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How to Performance Benchmark Your Risk Management: A practical guide to help you tell if your risk management is effective Paperback – January 26, 2012

by Mr Julian Talbot (Author), Dr Miles Jakeman PhD (Author)

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Every year we spend countless amounts of money on risk management. Often without measuring the effectiveness of those critical risk management initiatives. This book will help you assess the effectiveness of your risk management and is based on over 50 years of the author's practical experience. Because everyone's time is short, we've condensed those 50 years into 50 pages of practical advice that can be applied immediately. It addresses questions such as: "How do I tell if the $x million spent actually delivered benefits or reduced risk?", "How do I know how my organization is performing against its peers in terms of ROI on risk mitigations?"Using illustrations, examples and tools, this book offers a range of methods and guiding principles to help develop effective Key Performance Indicators and scorecards which align your risk management processes to organizational objectives.

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January 26, 2012
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"Given the authors' considerable experience in this targeted area, business managers interested in managing risk will find this well-written guide of special value."Kirkus Reviews July 15, 2012

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If you have any specific questions, or challenges in risk profiling or risk benchmarking that you'd like help with, please let us know. It's unlikely that you are the only person to have run into your particular issue so we'll answer you directly, but include our thoughts on that issue in the next edition. Equally if you have suggestions for improving the book, we'd love to hear about it.Thanks, Julian and Miles

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Before measuring performance, it is necessary to identify and develop KPIs that accurately reflect desired performance. Otherwise, monitoring and assessing KPIs can be more of a hindrance than a help in achieving goals. Indeed, the HB80 Benchmarking Handbook suggests a number of reasons why organizations might need to monitor and assess their performance, including to:

Set performance goals
Develop measures of productivity
Improve competitive advantage
Improve products, processes, service, or all of these
Confirm performance against strategic plans
Identify new business opportunities

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Being successful in business relies on taking full advantage of resources and aiming to constantly make progress and improve. Frameworks such as ISO 31000:2009 provide generic guidelines for the design, implementation, and maintenance of risk management systems throughout an organization, but they don't tell us how to measure the performance of that system.At last, How to Performance Benchmark Your Risk Management by Julian Talbot and Miles Jakeman offers a practical guide to help you analyze the effectiveness of your risk management program. Applicable to all areas of management, university level study, or technical disciplines, it addresses the following:

What is benchmarking?
Why should we benchmark?
What are Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Critical Success Factors (CSFs), Key Result Areas (KRAs), etc?
What is the causal path between Risk-> Risk Treatment-> CSF-> KRA-> KPI-> Organizational objectives
The difference between lag and lead indicators
How to measure performance using a variety of tools (e.g.: Kirkpatrick's four levels of training evaluations)
Methods for developing custom KPIs
Linking existing frameworks such as Balanced ScoreCards that an organization may have in place already to risk benchmarking
Using word pictures to define performance

Between them, Talbot and Jakeman have built risk performance tools for dozens of organizations including resources companies in Africa, the aviation sector in Asia, and the $30 billion Australian Department of Defence. They have worked together on a range of client projects at Jakeman Business Solutions and are also lead authors of Security Risk Management Body of Knowledge, which details the security risk management process in a format that can easily be applied by executive managers and security and risk management practitioners.

About the Author

Julian is a Fellow of the Risk Management Institution of Australasia (RMIA), a Director of the Security Analysis and Risk Management Association (SARMA), and CEO of Jakeman Business Solutions (JBS). He holds a Master of Risk Management and is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) with over 20 years international risk management experience. Julian has developed and managed risk management budgets in excess of $50 million and built performance scorecards for a range of organizations including the $30 billion Australian Defense Organization. He has worked in Africa, Asia, Central America and Europe, with roles as diverse as Logistics Manager for a remote exploration camp in Africa, Manager of Property and Security for the Australian Government's most extensive international network operating in over 60 nations (Austrade), Senior Risk Adviser for the Australian Department of Health and Ageing, Security Manager for Australia's largest natural resources project, Woodside's $22 billion North West Shelf Venture.

