Articles by Sonia Jaspal

Strategy To Execution - A Risky Path

Sonia Jaspal 27 January 2012 at 16:03

Some companies fail and some succeed spectacularly in the same market conditions. The question for successful companies is what did they do differently? On the other hand, failure is attributed to either poor strategy or pathetic operation

Risk Management Induction Training To Business Teams

Sonia Jaspal 16 December 2011 at 12:18

I had joined a new company and was taking the induction training. I thought it would be a good idea to get fellow participants perspective.So I asked a young employee How did you find the risk management

Storytelling for Risk Managers

Sonia Jaspal 28 November 2011 at 13:18

When I started writing my blog "Sonia Jaspal's RIskBoard", a few writers and fellow bloggers gave me an ego deflating feedback Your posts read like research papers, you should write more stories. My reaction was

10 Steps for Restructuring Risk Management Function

Sonia Jaspal 28 October 2011 at 11:27

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. By Robert Louis Stevenson Last decade altered the risk profile of the world. Look it from any lens - financial, technological, political, leg

10 Best Practices for Governance, Risk Management & Compliance

Sonia Jaspal 15 September 2011 at 12:50

Indian economic progress has forever changed the role of risk functions within the organizations. The bespectacled serious-brow-furrowed auditor who goaded and badgered business

Implement Anti-Bribery Policies

Sonia Jaspal 01 September 2011 at 12:50

Fashionistas traded their mascaras for a layer of emissions from exhaust pipes. Employees replaced their jackets with white tees imprinted with India Against Corruption slogan. On 24 August 2011, Bangroleans formed a 17-kilometer human

Auditors Create Caustic Work Environment

Sonia Jaspal 22 August 2011 at 12:23

When I say auditors create caustic work environment, I expect an indignant response from auditorville to the effect What are you saying, we are beacons of decency and always walk the high moral ground. A question that begs an

Impact of Organization Culture on Internal Controls

Sonia Jaspal 11 August 2011 at 12:14

The COSO defines Internal Control as a process, effected by an entitys board of directors, management and other personnel, designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of objectives in the following categories: ef

Good to Great Risk Management

Sonia Jaspal 28 July 2011 at 12:35

In the aftermath of the financial crises, it would seem fair to presume that risk management functions now have higher visibility, authority and influence. However, a recent report Too good to fail? issued by Economist Intelligence Uni