value identifies 12 specific steps grouped into four categories corresponding to a self-evaluating scale from 1 to 10 on your current effectiveness. http://corporatecomplianceinsights.com/12-steps-make-erm-team-sport/

Corporate Compliance Insights allowed me to share this eBook Getting Governance Right: a Handbook for Today’s CEOs and the Board of Directors. My article on “Boardroom Black Holes and Taboos” discusses 20 topics fellow board of directors and CEOs felt should be addressed in more detail so you find your million $ blind spot before it finds you. http://www.fiscaldoctor.com/corporate-compliance-insights-getting-governance-right/

Series of articles this publisher allows me to share, if you give the publisher your email:

The Lack Of Strategic Information Can Leave Money On The Table suggests how the CEO, C- Suite and Board can work together to avoid boardroom mistakes by creating and following a more effective boardroom agenda. http://riskandcompliancemagazine.com/the-lack-of-strategic-information-can-leave-money-on-the-table

Why isn’t ERM more of a team sport at your organization? describes how effectively the former sheriffs who used to provide honest feedback about pros and cons of issue and potential risks have “left town” without telling you. Better understand how and why this occurs to reduce unfortunate surprises, which always seem to occur at the worst time. Http://riskandcompliancemagazine.com/why-isnt-erm-more-of-a-team-sport-at-your-organisation

What Is Your Million Dollar Blind Spot Score? describes and illustrates a series of blind spots or blockages you can now identify and solve, in time. Learn where you score well and where is retake might be beneficial. http://riskandcompliancemagazine.com/what-is-your-million-dollar-blind-spot-score

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A series of additional complimentary articles are available at:

Directors & Board article What is Your Embarrassment Quiz briefly discusses 7 key issues for a snapshot strategic summary of the fiscal health of your organization. Quickly see strengths and weaknesses. http://tinyurl.com/76n3ute 

NACD article Get the Board Data You Need on Time discusses how well your company performs on sending out complete board of director packages in time, and how to improve the process.   http://tinyurl.com/boardpackage

This eBook extract Five Area Where Risk Can Lurk explains 5 of the biggest problems in growing your business in sufficient detail to see which of these areas exists in your company to gain time to resolve the blind spot before it finds you. http://tinyurl.com/ykt7wzx

The CEO Magazine (AU) Answers to the Top 10 Enterprise Management Questions presents a beer budget version of value based enterprise risk management (ERM) to serve either as a starting point or a sanity check of your ERM program.     http://tinyurl.com/10ERM

Australia’s Best Building, Construction and Mining article How to Prevent Your Company From Becoming Another BP exposes 7 areas you should look into to prevent a crisis at your business.   http://tinyurl.com/qz5puny

The CEO Magazine (AU) article Key Questions for Your Strategic Plan’s Bottom Line explains how most strategic plans are blue sky and are detached from bottom-line performance. Put your fiscal vision to work using this four session process.   http://tinyurl.com/d4allk6

Bean Media article Which Management Group Are You In? identifies the qualities CEOs are looking for in top managers and the measures you can take to get noticed.  http://tinyurl.com/cemtsh5

Australia’s Best Building and Construction article Take Control and Get Real presents a roadmap to help executives think of the fundamentals of their business. Wherever you are in the business cycle, flexibility and the ability to change on a dime are crucial. http://tinyurl.com/prcddqc

Conference Board of Canada webinar endorsement 1 minute video link. Please click here https://conferenceboard.wistia.com/medias/2tdkv7iwvi

Guidestar article How Many 800-Pound Issues Is Your Board Finessing? discusses 20 topics fellow board of directors and CEOs of non-profits felt should be addressed in more detail so you find your million $ blindspot before it finds you. http://www.guidestar.org/rxa/news/articles/2015/how-many-800-pound-issues-is-your-board-finessing.aspx?   Or     http://tinyurl.com/l2rf7we

Boardsource blog     http://exceptionalboards.com/2015/08/18/boardroom-taboos/ 

Please call to discuss any of the above.

Gary W. Patterson     www.FiscalDoctor.com

gary@FiscalDoctor.com      678-319-4739

Helping leaders when your organization sometimes feels like it is a best kept secret, coasting on past success, or just stuck, so you have nagging underperforming feelings?