With unparalleled multi-industry experience, Creative Options and Protiviti have a unique understanding of the complex issues of risk management, organizational change, and powerful internal communication. Out of that understanding comes the innovative thinking we demonstrate through the services we provide our clients, and through frequent publication of articles and whitepapers on a variety of topics.
The documents archived below contain some of the thought which makes us leaders in helping organizations act against the risks associated with safety, data security, loss prevention, introduction and modification of internal policy, and all aspects of workplace culture.
“A Multigenerational Perspective on Employee Communications”
At the cash register, behind the counter and on the sales floor, the 21st century retail workforce, like the general workforce, is becoming increasingly multigenerational. Thus, a retailer’s future success will depend on engaging and communicating effectively with a demographically diverse workforce.
Today, it is common to find four distinct generations working together: Traditionalists, Baby boomers,
Generation X, Generation Y also called “Millennials”.
“Change Management in a Down Economy – Connecting with Employees to Increase the Odds of Success”
Change is inevitable.
It is a recognized necessity in business, as it is in life. And at
no other time has the need for change been more apparent than during the current economic crisis.
Fundamental changes to our regulatory systems, business models and management philosophies lie before us. In these challenging times, the most effective organizations will be the ones that are able to adapt and be responsive to shifting priorities.
“Data Security: Social Networking and the New Human Security Perimeter”
Since the early days of its development, the Internet has been leveraged as a social platform. People continue to meet, connect, organize, share and collaborate online in unprecedented fashion. We live in the information age, where a knowledge-based economy demands that workers have access to relevant channels in order to foster communication and facilitate collaboration on projects. Thus it is only natural that web-based social networking applications have begun to creep into the business environment.
“Cracking the Fraud Triangle through Employee Communication”
Fraud is inextricably woven through the fabric of our business environment. Throughout time, organizations – both public and private – and those they serve have felt the impact intentional misconduct can cause within individual companies, not-for-profits or across an entire industry.
Whether it is a simple scheme or a sophisticated conspiracy of deception, fraud can have a devastating effect on the people, processes and reputation of an organization.
