The Internet has bought connection, communication, and efficiency to the business world, including family offices. However, conducting business online without proper security and knowledge of risks can endanger the family and its data. The right level of expertise, planning, and effort is required to safeguard sensitive information. It is an organizational effort, but employees and family members also benefit from using best practices to protect personal information online.
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Cybersecurity Compliance Does Not Equal Security
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The reality today is many companies have relied too much on conducting just a cybersecurity compliance checklist assessment and framework. While compliance with government and industry documentation standards is good, it is not sufficient, nor does it ensure real information security. Organizations need to take appropriate action both before and after a cyber data breach to mitigate the potential negative impacts and optimize business performance results.
Your organization’s people strategy should align with your business strategy, and every people-related initiative should result in something that your customers value. Knowing how to find the right people and get them to want to work for you and stay is the secret to competitive advantage. Leverage your human capital and take advantage of these tips to keep your employees engaged within your organization.
Many people collect artwork for the joy it brings them, while others also focus on the investment angle of their collection. In both cases, collectors should ensure their insurance program and risk management advice aligns with their collecting goals, as well as their estate plans. In this session, we explored how to ensure your insurance policy mirrors your collecting habits and what you expect in the event of a claim.
How Your Board Can Better Oversee Cyber Risk
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Having a good cyber risk management program in place might help a company prevent some breaches. But more importantly, when a breach does happen, it can help companies get back on their feet faster and mitigate financial and reputational damage. How do you know whether your company is doing what it should to address the risk and become cyber resilient?
Attracting and retaining talent is the top Human Capital challenge in family offices today. FOX Managing Director, David Toth and Ken Cameron and Bruce Benesh of Grant Thornton LLP joined us and share what your peers who completed the 2018 FOX Family Office Compensation & Benefits Survey are doing to attract and retain key talent.
Breakout 5 - FOX Compensation and Benefits Study
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Offering a competitive compensation plan is essential to attracting and retaining the top talent that can ensure a family office’s success. However, compensation is also consistently the biggest line item in every family office budget. This makes designing compensation plans that are competitive and effective especially imperative.
Breakout 6 - The Essential Wellness Tool Kit - For You, Your Family, and Your Organization
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Research shows that effective self-care practices can lead to success at work and at home. Join us to discuss the four pillars of well-being and how they inform the way we care for ourselves, our families, and our organizations. Develop a practical self-care tool kit, including mindfulness, nutrition, and movement to increase your productivity in the office, impact your effectiveness as a family member, and engender greater fulfillment and longevity.
Equity Compensation
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The ability to attract, retain, and reward a superior workforce is fundamental to every organization’s long-term growth. One way to achieve it is to offer stock options to employees, giving them a stake in the company’s value as part of their compensation package. In general, there are two forms of stock options: nonqualified stock options and incentive stock options.
The 2018 Compensation and Benefits Report is designed to aid family office board members and executives in their review of the office’s compensation plan. The report highlights the key areas of family office compensation and benefits while providing you with invaluable perspective on your office’s plan relative to your peers.