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Getting Started

Workplace Democracy

The task of attracting and keeping talented employees is becoming more difficult as it becomes easier to move between companies. Workers are looking for something more meaningful. Focusing on employee participation, or participative management, provides strong motivation to employees. By giving employees more input into decision making, a company becomes more attractive, and an employee sees more opportunities for personal and professional growth. The openness of workplace democracy builds trust and dedication, leading to increased performance.

Organizational Change Management

Change is a given and a requirement for long-term success for any business. Therefore you must constantly be prepared to change your organization, but even more important, that the organization is always accepting of and willing to change. Develop a governance program to enable unceasing organizational change management. Implement key change processes that keep you organization focused on looking forward to new opportunities and continuous improvement.

Change Control Governance

Physical and digital changes are constantly made in business operations. But connected to each change is often a chain of other actions to consider, both before and after the change. Changes to processes, products, or services has serious ramifications to your success and reputation if done incorrectly. Change control is meant to reduce the chances of a key item being missed or not communicated.

Disaster Recovery Plan

Like life insurance, a disaster recovery plan (DRP) is something you hope never to use but it definitely helps if something disastrous happens. A DRP addresses the possible risks to all your key systems, without which your business would have difficulty functioning. Whether a disaster caused by employees, criminal elements, or nature, preparedness is critical to returning your business back to full functionality.

Data Breach Notification

Companies that manage or possess customer or employee personal information are responsible for reporting theft or disclosure of that data. Each state and country has its own requirements for reporting a security breach of personal data. A data breach plan is designed to address the technical and administrative requirements before a data breach occurs so that the focus can stay on breach remediation.

Enterprise IT Governance

Regardless of company size and products provided, information technology (IT) is the backbone that keeps it running. But often an IT function is not aligned with company goals. This results in mistrust, frustration, wasted money, and failed projects. IT enterprise governance focuses on aligning and blending IT requirements to keep the lights on and simultaneously work with the business to grow its value.

Audit Preparation

Every company has areas critical to their success. Any function which keeps the business successful, for example data, processes, or security management, should receive the highest level of scrutiny. To satisfy both internal and external demands, these success factors should be periodically audited and reviewed. This means implementing a simple but effective audit program.

Software License Management

Every company has software to support operations or systems. A software license is the legal right to use this software according to the vendor's terms and conditions. Not adhering to a license agreement has compliance and monetary ramifications. A software license management or governance plan greatly reduces the chance of an expensive compliance issue and helps save money by purchasing and using only licenses that are necessary.

Internal Investigations

Internal investigations may be required for many reasons, including expected fraud, safety violations, non-compliance to internal policies, cyber crime, environmental complaints, vendor misrepresentation, harassment, and employee privacy violations. An internal investigation protocol provides a structured approach that ensures any evaluation of what may have gone wrong is carried out properly. Internal investigations are often associated with a serious legal issue. Knowing how to adequately prepare for, execute, followup, and close an investigation has a huge impact on legal liabilities.

Compliance and Governance Management

Compliance and governance officers, managers, and regulatory program managers coordinate across a company to ensure process controls align with policies and procedures, which help to ensure your company meets internal and external laws, regulations, and licensing requirements. But long-term success for your compliance function means an ongoing assessment of its personnel and activities.