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Trust is a valuable currency for compliance officers. The more individuals in your organization trust you, the more comfortable they’ll feel in coming to you with compliance violations or other compliance related matters. Some view compliance officers as obstacles in their way.

I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that compliance involves a lot of moving parts these days. Tracking incidents, training, and monitoring are just a few basics of the position.

Hey compliance peeps! I’m pretty excited about this deeper than the headlines topic this week because I’m pretty sure you folks are going to be into it because it will make you look like a total rockstar and help you nail compliance.

As a compliance officer, it’s important that you know the business you’re in. The business doesn’t exist for the compliance program, instead, the compliance program exists for the business.

I get it. Being a compliance officer doesn’t sound all that thrilling to the general public. When I explain my job to friends, I can see their expressions glaze over as they struggle to suppress a yawn. Yet, as far as I’m concerned, my job is amazing.

In early February of this year, I wrote an eBrief predicting the future of compliance under the new Presidential administration. My guess was that regulatory burdens would decrease.

Reporting structure really matters in compliance. That’s why almost every CIA you read will mention reporting structure, specifically, that a compliance officer shouldn’t report to the general council or CFO. Compliance officers shouldn’t have a compliance/CFO role or a compliance/general council...

Hello, folks!

I’ve got a new Compliance Conversations podcast episode for you, hosted by yours truly, to use in your continuous education efforts–or to rock out to during your commute.