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How I learned to stop
worrying and love the risk
PPB Survey (2010) of Not for Profit organisations in
Australia and New Zealand:
1. Almost half did not have, or did not know if they had, a
risk management plan
2. 61% of respondents stated that risk to their organisation
had increased over the past five years
3. Over one third of Not-For-Profit boards were not held
accountable for managing risk in their respective
organisations
4. Almost half of respondents believe that budgetary
constraints was the main barrier to adequate risk
management support
The Ultimate
Risk Management Consultant
Con
Managing risk is a good thing...
 Moves us away from avoidance or transference
 It forces creativity
 The only way to achieve innovation and growth
The most important things...
Risk Management Framework
- Fully integrated and informed
Leadership
- Prepared to take calculated risks
The
Optimistic Gamblers
The
Risk Averse
The Innovators
Where to begin?
Design a RM framework that fits your
organisation
 Identify your strategic risks
 Identify risk owners
 Do something... anything
 Monitor, Rinse and Repeat
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“Effect of uncertainty on objectives”
ISO 31000:2009 Risk Management
Objectives can have very different aspects
Major risks can impact on a range of areas
including, but not limited to:
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Client Safety
Staff Safety
Business continuity
Organisational Reputation
Financial Sustainability
Employee Relations
Strategic Objectives
Risk Category
Identified Strategic Risks
Lack of brand awareness and / or
reputational loss
Increased industry competition
Grow more Christian
Communities
Growth
Poor due diligence and management
of merger and acquisitions
Limited church planting and
sustained congregational growth
Operate and grow in a
financially sustainable way
Financial
Sustainability
Unsuitable or poor performing
investments
Overextending on capital work
projects
Loss of / decreased funding sources
Poor budgeting (organisational /
project) and treasury strategy
Loss of PBI / DGR status
Consequence
Type
Audit and
Compliance
Business Continuity
Insignificant
Compliance with
standards or licensing
requirements maintained
with negligible level of
control weakness
Loss / interruption less
than 1 hour
Minor
Compliant with
standards or licensing
requirements / minimal
level of control weakness
Loss / interruption <= 8
hours / some disruption
manageable by altered
operational routine
Client Safety and
Care
Finance
Fraud
Health and Safety
No injury or harm caused
unsatisfactory client
Minimal harm caused /
unsatisfactory client
experience not directly
related to client care
experience - readily
< $100k
<$2k
No injury / illness - no
$100 –200k
$2-10k
time lost, minor
adjustment
to operational routine
Reputation
Vision and Values
Single injury / minor
illness – lost
time of less than 4
rostered days
Major
Catastrophic
Single non compliance
with standards or
licensing requirements
resulting in
recommendations for
improvement /
Multiple non compliances
with standards or
licensing requirements
resulting in
recommendations for
improvement /
Fully non compliant with
standards or licensing
requirements resulting in
sanction or penalty /
moderate level of control
weakness identified
high level of control
weakness
Loss / interruption <=1
day / Disruption to a
number of areas within a
Division or Unit, possible
flow on to other locations
Loss / interruption <= 1
Total system dysfunction
week / all operational
areas of a Division or Unit and /or total shut-down of
compromised, other
operations
locations are affected
Temporary loss of
function or
Permanent loss of
function or
harm caused /
harm caused / serious
mismanagement
Loss of life / totally
unsatisfactory client
outcome or experience
of client care
$500 – 2m
$25-100k
Greater than $2m
Greater than $100k
mismanagement of client
care
$200 – 500k
$10-25k
Single serious injury >4
rostered days lost.
Multiple serious injuries
or illness (more than 4
rostered days lost, or an
event which is notifiable)
critical failure of key
controls
Fatality
publicity
Significant adverse local
publicity
Significant adverse stateSignificant and sustained
wide
state-wide publicity
publicity
Sustained national
adverse publicity
Negligible misalignment
with strategic objectives
or expected behaviours
Minor misalignment with
strategic objectives or
expected behaviours
Moderate misalignment
with strategic objectives
or expected behaviours
Significant misalignment
with strategic objectives
or expected behaviours
Minimal adverse local
Short term low staffing
level
Workforce
resolvable
Moderate
temporarily reduces
service
quality
Moderate annualised staff
Ongoing low staffing level turnover (< 30% ) Late
delivery of key objectives
reduces service quality
/ services due to lack of
staff
Major misalignment with
strategic objectives or
expected behaviours
Very high annualised staff
turnover (> 30% /
Non delivery of key
Uncertain delivery of key objectives / services due
objective / service due to to lack of staff
lack of staff
Likelihood
Rating
Almost
Certain
Descriptor
Frequency
Is expected to occur frequently (in
Expected to occur at least monthly
most circumstances)
Is expected to occur occasionally
(to be expected)
Expected to occur at least quarterly
Possible
Could occur at least once
(capable of happening /
foreseeable)
Expected to occur at least biannually
Unlikely
Might occur at some time (not to
be expected)
Expected to occur at least annually
May occur in exceptional
circumstances only
Not expected to occur for years
Likely
Rare
Rank
Colour
Description
Low
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Action plans, policies or controls are not mitigating the risk and /or deemed to be very weak or
ineffective. Risk may be outside control of organisation.
Medium
2
Action plans, policies or controls may be partially mitigating the risk and scope for some
improvement.