Miles is the Managing Director of the Citadel Group Limited. His key skills cover business strategy, program management and security risk management. Over a 20-year career, Miles has worked with the Australian Department of Defense, the Australian Security intelligence organization (ASIO) and the Australian Federal Police, as well as with multinational companies. Miles has a PhD on the topic of Islamic intellectuals in Indonesia. He also holds a second PhD in Business Leadership, a Bachelor of Science (Honors) and a Graduate Diploma (Asian Studies).

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 26, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 52 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1466377577
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1466377578
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.88 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.13 x 9 inches

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Julian is an industry leader in security, risk management and strategic management. He is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Fellow of the Risk Management Institution of Australasia, recipient of The Australian Security Medal, and holds a Master of Risk Management from Monash University.

Julian has lived and worked on five continents with jobs in resources, government, IT, and not-for-profit sectors ranging from construction worker to CEO, company director, and Chairman.

Writing books, traveling to places that most sensible people avoid, adventures, motorcycling, working with startups, and time with family are his main passions. He is typically found outdoors, or if indoors will be reading, writing, consulting, or speaking at conferences.

His LinkedIn profile and other websites can be found at www.bit.ly/JulianTalbot

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David Paul Wagner

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Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2012

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I have read quite a few books on risk management and this is one of my favorites. Many of the other books have been heavy tomes full of management theory that take days to plough through, whereas this book by Talbot and Jakeman weighs in at just 60 pages and cuts right to the chase as a practical guide which can be applied immediately.

This book is a guide to assessing the quality of your risk management using performance benchmarking, which the authors define as "comparing your organization's processes and risk management performance against internal measures, industry standards, and best practices from other industries".

To achieve performance benchmarking, the authors show how to develop Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) which provide "detailed measures established to assess and shape progress toward achievement of strategic objectives of an organization that usually incorporate or align to organizational objectives, project milestones, incident rates, budgets, and target levels of customer acceptance".

Talbot and Jakeman explain how to set up risk management KPIs and performance standards for one's business, how to establish a reporting framework, and how to present KPIs to various target audiences.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS BOOK

o This book is a practical guide full of methods and checklists with the aim of getting you started immediately.

o Explanations are clear and step-by-step and are supported by a selection of helpful diagrams and tables.

o The concepts and suggestions are illustrated by real-world examples, which range from large government organizations to the TravelReady travel safety training program.

o There is an emphasis on using items already to hand (for example, using data and software that your organization already has).

o The authors advise on building "short, simple, succinct and easy-to-understand" KPIs and warn that "complex KPIs do not work". In short, the KISS strategy.

o A great summary, "Ten Tips for Top KPIs", that I think should be put on the wall of every person involved in risk management.

WHAT I DO NOT LIKE ABOUT THIS BOOK

o The bibliography contains just two items. I personally would have liked some more references to follow up on. But then, I suppose, for most readers the attraction of this book lies elsewhere - in the fact that it is a quick read whose lessons can be applied at once.

In general, I can highly recommend this book for the busy, time-poor manager who wants to introduce - or improve - risk management in his or her organization. It is the only concise guide available on performance benchmarking your risk management.

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Horst Simon

This is really practical-- stuff you can use!

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2012

A great book that will help any risk practitioner and business manager, As a Risk Culture Builder, I love the concepts of using existing reporting frameworks and using the technology that is already in place (elements that will Motivate, rather than Irritate your staff. Even when this is done, most executives get stuck on level 1 (reaction) & level 2 (learning) of the evaluation process, move on-- the value lies in level 3 (behavior) and level 4 (results) Read this book!

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beth reilly

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2016

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A good read for security professionals looking to create or enhance metrics for their organization.

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Aaron Beckett

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Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2016

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From start to finish lays out the process in clear and understandable language. An absolute winner.

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Traderrobbo

Short snappy guide and essential tool

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2012

This practical guide can be used to benchmark any organisation's risk managment process. I found very useful how the book guides you through the process in a logical, understandable way. The book would be useful for all risk managment practitioners, either in business or government who struggle with setting objective KPIs for risk management. The book is a useful adjunct to the author's comprehensive work on risk management, the Security Risk Management Body of Knowledge (SRMBOK). Well worth the price.

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200owner

Does what the title says

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2012

A short book that does exactly what the title says. Of course, the guide can be used to develop any key performance indicators, I particularly liked how the book guides through the process in a logical, understandable way. I think this book is useful for all risk managment practitioners who struggle with setting KPIs for risk management.

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