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Risk Management for Human Resources

HR can play a role in creating and reinforcing a corporate culture that reflects a proactive stance toward risk and risk management by including a risk management perspective in all HR activities: recruitment, onboarding, performance management and the rewards systems. HR can also include the risk management aspects in the leadership development programs and in the leadership pipeline.In today’s constantly changing world, integrating a risk management perspective into the culture will make it easier to implement change programs by reducing uncertainty, increasing organizational resilience and, ultimately, organizational success.This program will follow the risk management process described by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which sees risk management as a strategic and enterprise challenge. Like strategic planning and management, risk management is cyclical and must constantly be reassessed, evaluated against changing conditions and improved.Areas Covered At the end of this webinar, you will learn: The context of risk both internally and externally. Understanding the external environment, define risk appetites and setting risk goals.How to identify and analyze risks as the first phase of risk management. The types of risks an organization must manage and the tools it can use to identify these risks, analyze them to understand their significance and potential impact and prioritize.To examine the tactical levels of risk management and the various approaches to managing both the upside and the downside of risk.How to evaluate and audit risk management policies and processes as well as report on their implementation and assessing the effectiveness of the organization’s governance structure.Who Should AttendVice Presidents, Directors, and Managers of Human ResourcesEmployment ManagersEmployee Relations ProfessionalsChief Talent OfficersHR Coordinators/SupervisorsRisk Managers and ProfessionalsHR AdministratorsHR AnalystsAuditorsWhy Should You AttendIt is critical for today’s HR professionals to understand and appreciate all of the dimensions of their organizations and the impact these dimensions can and will have on their HR practices. One of the competencies that HR must display is HR Expertise, which allows HR professionals to apply their knowledge to solve organizational problems. In today’s constantly changing world, the concept of risk management becomes, then, an important addition to HR knowledge.Topic Background Over the past few decades, HR leaders have begun to recognize the effect of risk on their organization's strategic success and, even, its survival. The ability to identify risks, especially emerging risks, is a critical competency of HR leaders, especially when linking it to HR’s mission of supporting better senior management decisions and more effective decision making.At the same time, organizations are most effective at dealing with regulatory compliance and less effective at dealing with the strategic aspects of risk and, most importantly, connecting risk management to strategic success.To be effective, risk management must have a broader approach, to include strategic planning risks and the risks created by daily operations. A constant in today’s corporate culture is change. With change comes an increase in risk. It is imperative that today’s HR professionals have an awareness and understanding of these risks.


HR can play a role in creating and reinforcing a corporate culture that reflects a proactive stance toward risk and risk management by including a risk management perspective in all HR activities: recruitment, onboarding, performance management and the rewards systems. HR can also include the risk management aspects in the leadership development programs and in the leadership pipeline.

In today’s constantly changing world, integrating a risk management perspective into the culture will make it easier to implement change programs by reducing uncertainty, increasing organizational resilience and, ultimately, organizational success.

This program will follow the risk management process described by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which sees risk management as a strategic and enterprise challenge. Like strategic planning and management, risk management is cyclical and must constantly be reassessed, evaluated against changing conditions and improved.

Areas Covered

At the end of this webinar, you will learn:

  • The context of risk both internally and externally. Understanding the external environment, define risk appetites and setting risk goals.
  • How to identify and analyze risks as the first phase of risk management. The types of risks an organization must manage and the tools it can use to identify these risks, analyze them to understand their significance and potential impact and prioritize.
  • To examine the tactical levels of risk management and the various approaches to managing both the upside and the downside of risk.
  • How to evaluate and audit risk management policies and processes as well as report on their implementation and assessing the effectiveness of the organization’s governance structure.

Who Should Attend

  • Vice Presidents, Directors, and Managers of Human Resources
  • Employment Managers
  • Employee Relations Professionals
  • Chief Talent Officers
  • HR Coordinators/Supervisors
  • Risk Managers and Professionals
  • HR Administrators
  • HR Analysts
  • Auditors

Why Should You Attend

It is critical for today’s HR professionals to understand and appreciate all of the dimensions of their organizations and the impact these dimensions can and will have on their HR practices. One of the competencies that HR must display is HR Expertise, which allows HR professionals to apply their knowledge to solve organizational problems. In today’s constantly changing world, the concept of risk management becomes, then, an important addition to HR knowledge.

Topic Background

Over the past few decades, HR leaders have begun to recognize the effect of risk on their organization's strategic success and, even, its survival. The ability to identify risks, especially emerging risks, is a critical competency of HR leaders, especially when linking it to HR’s mission of supporting better senior management decisions and more effective decision making.

At the same time, organizations are most effective at dealing with regulatory compliance and less effective at dealing with the strategic aspects of risk and, most importantly, connecting risk management to strategic success.

To be effective, risk management must have a broader approach, to include strategic planning risks and the risks created by daily operations. A constant in today’s corporate culture is change. With change comes an increase in risk. It is imperative that today’s HR professionals have an awareness and understanding of these risks.