How tribal business owners can minimize the chances of employee crime Employee crime: All too often, we’re so busy protecting our businesses from outside perpetrators that we fail to think about that person we hired last month or six years ago. To many, acts of fraud and crime are usually characterized by external actors… Read More
Loss prevention
How you can stop employee fraud
It’s Fraud Prevention Week: Recognize red flags and stop employee fraud This article originally ran in Arrowhead’s corporate blog. It has been slightly tailored to better fit our audience of Tribal Nations. Regardless of the size of your organization, employee or insider fraud is a real risk. While the vast majority of our employees are… Read More
How to protect your tribal business property from earthquake damage
Take these steps to protect your tribal business property from earthquake damage Unlike hurricane or tornado seasons, earthquakes have no particular time of the year that they strike. When they strike, it’s seemingly random, even occurring outside of active earthquake zones along the West Coast. Whether your native lands are along the West Coast, East… Read More
31 restaurant fire prevention tips for tribal business owners
Douse the fire before it starts with these 31 restaurant fire prevention tips Here’s a “hot” statistic for you: In the U.S., restaurant fires cost approximately $165 million every year, according to the National Fire Data Center. If the fire is quickly confined, its cost may be capped at approximately $1,000, but an uncontained fire… Read More
Retail data breaches: How you can learn from others’ mistakes
Lessons you can take from other retail data breaches April was a successful month for hackers intent on creating retail data breaches: Several major retail brands were hacked, many of whom used the same online customer experience partner. These brands include Panera, Best Buy, Macy’s, Lord & Taylor, Sears, Kmart, Delta and Saks Fifth Avenue…. Read More
Your business continuity plan: 10 ways to minimize risk before the next natural catastrophe
10 points to include in your business continuity plan, to mitigate risk before a natural disaster Fires in California and Colorado. Floods in Iowa. Earthquakes in Oklahoma. And that’s just this month. No matter where you’re located, there’s always the potential for a natural disaster. That’s why it’s crucial to prepare ahead nature’s next curve… Read More
How to insure tribal risks for your growing business
Grow your business and insure tribal risks As you grow your tribal business, your potential for risks grows as well. That’s why a close relationship with your insurance agent is so crucial: to help you identify and insure specific tribal risks. Business risks are similar, regardless of the size of your company, whether a sole… Read More
It’s National Safety Month: Emphasize safety at work, home and on the road
Provide tribal members with these safety tips during National Safety Month National Safety Month, observed every June, focuses on reducing leading causes of injury and death at work, on roads, and in our homes and communities. This year’s theme is No 1 gets hurt. Injuries are the leading cause of death for Americans ages 1… Read More
Playground safety: How you can reduce injuries on your tribal lands
Tribal governments: Use these playground safety tips to protect your children More than 200,000 children visit the ER every year because of playground injuries. Remember how it felt to be a kid: bold, fearless, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, only to face-plant in the dirt? While we can’t control our… Read More
How to get started creating your risk management plan
How you can control tribal business risk with a risk management plan In earlier blogposts, we’ve talked at length about risk assessment and management, along with loss control. Now let’s get down to brass tacks: What’s keeping you from creating your risk management plan, and keeping it going? “When we talk about risk control, we’re not… Read More