High
3
Action plans, controls or policies deemed to be satisfactory and tested regularly.
Insignificant
Minor
Moderate
Major
Catastrophic
Almost Certain
Medium
High
High
Extreme
Extreme
Likely
Medium
Medium
High
Extreme
Extreme
Possible
Low
Medium
High
High
High
Unlikely
Low
Medium
Medium
Medium
High
Rare
Low
Low
Low
Medium
Medium
Risk Rating
Low
Medium
High
Action Required
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Manage by routine controls and processes
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Ongoing monitoring of control effectiveness by local management
Manage by routine controls and processes
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May require a detailed risk action plan
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Ongoing monitoring of control effectiveness by local management
Immediate notification of relevant Senior Management
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Should have a detailed risk action plan
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Risk action plan to be monitored by relevant Senior Management and progress reported to
relevant Divisional Director
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Updates to be provided to Executive Committee members, as required
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Ongoing monitoring of control effectiveness by Senior management
Immediate notification of relevant Divisional Director
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Must have specific risk mitigation plan
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Risk action plan to be monitored by Divisional Director and progress reported to Executive
Committee members
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Updates to be provided to Board Risk, Audit and Compliance Committee members, as
required
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Ongoing monitoring of control effectiveness by Divisional Director
Extreme
Risk Assessments
Risk Statement
Contributing Factors
Consequences
Controls
Control effectiveness
Risk Analysis
Action Required
Risk Ownership
What should the Board know about?
Key strategic / operational risks
 Presentations by individual risk owners
 Key issues / incidents / compliance
breaches
 Crisis / Disaster Management
 OH&S
 Fraud and Corruption
 Internal Audit reports
 External Audit reports
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Say what?
What are the risks, both strategic and
operational?
 How effective are the controls, and how
do you know they are working?
 What are you doing about the risks?
 How are the risks trending?
 What are the known or possible risks
ahead of us?
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Board Report – Risk Heat Map
Risk 2 (SR-AC): Poor integration and support of client focused care
Risk Owner: A. Staff
Accountable Executive: B. Cool
Definition of Risk Poor integration and support of client focused care
Contributing
Factors /
Issues
Risk Category
• Poor awareness of integration of services (both care and
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support)
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• Constraints by regulatory and compliance obligations
• Limited creativity with application of compliance and regulatory •
obligations
• Lack of support or resistance for client focused care
Existing Controls
• Training on customer focused awareness
• CMS focused on client outcomes
• Appointed project manager for the client
focused care project
• Appointed GM for shared services and
integration
• Appointed regional volunteer coordinators
Comments / Updates
Current Risk Rating
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Client Focus
Client not viewed as central to all tasks and functions
Lack of awareness of services and functions that input or
interface with client care delivery
Poor history and culture – task focused and output driven at
both industry and occupational level
Gaps and planned response
• Client focused education at every level of organisation
• Review of all functions that interface / input into
client outcomes
• Churches of Christ Care Strategic Plan/ actions from
the Strategic Plan
• Gap assessment of CMS / Care Governance
• Action learning approach to learning
• Client satisfaction survey
Gap assessment of CMS/Care Governance is almost complete
Actively recruiting 5 regional volunteer coordinators
Likelihood
Consequence
Rating
4
3
12
Control effectiveness / scope for
control improvement
Key Risk Indicators
• Number of volunteers
• Compliance with standards and
licensing
• Client satisfaction surveys
• Predetermined and measured
outcomes of care
• Culture survey results
Key Risk Indicators
Identify and
Assess Risk
Risk
Management
Design and
Implement
Controls
Internal
Audit
Quality
Improvement
Monitor
and Review
Controls
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A group of mainstream Christian churches which
has been an active part of the Queensland
community for over 100 years.
We are a significant presence within Queensland
with over 200 services in more than 100
communities, touching tens of thousands of lives
each year.
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Established in 1930; operates 137 services with
the support of more than 2,800 staff and over
700 volunteers.
The care services are active in the areas of early
childhood services, child protection, social and
affordable housing, retirement living, community
aged care, and residential aged care.
Assurance Services
Group
Manager Quality
Quality
Officer
Quality
Advisor
Internal
Auditor
Internal
Auditor
Health, Safety
and
Rehabilitation
Consultant
Health, Safety
and
Rehabilitation
Consultant
Risk and
Compliance
Advisor
Internal
Audit
Coordinator
Director
Health, Safety
and
Rehabilitation
Specialist
Health, Safety
and
Rehabilitation
Consultant
Health, Safety
and
Rehabilitation
Consultant
What we do...
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Risk Management Framework
Fraud Risk Management
Sentinel Event Management
Root Cause Analysis
Crisis / Disaster Management
ChildSafe Program
Legislative Compliance
Quality Management
(Continuous Improvement)
Framework
• Controlled Documents
• Archiving / Records
Management
• Internal Audit
• Self Audits
• Compliance Reviews
• Due Diligence
• Forensic Investigations
• Workplace Health and
Safety
• Worker Rehabilitation
A Call to Action
Ask yourself...
 Do I know my organisation’s strategic
risks, and are they meaningful to me?
 Is ‘risk management’ only raised as part of
a dedicated risk meeting, or is it part of
every Board conversation?
 What is the risk appetite and tolerance of
the Board, the organisation, and me?