Article: Training And Communications That Encourage Reporting

For years, LeadGood has broken new ground on training and communications that moves the needle on reporting. Our bespoke courses, innovative approaches and hands-on consulting have helped many organizations and leaders — from the Fortune 100 to government to education — effectively foster a speak-up culture. This new article by LeadGood President Jason Meyer and Amy McDougal, JD, […]

A Greeting Card for Businesses in the Time of Coronavirus

We have a timely present for your business or organization. I was chatting last week with several of my good friends in the compliance sector: Nicole Rose of CreateTraining, the Australia-based education and training company that has produced several powerful animations for LeadGood clients; Richard Bistrong of CEO Front-Line Anti-Bribery LLC, the well-known anti-bribery consultant and […]

LeadGood Seminars and Sessions in 2018 (Thanks for Asking)

I am honored and excited to have once again been asked to present a double-shot of panels at the annual Compliance and Ethics Institute of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, coming up in Las Vegas in October 2018. On Sunday, October 21, I will co-lead a three-hour workshop on “Preventing harassment: can compliance ever […]

My Proposals for the 2016 #SCCEcei – What’s Your Fave?

I’m really excited about the three panel proposals I submitted last night to the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE), for its 2016 Compliance and Ethics Institute. Thanks to Amy Hutchens, JD, CCEP, Page Motes and Heather Powell for joining in. Our proposed topics were: An advance workshop on drafting and negotiating contracts with compliance […]

Tone at the Very Top: The Umpire Strikes Back

The other shoe has dropped. I wrote last month about concerns that the Justice Department may have gotten off to the wrong foot, tone-wise, following its “Yates Memo” declaration that it intended to prosecute individuals within companies for their organization’s wrongdoing. But, as Mike Volkov so well summarizes, the top enforcer on this playing field quickly found a case […]

Chalk Lines: On Baseball, Groundskeepers, and Compliance

In honor of the end of baseball season, I am recalling (and revising) some thoughts I originally posted last fall— and adding some pictures. Hope this takes you out to the ball game. By Wednesday, the Major League season will come to its last glorious inning. And this afternoon, my son will catch the last game of the […]

Tone at the Very Top, DOJ-Style

As compliance professionals and leadership counselors, we focus on “tone at the top.” What the C-Suite says is critical to establishing an ethical culture in an organization. What is even more important to foster that culture is whether top executives speak and act consistently. We advise our leaders that even one act of apparent hypocrisy, or of “looking […]

When Contracts and Compliance Collide: Lessons Learned

As important as it usually is that “Compliance” be independent from “Legal,” there are realms in which it’s best when those two functions are full collaborative partners. One of those is the realm of contracts with third parties. That was an inescapable take-away from a session on October 5th at the SCCE’s annual Compliance and Ethics […]

10/13 Webinar: Compliance and Commercial Contracts

Here’s the link if you’d like to sign up for my Webinar on Tuesday, October 13, on “Compliance and Commercial Contracts.” And here’s a link if you’d like more information. This is a new, longer and expanded web-conference version of the panel I presented at the SCCE Institute on October 5th. You can read more about […]

Contracts and Compliance: Two SCCE Panels

After a few days of worrying about Nor’Easters and Hurricane Joaquin, it appears that the Lord is willing and that the creek will not rise – so I will be joining some 1600+ of my compliance and ethics colleagues at the annual Compliance and Ethics Institute of the Society of Corporate Ethics and Compliance (SCCE). […]