In 2016, it was estimated that 67% of well-formulated strategies failed due to poor execution and 1 in 3 business leaders rate their firm as poor or very poor at the implementation of strategy.
Like business strategy, the risk management strategy presents execution challenges for the CRO and Risk Management teams.
Paraphrasing the original article that introduced the Strategy Map, in the presentation, Ascendore CEO outlines how the Strategy Map can be used as part of an overall strategy management system to improve the execution of the risk management strategy. This presentation is based on an Ascendore customers use of the Strategy Map for Operational Risk Management.
2. Risk Management is mission critical to business success
Post credit crunch, financial services firms are drowning
under a tsunami of regulatory change, cost and complexity
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Run the Bank
costs
£200bn 492%
3. Firms need a enterprise risk management strategy
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Accenture Risk Study, 2017
Lack of enterprise risk management strategy & poor
integration of risk across firms is adding cost & complexity
4. The problem with strategy, any strategy is execution
In 2016, it was estimated
that 67% of well-
formulated strategies
failed due to poor
execution.
Only 68% of leaders
believe their
organisation is good at
developing strategy,
down from 80% in 2012.
One in three leaders
rates its organisation as
being poor or very poor
in its ability to
implement.
In 2016, the top three
reasons for failure were;
1. Poor Communication
2. Lack of Leadership
3. Using the wrong
measures.
67% 68% 1 in 3 Why?
Do well does your firm execute its risk management strategy?
5. The ability to execute strategy adds significant value
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Businesses with clearly defined and well-articulated
strategies on average outperformed competitors by 332
per cent in sales, 304 per cent in profits and 883 per cent in
total shareholder returns.
Data from a ten year study by Harvard Business School.
7. As the person accountable for risk management strategy, the
CRO should think about
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Communication
How do you communicate your risk management strategy;
▪ To the board and executive?
▪ To your team?
▪ To the business?
▪ To other stakeholders, including regulators
Leadership
What type of leader you?
What type of leadership are you providing for the risk
management strategy?
Measurement
How are you measuring the execution of your risk management strategy?
▪ What type of indicators are you using?
▪ How are you reporting on these indicators and to who?
▪ How balanced is the indicator set?
▪ Leading vs Lagging
▪ Financial vs Non-Financial
Highly Capable Individual
Contributing Team Member
Competent Manager
Effective Leader
Great Leader
8. Enterprise risk management should protect and add value
business value, not simply tick regulatory boxes
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The cost & complexity of operational risk & compliance is
too high and there is a “disproportionate risk aversion
creeping into decision-making” Chairman, HBSC, 2015
10. The Strategy Map is a powerful tool for communicating,
monitoring and managing strategy execution
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“All men can see the tactics whereby I conquer, but what
none can see is the strategy out of which victory is
evolved.” – Sun Tz
11. The Strategy Map visualises how value is created, linking the
intangible to the tangible
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Financial
To succeed financially,
how should we appear to
our shareholders?
Customer
To achieve our vision, how
should we appear to our
customers?
Internal Processes
To satisfy our shareholders
and customers, what
business processes must we
excel at?
People & Culture
To achieve our vision, how
will we sustain our ability
to change and improve?
Human, Organisational & Information Capital
Improve Shareholder
Value
Productivity StrategyRevenue Growth Strategy
Improve Cost
Structure
Increase Asset
Utilization
Enhance Customer
Value
Create Value from
New Products &
Services
Customer Value Proposition Cost Leadership
Customer Experience
Product Leadership
Brand
Product / Service Attributes Relationship Image
Service RelationsPrice Quality Time Function
Operations Theme
Customer Management
Theme
Innovation Theme
Regulatory and Society
Theme
Strategic
Competencies
Strategic
Technologies
Climate for
Action
12. The Strategy Map is a cause and effect diagram
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Financial
Customer
Internal
Process
People &
Culture
Financial Perspective
"If we succeed, how will we look to our stakeholders?”
Customer Perspective
“What do our customers expect from us?”
Internal Perspective
"To satisfy our customers, at which business processes
must we excel?”
