More research that suggests our appearance is a key factor in our ability to influence others – this one is specific to women – blondes vs brunettes in fact. My December newsletter was on Risk Leadership and how to be heard at the top. In it I did not mention the importance of your appearance,
Last week I ran a training course on Liabilities, Indemnities, Warranties and Insurance. The most important lesson I learned (I always like to learn when training!) is the incredible breadth of expertise required to cover this topic. I had senior legal counsels, senior insurance buyers and senior risk managers on the course as well as
The Marsh Business Breakfast Briefing at the RMIA National Conference brought together some big names in the business for a panel discussion hosted by Scott Leney from Marsh. The panellists were Eamonn Cunningham from Westfield, Matthew Frost from BHP Billiton, Chris Townsend from Chartis and Mike Mitchell from Swiss Re. One of the topics raised
Last week I attended RMIA 2010 at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre in Sydney. I am particularly biased about how great it was as I was on the organising committee, however, I have been going to these conferences for many years and the quality of the content was definitely the best from my perspective. So
What are the take outs re risk management from an interview with David Thodey, CEO of Telstra? Two of his greatest challenges are: 1. Knowing what he needs to know is happening at Telstra and 2. Getting staff comfortable with risk taking. I attended a UNSW Australian School of Business “Meet the CEO” evening last