Letting a risk program cling to the status quo and not undertaking a thorough risk strategy review at least annually is, without a doubt, a recipe for disaster. (Photo: Shutterstock) How do you put risk management on the front burners at your company?  (Photo: Shutterstock)

You're no doubt familiar with the expression, "out of the frying pan and into the fire." As a senior business leader, you may have unfortunately experienced the sensation of going from a bad situation to an even worse one.

The daily reality for top managers in a growing business is that they are often spending their day jumping from one heated issue to another, without necessarily fully understanding the root cause of the problems or putting out the original fire completely. 

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