Often the cut and thrust of daily business life gets in the way of sitting back and taking stock of risks in a business. Distractions can take the form of putting out spot fires, negotiating contracts, resolving issues with customers, dealing with projects, or managing personnel matters.
Taking stock of the overall risk profile of an organization, assessing how effective existing risk management strategies are, and considering new or emerging risks often never takes place.
Business leaders should carve out time periodically to take stock of the risks in their business and look at how they manage them.

Getting started in risk management or uplifting existing capability can be daunting for any business, irrespective of size or industry. This post outlines six steps for improving the management of risk using the 52 Risks® framework.

Business owners, boards and managers should ensure that they have a detailed understanding all the risks their business faces. This should include all strategic, financial, and operational risks. This understanding should be underpinned by a rigorous and documented risk identification, assessment, and management regime.