People & Culture Perspective
"To be successful, how must our organisation learn
and improve?”
13. The Strategy Map is part of an integrated management system
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Financial
Customer
Internal
Process
People &
Culture
Double the number
of new products
released to market
Objectives
Break the strategy into
12-16 objectives,
which state what
specifically must be
achieved and what’s
critical to success.
Accountabilities
Who is Accountable
for achieving the
objective? Who else is
involved, and what
roles do they play?
KPIs
How success in
achieving the strategy
will be measured and
tracked.
Initiatives
What change must be
implemented to
achieve success?
▪ Responsible
▪ Accountable
▪ Consult
▪ Inform
▪ Rate of Product
Release – Last
Year vs This Year
▪ NPD Release
Velocity
▪ Launch new
online ideas
portal
▪ Engage Market
Research firm
14. The Strategy Map is part of an integrated management system
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DEPARTMENTAL STRATEGY MAP
ALIGNMENT MATRIXACCOUNTABILITIES MATRIX
CORPORATE STRATEGY MAP
SCORECARD
RISK MAP
APPETITE ALIGNMENT MATIX
15. Retail Banking Strategy Map
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Financial
Customer
Internal
Process
People &
Culture
Grow Income in Key
Market Segments
Increase Shareholder
Value
Lowest cost of funds &
cost to serve
Increase average share
of wallet
Good value &
innovative FS solutions
Valued & Trusted FS
provider
Low cost, convenient
service
Build Market
Awareness by Segment
Drive Execution of the
Sales Process
Develop a 360 view of
customers
Cross-sell to existing
customers
Exploit Digital Channels
to cover reduction in
branch network
Manage Information in
line with GDPR
requirements and as a
strategic asset
Re-skill team to sell &
support a ‘total
solution’ proposition
Develop and embed a
high performance
culture
Improve risk
management
framework & process
Manage the Balance of
Funding
17. ▪
▪
▪
Initiative Alignment Matrix
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Objectives
Risk awareness program
Build risk models & analytics for
management decision making
Build risk models & analytics for capital
modelling & regulatory purposes
Select and Implement a new ERM
software solution
Risk Appetite training program for
Board & Executive teams
Initiatives
Proactivelyunderstand&
manageuncertainty
Maintainaccuraterisk
assessments
Effectivelyapply1of4risk
treatments
EnsuretherightKRI’sare
updatedontime
Delivertherightriskinformation,
attherighttime,intheright
format
Developa‘nosurprises’culture
Developculturewhichembraces
ORas‘partofeveryone'sjob
Develop&supportanengaged,
proactiveteamofriskchampions
Provideriskchampionswiththe
toolstodothejob
Internal Process People & Culture
Low
Moderate
High
Level of Alignment
18. Status
Operational Risk Management Performance Scorecard
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Add Value through effective
operational risk management
Add value through successfully
exploiting higher-risk
opportunities
Reduce losses and costs through
successfully managing threats
Financial Perspective
Objective Key Performance Indicators
Indicator
Type
Frequency Value TrendRACI
Risk Management Team cost – Actual vs
Budget
YTD Regulatory Fines & other direct costs
- Actual vs Budget
% Income from New, Innovation Products
– Actual vs Plan
12 Month Pipeline of New Innovative
Products – Actual vs Plan
Ratio - Operational Loss Value to Total
Income
Average Value of Losses – This Month vs
Last Month
Number of Operational Losses – This
Month vs Last Month
Accountable
Accountable
Accountable
Accountable
Accountable
Accountable
Accountable
Leading
Lagging
Lagging
Leading
Lagging
Leading
Lagging
Monthly
Monthly
Monthly
Monthly
Monthly
Monthly
Quarterly
96%
90%
115%
150%
5%
102%
65%
20. Risk Management Strategy
Better Risk-Based Culture
Better Risk-Based Decisions
Better Risk-Based Action-taking
Better Business Results
Risk Management Strategy
is a high-level plan which sets
how the firm will identify,
assess & manage risk to
protect and create
shareholder value.
