TOP FIVE STEPS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH EXECUTIVES

January 11, 2018

​NEW YORK (January 11, 2018) —  Communication is the key for risk management professionals to engage leadership, become trusted partners and strategic advisors, according to RIMS’ new professional report “The Top Five Steps for Communicating with Executives.” ​
 
The newly released RIMS report features real accounts offered by risk professionals. Contributors shared challenges, opportunities and successful strategies for delivering effective risk management communications to senior executives.
 
Some of the communications tips offered in the report include:
 
“You can’t give people too much information,” said Suzanne Christensen, treasurer and head of investor relations and risk at Invesco. “There’s brilliance to simplicity.”
 
“Interactions with executives need to be solution-focused and to-the-point,” said Morgan Keane, former the ERM general manager at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
 
“The risk manager needs to challenge himself or herself: What are you bringing to the table? In order to get a seat at the table, you have to earn it,” said an ERM leader at a global CPG company.”
 
The Top Five Steps for Communicating with Executives report is available to RIMS Members only for the first 60-days. After the introductory period, it will become available to the broader risk management community. To download the report, visit RIMS Risk Knowledge library at www.RIMS.org/RiskKnowledge. For more information about the Society and to learn about other RIMS educational opportunities, conferences and resources, visit www.RIMS.org.
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For more information, contact:

Josh Salter, Director of Communications, (212) 655-6059 or JSalter@rims.org

About RIMS

As the preeminent organization dedicated to promoting the profession of risk management, RIMS, the risk management society®, is a global not-for-profit organization representing more than 3,500 industrial, service, nonprofit, charitable and government entities throughout the world. Founded in 1950, RIMS is committed to advancing risk management capabilities for organizational success, bringing networking, professional development and education opportunities to its membership of more than 10,000 risk management professionals who are located in more than 60 countries. For more information on RIMS, visit www.RIMS.org. 

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