Without effective policies, even excellent workers will make serious mistakes
Good Public Safety Policies Support Good Public Safety People
read more
Making Public Safety Performance Evaluations Work
Done right, performance evaluations can reduce lawsuits and enhance employee knowledge of core critical tasks
Performance Evaluations for Public Safety: Sowing the Seeds of Risk?
An annual performance evaluation is an excellent risk management tool—but only if your agency takes the process seriously.
Evaluating the Probationary Employee
Proper use of the probation period will help prevent your organization from making poor hires.
Why Employment Background Checks Are a Necessity in Public Safety
The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. Gordon Graham explains why comprehensive employment background checks are a necessity in public safety agencies.
Public Safety Recruitment: A Job for Everyone
Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series. Click here for the previous article. Gordon Graham here and welcome back. Earlier in these articles I introduced you to the 10 Families of Risk and we are now in family four, Organizational Risk Management. Today’s...
Real Risk Management: Getting to the Root of the Problem
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series. Click here for the previous article. Gordon Graham here—thanks for tuning back in. First, a quick recap. After some...
Seeing the Future: How Strategic Risk Management Can Improve Your Operations
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series. Click here for the previous article. Gordon Graham here. Thanks for taking the time to read more about real risk...
Lack of Compliance Creates Instant Liability
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Gordon Graham here. Thanks for taking the time to read this piece. This is the fourth piece in an ongoing series to expand your knowledge and understanding on the breadth...
Are There Walruses in Your Risk Management Plan?
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Gordon Graham here. As I promised in my last piece, I want to spend some time covering each of the 10 Families of Risk and get you thinking about what specific risks apply...
Problems Lying in Wait: Why You Need to Take Risk Management Seriously
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Gordon Graham here, and again, thanks for taking the time to read this brief piece. In my last article I introduced you to the breadth and depth of “real risk management”...
Are You Biased When It Comes to Risk Management?
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Editor’s Note: This article series is designed to introduce you to the concept of real risk management—an approach that goes way beyond a safety program to encompass the 10...