Sunday Book Review

Welcome to the Sunday Book Review, the Authors Podcast! On this episode, Tom welcomes special guest Keith Read, former Chief Compliance Officer at British Telecom and author of The Unconventional Compliance Officer. Keith discusses how effective measures can be taken to improve compliance within a given company, even when it comes to hard issues like GDPR, conflicts of interest and more. He emphasizes the importance of utilizing data in the compliance process and reminds companies to look at the outcomes and not just inputs. He claims his book to be a wealth of resources for better understanding compliance and explains that it can be found on multiple digital marketplaces. Join Tom Fox as he dives deep into the world of compliance with Keith Read and his groundbreaking book.

Key Highlights Include

·      The Benefits of Applying Behavioral Psychology in Business [00:03:53]

·      Accessibility of Customer Hotlines [00:07:32]

·      EU Anti-Retaliation Policy for GDPR [00:11:15]

·      Shifting Focus from Inputs to Outcomes [00:15:12]

·      Exploring Positive Conflicts of Interest in the 21st Century [00:18:52]

·      Role of Data & Compliance in Modern Business Practices [00:22:49]

·      The Benefits of Data Analysis for Companies [00:26:32]

Notable Quotes

1.     "We had 99 percent of people trained on anti-corruption compliance." 

2.     "What I spend a lot of time doing is how can you turn that push into pull?" 

3.     "Everybody sees conflicts of interest as negative. I mean, maybe that's an overstatement, but if somebody suddenly send you an email to say, we won't report your you know, any conflict of interest and so on. It's, again, it's another example of compliance push." 

4.     "What I call, is the corporate shield. It was the exercises. It's more than it's the exercise I developed. Which was to say, you know, you could do a very quick and dirty analysis of how risk has changed."

Resources

The Unconventional Compliance Officer

Keith Read on LinkedIn

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In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we consider some of the top recently released by the Cambridge University Press:

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In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we consider some of the top ethics books which every compliance professional should read in 2023:

·       The Ethics of Bribery Theoretical and Empirical Studies by Robert W. McGee and Serkan Benk

·       The UK Anti-Bribery Handbook by Christopher Sallon and Sam Tate

·      Bribery and Corruption in International Business: Cases, Causes, and Cures by Rajib Sanyal

·       Anti Bribery A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition by Gerardus Blokdyk

Resources

Best New Bribery Books To Read In 2023 on BookAuthority.org

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Welcome to the Sunday Book Review, the Authors Podcast! On this inaugural episode, Tom welcomes special guest Jeffrey Hazlett, the founder and CEO of C-Suite, former Chief Marketing Officer at Eastman Kodak and a prime-time host on Bloomberg. They talked about Hayzlett’s updated version of  his seminal work The Mirror Test. They discuss Hayzlett’s 3 key elements of leadership: improvisation, talent, and the bottom-line results. He also discussed his new book about Murphy the spy, which is a metaphor for the subject matter. Hazlett emphasized the importance of company culture, noting that if it's not up to par it can be detrimental. This episode of the Sunday Book Review-Authors Podcast is sure to leave you inspired and well-informed about leadership! Be sure to tune in!

 Key Highlights Include 

·      Leadership lessons from The Mirror Test [00:03:55]

·      Talent and Leadership for Business Success [00:06:54]

·      Positioning Your Unique Selling Proposition [00:10:01]

·      The Necessity of Representing Different Communities in Messaging [00:13:33]

·      The Impact of Company Culture on Employee Performance [00:16:46]

 Notable Quotes

1.     1. "What problem are we solving? And that's really what it is." 

2.     "You have to become a personal brand because you are. A brand is nothing but a promise delivered." 

3.     "You have to be out there because you take on the attributes of the brand, the brand takes on the attributes of you."

4.     "You have to really develop the culture and understand what the culture will be like and then recruit people in that are similar to your culture or at least will fit in because I've seen people who've gotten fired within weeks or days because they just didn't fit in the culture."

 Resources

Purchase the The Mirror Test Purchase

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In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, I consider some books on corruption.

 Resources

Best New Corruption Books To Read In 2023 on BookAuthority.org

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In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we consider some of the top ethics books which every compliance professional should read in 2023:

·      Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls by Kathleen Hale 

·       Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse

·        Trailed: One Woman’s Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders by Kathryn Miles 

·       American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America’s Jack the Ripper by Daniel Stashower 

Resources

Complete List of Mystery Writers of America 2023 Edgar Nominees in MysteryTribune.com

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In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we consider some of the top ethics books which every compliance professional should read in 2023:

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In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we consider some of the top ethics books which every compliance professional should read in 2023:

·       The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators by Martin Edwards 

·       The Bloomsbury Handbook to Agatha Christie by Mary Anna Evans & J.C. Bernthal

·       The Crime World of Michael Connelly: A Study of His Works and Their Adaptations by David Geherin

·        Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley

Resource

Complete List of Mystery Writers of America 2023 Edgar Nominees

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In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we consider some of the top ethics books which every compliance professional should read in 2023:

·       Ethics for Behavior Analysts by Jon Bailey and Mary Burch

·        Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology: Caught in the Web by Edward Spence

·       The Rise of Business Ethics by Bernard Mees

·        Business Ethics for Better Behavior by Jason Brennan, William English, John Hasnas, and Peter Jaworski

Resource

20 Best New Ethics Books To Read In 2023 by Annemarie Slaughter

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In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. In today’s edition of the Sunday Book Review, we consider some of the top business books which every compliance professional should read in 2023:

·       How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

·        Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini

·       The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success by Darren Hardy

·        Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Tim Ferriss

Resource

The Best Business Books to Read in 2023 By Hal Kitzmiller

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