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There’s no question about it: Rethink has grown tremendously since we first opened our virtual doors eight years ago. As the curtain comes down on 2023, we’d like to celebrate everything we’ve accomplished — especially all of the milestones we’ve achieved in the last 365 days.

The guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice is clear: “Another hallmark of a well-designed compliance program is *appropriately tailored training* and communications.” Three straightforward words. But what does “appropriately tailored” actually mean in practice? Sure, it could mean starting every single training from scratch and writing it specifically for your own organization, but I can hear your overstretched budgets and calendars groaning from here. 

Recently, we accepted investment capital for the first time in our eight-year history. We are proud of what this says about the strength of our business and excited about where it will take us in the future. I wanted to share a little bit about our path to this milestone and what it says about how (and why) we do what we do.

Let’s say you’ve got 10 minutes in between meetings. What can you get done? You could answer a couple of emails. You could reprioritize your to-do list. You could review a short document for a colleague. The truth is, you’ll get a lot more done if you have a clear and realistic plan.

This summer, we released a 5-part blog series on beginning your data analytics journey, what insights you can really get out of good data, and how to apply them to your program. In case you missed it, here are all five!

Our content library was designed to help you meet your goals – both as a compliance professional and as a key player in your organization's business success. What's your biggest goal right now? See just a few examples of how the Rethink Compliance library of training and videos can help you meet it.

Today we conclude our series on data analytics with a look at one other critical capability it can deliver for you: better reporting. Better reporting to whom? Better reporting about what? The right approach to data analytics helps you generate more data and improve the quality of the data you collect.

At Rethink Compliance, we are dedicated to empowering real change – for our clients, in our industry, and in our clients’ workplaces. Every day, we talk with compliance practitioners who are equally dedicated. They all emphasize the importance and value of benchmarking.

Strong employee engagement with your compliance messages and materials isn’t just crucial to the success of your compliance program — it’s also crucial to the success of the compliance officer!

We all know there is power in the words that we say. A simple “thank you,” heartfelt and genuine, can make our day. And a frustrating, abrupt “you’ve disappointed me” can ruin it. Choosing our words sets the tone for our communications. Taking time to find the right words can sometimes make a big difference.

What does an analytics-driven compliance program look like? Or, more precisely — when you harness the full potential of data analytics, what does that allow you to do?

Let's put communication tools to work. Compliance professionals know marketing-style communication tactics can help achieve compliance goals. Create lasting behavior change using a variety of reminders.

Now let’s turn to the practical challenges of getting started on that journey — which, as we promise in the headline above, are not as hard as you think.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recognizes that a lack of group cooperation hampers an effective compliance program and calls this phenomenon “silos.” The DOJ recognizes the detrimental effect of silos on an effective compliance program. This paper explores how the compliance group can help its organization work as a team to better enable an effective compliance program.

Corporate compliance officers know that data analytics is crucial to the success of your compliance program. What’s more, compliance officers have already known about the importance of data analytics for more than a few years now. So why is building that strong data analytics capability still so elusive?