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Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Role of Leadership in Culture and Course Correcting

When it comes to leadership, many people focus on qualities like decisiveness, communication skills, and strategic thinking. While these traits are undoubtedly important, there is another aspect of leadership that often gets...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance Leadership in the 2025 and Beyond

All leadership in the 21st century is undergoing a significant transformation. Traditional leadership styles and models are no longer adequate for the complex and rapidly changing world we find ourselves in. This was the key...more

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Compliance Lessons from The Adventure of the Crooked Man

One of the great things about having a podcast network is that I get to not only explore topics that I love but I get to tie them into compliance. Perhaps the best example is my award-winning series, Trekking Through...more

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Profiles in Effective CEO Leadership

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One of the many great experiences I have been fortunate to have in my career is to meet some impressive leaders – at the Department of Justice, on Capitol Hill, and in corporations.  To focus on the latter, I have met some...more

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ECI’s New Survey – The State of Ethics & Compliance in the Workplace

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The Ethics and Compliance Initiative (“ECI”) is a terrific organization that provides important ethics and compliance insights and leadership.  Starting in 1994, ECI has conducted a longitudinal, cross-section study of...more

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NAVEX R&C Benchmark Finding: Leadership’s Opportunity to Improve Commitment to Compliance

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NAVEX publishes the Risk and Compliance benchmark report each year, surveying over 1,100 industry professionals. The purpose of this report is to provide insight into the effectiveness of R&C programs and enable leaders to...more

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Compliance Titles and Responsibilities

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Let me start with yet another profound grasp of the obvious — leadership requires many important interpersonal and intellectual capabilities.  I do not intend to list the important ones right now but leadership requires an...more

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The Absent CEO – Who’s Minding the Store?

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Corporate families can carry the traits of a smaller family – what do I mean by this quip?  An absent parent inevitably causes harm to a family. Families depend on connection, support and ultimately intimacy. ...more

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The Critical Relationship — Compliance and Business

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Compliance officers and business managers need each other, whether they like it or not. The CCO has to enlist the business to own and take responsibility for compliance.  Compliance cannot ensure compliance throughout an...more

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The Dangers of a Fractured C-Suite

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We all know the importance of teamwork and collaboration. Whatever the context, sports, business, military, and many other situations, teamwork and cooperation is essential to success. ...more

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A Basic Question — Where is the CCO’s Office?

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Sometimes compliance issues are simple.  Most times they are nuanced.  This is a simple issue but it carries with it a significant message.  So here goes – where is the CCO’s office?...more

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Ethics Rising: How Easier Processes Drive a Compliance Culture

Ethical and compliant behavior depends on an ethical company culture: one where employees question decisions when they conflict with organizational values and speak up when facing moral dilemmas. ...more

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What Hath Covid-19 Wrought? A New Skill Set Required for Compliance: Part 2

I am exploring in some depth what I see are the key changes for the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), compliance professional and compliance programs as we move to reopening the country and world for business from the...more

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Memorial Day, Michael Jordan and Difficult Bosses

Today begins the Memorial Day Weekend, the traditional start of Summer. This year is very different as I will not be going anywhere over this weekend or for the foreseeable future due to the coronavirus health crisis....more

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Arthurian Week: Part 4 – The Round Table and Agile Compliance

I thought about these concepts surrounding the legend of the Round Table when I read a recent article in the Harvard Business Review (HBR), entitled The Agile C-Suite by Darrell K. Rigby, Sarah Elk and Steve Berez. It...more

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Admit It – Your Compliance Program is Not Really “Effective”

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Chief compliance officers are heroes.  They labor every day to advance a company’s ethics and compliance program without much recognition, with few resources, and with well-known gaps in their programs....more

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The Elements of Good Judgment: Part 3

Today, I conclude the topic of judgment for compliance professionals. I recently read a Harvard Business Review (HBR) article on the topic by Sir Andrew Likierman, entitled “The Elements of Good Judgment: How to Improve Your...more

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Tribute to Terry Jones and the Elements of Good Judgment: Part 1

As compliance moves more towards the embracing of data and incorporation of data, business processes and efficiencies into its realm, the more compliance professionals, especially those legally trained, will have to move away...more

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The Future of Compliance – The New Proactive CCO (Part III of III)

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The path of the compliance profession has been remarkable.  Recently, I have seen a number of tweets and postings from compliance thought leaders touting the accomplishments of compliance and the transformation of the...more

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Gaining a Holistic View of Risk and Compliance

Companies today need to take a holistic view of risk and compliance; it is no longer sufficient to let individual departments or teams be responsible for managing risk and compliance alone. ...more

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The Future of Compliance: Re-Branding Compliance from Reactive to Proactive (Part I of III)

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As everyone knows, I am an eternal optimist.  Being a cynic always leads to negative energy and results.  As a former federal prosecutor, I am deeply committed to the idea of doing the right thing....more

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Farewell to Harrison Dillard and a CCO Using Empathy

As a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) one of the most powerful tools you have is persuasion. Jenny O’Brien, CCO at UnitedHealthcare, has talked about the techniques that a CCO can use to influence decision making in a company...more

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Take it Back: Game 2 Report and Building with Purpose – Part II

Building and transforming through purpose can help lay the groundwork for moving toward not only a more ethical culture but an environment where trust permeates the organization. Compliance can step to not only build on this...more

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Casebook of Sherlock Holmes: The Veiled Lodger and Empathy in Compliance

Over this week, I have reviewed stories from The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, mining each story for themes and lessons related to the compliance professional, leadership and business ethics. In today’s fifth and final...more

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Ethical Culture Begins with Senior Management

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I tend to repeat myself and when it comes to corporate cultured and ethics, I admit it.  A company without an ethical culture, or at least a commitment to an ethical culture, will be unable to achieve an effective ethics and...more

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