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The “How To” of Auditing Business Culture
This webinar will follow the concept of “Culture” from its anthropological roots to sociology, business and then audit testing. Participants will learn what defines culture and why it is important. Then we will explore various ideas on what constitutes a successful corporate culture. Once we are comfortable with these concepts we will then link them to auditable tests and explain to auditors, and others, ex..
The “New NAFTA”: The USMCA
The North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comprises Canada, the U.S., and Mexico, an agreement that has eliminated barriers to trade, promoted conditions of fair competition, increased investment opportunities, provided protection for intellectual property rights, and established procedures for the resolution of disputes.The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), commonly referred to as the “Ne..
Third Party Vendor Risk Assessment for Financial Firms - Rules, Regulations and Best Practices
Many cyber incidents have originated from a third party vendor. Has your firm conducted a review and risk assessment of the third-party vendors you rely on every day to provide services to your firm and your clients? Do you know what type of cyber risk these vendors may present? Do you know how to protect your firm’s critical data? Conducting this risk assessment at least once a year is now a necessary comp..
Three Key Risk Assessments in Your ERM Program – ERM, IT, and Internal Controls
Financial Institutions provide great value to the American economy. But that value comes with risks. Strategic-minded institutions do not strive to eliminate risk or even to minimize it – they strive to manage risk at the enterprise-wide level. These institutions seek to manage risk exposure so that, at any given time, they incur just enough of the right kind of risk—no more, no less—to effectively pursue t..
Time and Task Management – Working Smarter Every Day
Take control of your time...and get control of your entire workday!The speed of everything has changed. Are your time management skills up to the challenge?Do you put off more today than you can ever accomplish tomorrow...exhaust yourself by 4:00 p.m. with only a fraction of your work done...see yourself as a decision maker who never gets around to making decisions...dread the next business meeting—or worse..
Time Extension Requests – What Does A Contractor Have To Prove?
Whether a contractor, an owner, a design professional, or a construction manager, all construction professionals must learn how to prepare, analyze, and justify time extension requests. Owners and their representatives are tasked with the responsibility of receiving, analyzing and recommending a course of action and deciding on all-time extension requests submitted by contractors. Contractors and CM’s@Risk ..
Timesheet Audit Best Practices
The best way to reduce your risk of compliance violations is to ensure there is a clear understanding and transparency in your policies and procedures and then routinely AUDIT enforcement. The Department of Labor regularly inspects employer records searching for a violation. And the possibility of the DOL finding a circumstance of non-compliance is great if you don’t ensure your policies are consistently co..
Tips For Managing Remotely Located Teams
The bottom line is that you will acquire new tools to help you be a more effective virtual team leader. All the research tells us that people are our most important resource so it makes sense to develop that resource as best we can. Join Larry for a one-hour webinar that will give you the tools to maximize the power of those who work for you.Whether your employees are occasional home-workers, or out of th..
Tips for Successfully Working from Home
With the current COVID-19 pandemic, employers are taking active steps to ease the spread of the disease by allowing or mandating that employees work from home. Though there has been a recent trend toward employers offering remote working and telecommuting arrangements, being forced to work from home unexpectedly can be daunting and overwhelming. This webinar will give you the most proven tools and productiv..
Title IX Final Rule: US. Department Of Education Office For Civil Rights (OCR) New Mandates For Higher Education And K-12
In May 2020 Title IX, via the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR), was changed dramatically. This change has been to the dismay of many universities, attorneys, sexual assault and harassment victims, and others; and has been praised by other attorneys and accused sexual misconduct perpetrators. What are these changes and what new challenges do they create for universities, K-12, and v..
Tobacco Industry Trends for Computer Systems Regulated by FDA
The Tobacco Control Act went into effect by the FDA on June 22, 2009. Through this ruling, the FDA regulated cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, and smokeless tobacco, but in 2016, the FDA finalized a rule, Deeming Tobacco Products To Be Subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which extends the FDA’s authority to include the regulation of electronic nicotine delivery systems (..
Toolbox Safety Talks that Don’t Bore you Death: Find Great Content and Make them Engaging!
Do your Toolbox Safety Talks engage your audience, provoke great discussion all while compelling people to take action on safety and health in their personal and professional lives? The soft-skills or people skills of presenting, public speaking, and a powerful delivery have fallen by the wayside. This Webinar resurrects these skills in a fun and easy-to-apply mannerIf you find it difficult to lead a meanin..
Toolkit for Conducting Exit Interviews
An employee hands in his resignation and walks out the door and with them walks out valuable skills, knowledge, and capabilities. You are sorry to see them leave and you don’t want to lose anymore. Also walking out is the key to how to keep good employees and how to make your business better than ever. The key is Exit Interviews.Exit Interviews can provide critical information that only leaving employees ca..
Tools and Techniques to Avoid HMDA Reporting Mistakes
This webinar will provide valuable assistance to all personnel with HDMA reporting responsibilities in banks or other mortgage issuing institutions: Compliance with regulatory requirementsWho must reportWhat must be reportedWhat kind of errors are commonWhat errors cause the biggest regulator reactionsGeneral concepts of error reductionHDMA reporting used to have a very high error rate. This has been less..
Top 10 Strategies for Managing (and Minimizing) Interruptions in the Workplace
Anticipating the pressure and finding ways to redirect it in more meaningful directions so you can maintain control of your work is important. While interruptions at the workplace are inevitable, it doesn’t mean that they cannot be minimized or reduced. How you deal with interruptions and what your strategies for handling them matters. Learn to effectively handle interruptions so you can refocus quicker and..