What is the biggest reason companies miss the chance at a DOJ declination? It is almost never a decision not to disclose, and it is rarely ignorance of the law. The most common reason a company loses the chance at a declination is internal speed: the report surfaces somewhere in the organization and then [...]
Reorganize, or Make Better Decisions? The Variable Most Cross-Functional Failures Miss By Todd Corbett, Xcelus When something goes wrong across departments — a data breach that also involved employee misconduct, a harassment complaint that also created exposure to retaliation — the instinct at the top is almost always the same. Redraw the org chart. [...]
Xcelus Blog — Compliance Leadership Cybersecurity Runs Tabletop Exercises. Why Doesn't Compliance? By the Xcelus Editorial Team Editor's Note The opening scenario below is the basis for one of our Executive Decision Lab™ kits, The Invisible Insider — a 90-minute facilitated session designed for public company leadership teams who want to practice these conversations [...]
Why Your Leadership Team Needs Different Social Media Training Than Your EmployeesMost organizations approach social media compliance training as a single program — one course, one policy, one audience. That approach misses the point entirely.The compliance risk a vice president carries on LinkedIn is fundamentally different from the risk a customer service representative carries on [...]
The AI Decision Employees Make Every Day — And Why Responsible AI Training Is Becoming Essential Sarah works in marketing. She's preparing a presentation for an important client meeting the next morning. To save time, she opens a public AI tool and uploads a draft of the company's internal market analysis report. She asks [...]
Why Employees Break Rules They Already Know at Work If compliance were simply a matter of "knowing the rules," every company with a 98% completion rate would be 100% safe. But we know that isn't the case. When a major compliance failure hits the headlines, the investigation rarely finds that the employee "didn't know" [...]
Why Scenario-Based Training Improves Real Compliance Decisions Many organizations report high completion rates for compliance training, yet still encounter situations where employees hesitate or make uncertain decisions. This gap often occurs because training is completed months before employees encounter a real compliance situation. Scenario-based training focuses on the moment when employees must actually make [...]
98% Completion Does Not Mean 98% Compliance Your compliance dashboard is glowing green. 98% completion. The Board is happy. But in a quiet conference room three floors down, a sales lead is about to backdate a contract. The 98% didn’t stop them. Many compliance programs report 95%–98% annual completion of Code of Conduct or [...]
Smarter Course Design for Busy Employees: Design With Respect Introduction: Getting caught up in delivering all the necessary information at once is easy when developing corporate training. After all, leadership, compliance, and HR often have a lot they want employees to know. But here's the truth: most employees aren't sitting at their desks with [...]
How Long Is Too Long? Finding the Optimal Length for Online Corporate Training Modules In today's fast-paced corporate environment, attention spans are dwindling, making it crucial to design online training modules that are both engaging and concise. But what is the ideal length for a training module? And how can organizations effectively deliver longer [...]