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21. 21
What does the Risk
Management team
need to do to enable
the risk management
strategy?
How is progress in
delivering the risk
management strategy
measured & reported?
How will the firm
approach risk
management?
Is the risk management
strategy aligned to the
business strategy?
WHAT IS YOUR RISK
MANAGEMENT
STRATEGY?
22. Operational Risk Management Strategy Map
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Financial
For the RMF to be
successful & sustainable,
what will the financial
benefits look like to our
stakeholders?
Stakeholder
For the RMF to be
successful & sustainable,
what will our stakeholders
say about Operational risk
management at our
company?
ORM Processes
For the RMF to be
successful & sustainable,
which operational risk
process must we excel at?
People & Culture
For the RMF to be
successful & sustainable,
what are the capabilities
we needs to develop?
Organisational Capital Human Capital Information Capital
Develop a ‘no
surprises’ culture
Develop culture which
embraces OR as ‘part
of everyone's job
Develop & support an
engaged, proactive
team of risk champions
Provide risk champions
with the tools to do the
job
Proactively understand
& manage uncertainty
Maintain accurate risk
assessments
Effectively apply 1 of 4
risk treatments
Ensure the right KRI’s
are updated on time
Deliver the right risk
information, at the
right time, in the right
format
We manage & develop ORM
processes and capabilities to
enable us to exploit higher-risk
opportunities.
We have a comprehensive
approach to ORM.
We manage & develop ORM
processes and capabilities to
minimise op losses, cost of capital
and insurance costs.
Add Value through effective
operational risk management
Add value through successfully
exploiting higher-risk
opportunities
Reduce losses and costs through
successfully managing threats
Identification Assess & Evaluation Actions ReportingMonitoring
23. Highlight issues with strategy execution
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Financial
For the RMF to be
successful & sustainable,
what will the financial
benefits look like to our
stakeholders?
Stakeholder
For the RMF to be
successful & sustainable,
what will our stakeholders
say about Operational risk
management at our
company?
ORM Processes
For the RMF to be
successful & sustainable,
which operational risk
process must we excel at?
People & Culture
For the RMF to be
successful & sustainable,
what are the capabilities
we needs to develop?
Organisational Capital Human Capital Information Capital
Develop a ‘no
surprises’ culture
Develop culture which
embraces risk as ‘part
of everyone's job
Develop & support an
engaged, proactive
team of risk champions
Provide risk champions
with the tools to do the
job
Proactively understand
& manage uncertainty
Maintain accurate risk
assessments
Effectively apply 1 of 4
risk treatments
Ensure the right KRI’s
are updated on time
Deliver the right risk
information, at the
right time, in the right
format
We manage & develop ORM
processes and capabilities to
enable us to exploit higher-risk
opportunities.
We have a comprehensive
approach to ORM.
We manage & develop ORM
processes and capabilities to
minimise op losses, cost of capital
and insurance costs.
Add Value through effective
operational risk management
Add value through successfully
exploiting higher-risk
opportunities
Reduce losses and costs through
successfully managing threats
Identification Assess & Evaluation Actions ReportingMonitoring
24. Align your risk management strategy to the business strategy
and manage its execution using these ‘tools’
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RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY MAP
ALIGNMENT MATRIXACCOUNTABILITIES MATRIX
CORPORATE STRATEGY MAP
SCORECARD
RISK MAP
APPETITE ALIGNMENT MATIX
25. Value of using the Strategy Map to support the
delivery of the risk management strategy
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RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY MAP
ALIGNMENT MATRIX
ACCOUNTABILITIES MATRIX
CORPORATE STRATEGY MAP
SCORECARD
RISK MAP
APPETITE ALIGNMENT MATIX
Proven process &
approach
Rapid results
(5-10 days)
Expert knowledge
Guaranteed
results
NEED HELP WITH
YOUR RISK
MANAGEMENT
STRATEGY?
30. 5 Levels of Leadership
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Harvard Business Review. From "Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of
Humility and Fierce Resolve" by Jim Collins, January 2001.