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Leveraging The FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT) To Improve Corporate Culture and Raise Security Posture

CTOvision

In 2006, the State Liaison Committee (SLC) was added to the Council as a voting member. We share some of those lessons here: The most important lesson is to understand that the FFIEC CAT should not be seen as just a compliance drill. Regulators will check you for compliance and that is very important.

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Establishing Forums to Build a Quality Oriented Culture

QAspire

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Establishing Forums to Build a Quality Oriented Culture Total Quality Management (TQM) says that quality is everybody’s job. Quality improvement involves transformation, and these forums helps in transforming culture for excellence in all spheres of an organization’s activities.

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Drinking the Talent Kool-Aid | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If recruiting, training and development is being charged to a mid-level manager whose real domain expertise lies in administration and compliance then talent will likely become your largest contingent liability as opposed to your biggest asset. I would encourage you to read a previous post on “ Workforce Reduction.&#

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Quality? Excellence? What?

QAspire

It starts with getting the right people and building the right culture. It is their choice. Getting people to exercise their choice of delivering excellence is #1 leadership challenge. Finally, just like quality , excellence is a moving target. Today’s excellent becomes tomorrow’s good enough and day-after-tomorrow’s mediocre. Don’t Kill It!

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Don't Just Punish Them If They Don't Comply

QAspire

Standards enforce compliance and sometimes, leaders falls in a trap of linking the level of compliance with performance of individuals. Get to the root of the non-compliance and you will find the actual problem. Non-compliance is just a symptom. This is how a “constraint” mindset works. Thabo Hermanus´s last blog.

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Hidden Costs 25

QAspire

loosing great ideas because of a “complianceculture? efforts spent in resolving personal conflicts and protecting individual/departmental fortresses? poor communications and expectations management? not allowing people to make mistakes? acting from a reactive standpoint? not treating your customers well? not demonstrating integrity?

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Managing Results by Defining “Deliverables” Early On

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Note: My book ‘ #QUALITYtweet – 140 bite-sized ideas to deliver quality in every project ’ explores the people, process and leadership aspects to build a constantly improving organization culture. Check it out if you haven’t already ! Bonus: QAspire Blog was recently featured on Community of Program and Project Managers (PPM Community).