Reputation risk is now in its fifth straight year of topping the charts, according to one survey

Reputation risk is now in its fifth straight year of topping the charts, according to one survey. via How to Use Captive Insurance to Manage Reputation Risk. This is what one quote from the article said: “Experience shows that many operational risks arising from potential catastrophic events – including major environmental incidents, global supply chain […]

I am in Durban facilitating two Health & Safety Representative workshops designed to ensure that Representatives can be worthy functioning members of their Health & Safety Committees.

Date: January 9, 2015—January 9, 2015
Time: 09:00am - 16:00pm
Event: OHSA Representative Training for AEGIS and Multichoice in Durban
Topic: OHSA Representative Training

Ethics and Compliance Programs: Questions Boards May Want to Ask to Prevent Reputation Risk

One of the 3 factors often implicated in Reputation Risk is lack of ethical behavior and compliance failure. An organization’s ethical culture and compliance program is therefore very critical to preventing Reputation Risk. Effective ethics and compliance within an organization require senior management involvement, organization-wide commitment, an effective communications strategy and an ongoing monitoring system. […]

How to Improve your Organization’s Reputation Risk Grading

A recent Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) / Forbes Insights survey of more than 300 executives across the globe reveals the paramount importance of managing reputation risk for a company’s long term success. In the “2014 Global Survey on Reputation Risk – Reputation@Risk,” a majority of companies, though confident their reputations were strong overall, expressed […]

10 Lessons from the Nano Seconds Crisis Response workshop

Recently I hosted and facilitated a Nano-seconds Crisis Response workshop in Johannesburg. For those who could not make it, here are 10 lessons that we discussed and dissected. Lesson 1: Planning for Real-time Response is vital. In an era where information flows 24/7 real-time response is crucial. A Paramedic arrives on a scene, checks out […]

I will facilitate a Health & Safety workshop for OHASA Representatives at CTrack (Digicore) on the 8th October. This workshop equips Health & Safety representatives to be effective and functioning members of their company’s OHASA committee.

I am also an experienced Health & Safety consultant and have facilitated Health & Safety training for more than 18 years on behalf of Scott-Safe, an ISO 14000 OHSA Compliance company as a side interest and passion of mine. 20 years ago I trained with the Mining Engineers that orchestrated the well publicized underground mining accident rescue in Chile.

Couple that with 6 years as a Medical Instructor in the Armed Forces in the early part of my career and the rest of my consulting work the past 18 years – Strategic PR/Crisis/ Reputation Risk and I believe I have a grasp of things from another angle in any crisis.

 

 

 

Date: October 8, 2014—January 1, 1970
Time: 09.00 am
Event: Health & Safety Training for Representatives for CTrack (Digicore)
Topic: Health & Safety for Representatives
Sponsor: Scott-Safe
Venue: Ctrack Training Centre
Location: 5 Regency Drive, Route 21 Corporate Park, Irene
Pretoria
South Africa
Public: Private

I am excited about being a presenter at the MTN Corporate Affairs Forum, Fairway Hotel on the 9th October. I will be speaking about “How to be an Effective Corporate Affairs Executive”; an event that will be attended by all the MTN Corporate Affairs Executives from across the Globe.

Date: October 9, 2014
Event: MTN Corporate Affairs Forum
Topic: How to be an Effective Corporate Affairs Executive
Sponsor: MTN
Venue: The Fairway Hotel
Location: Golf and Spa Resort. Setperk Street, Randpark (Randpark Golf Club), Randburg
Randburg, Johannesburg
South Africa
Public: Private