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The ERM Race, Part 2: Getting Back on Track

As with other endeavors, it is important to debrief, and re-strategize your priorities with an ERM program rollout.

By Denise Tessier | Updated on September 26, 2011

Earlier this summer, more than 7,000 runners crossed over the finish line and danced to the beat of Sugar Ray at the Providence Rock ‘N’ Roll Half Marathon. I was NOT one of them. In one of my first blogs, “Motivation for the Long Distance ERM Race” (in which I likened the roll-out of an enterprise risk management (ERM) program to training for a major sporting goal), I boldly, perhaps foolishly, announced to a virtual world that with proper planning, I would finish that race,  “slowly but surely.”

What happened? I started out with the best intentions, but now have to figure out exactly why I did not make my goal. Reviewing my efforts, there are a lot of “lessons learned” from my personal failure as a runner. On a positive note, my race analogy still works. These questions and lessons are equally applicable to a stalled or derailed ERM program. How do we all stay the course, and get back on track once a target has been blown away?

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