Introduction

In today’s dynamic business environment, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) plays a critical role in enabling organisations to anticipate uncertainty, protect value, and sustain performance. Post-disruption realities have heightened expectations for stronger governance, clearer risk ownership, and resilient operating models that can withstand shocks while supporting strategic objectives.

The Complete Course in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) provides a structured, practical approach to designing and implementing ERM across the enterprise. It focuses on building a proactive risk culture, defining risk appetite and tolerance, integrating ERM with governance and continuity practices, and strengthening risk-informed decision-making. The course emphasises real-world application, enabling participants to translate ERM principles into practical oversight, reporting, and resilience outcomes.

Key focus areas include:

Key Learning Outcomes

At the end of this Complete Course in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) training course, participants will be able to:

Training Methodology

This Complete Course in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) training course combines expert-led instruction with applied case analysis, facilitated discussions, and practical exercises. Participants work through realistic scenarios and tools that reinforce ERM design, assessment, and reporting, ensuring immediate transfer to organisational risk environments.

The Complete Course in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

Who Should Attend?

This Complete Course in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) training course is ideal for:

  • Risk practitioners and ERM implementers
  • Incident, emergency, and crisis response managers
  • Line and project managers integrating risk into operations
  • Business continuity and resilience professionals
  • Middle and senior leaders supporting risk-informed decisions
  • Professionals responsible for governance and risk oversight

Course Outline

Day 1

Principles of Risk and Enterprise Risk Management

  • Objectives & Governance, concepts & definitions
  • Mapping and assessing Your current governance arrangements
  • Commitment - Setting Your objectives for implementing the latest guidance
  • Who are the internal and external stakeholders?
  • The importance of culture, communication and behaviour in seeking an effective ERM structure
  • An overview of the global post pandemic business environment
  • Enterprise Risk Management – The Resilient Organisation
Day 2

ISO 31004 – Designing the Framework for Managing ERM

  • ERM framework and process
  • ERM responsibilities – who does what, who is on the team
  • ERM accountabilities and performance measures
  • Compare Your current ERM to ISO31000:2009 principles
  • Alignment between ERM policy and the organisation
  • Risk attitude: pursue, retain or avoid with respect to risk appetite and tolerance
  • Options for risk criteria, assessment, identification, analysis and evaluation
Day 3

Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS)

  • Fundamental principles of Business Continuity Management
  • Implementation of a BCMS in accordance with ISO 22301 & 27031
  • Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and Risk Assessment
  • To understand the relationship between BCMS and the compliance with the other ERM requirements, including supply chain strategies
  • Writing a business case and a project plan for the implementation of a BCMS
  • Incident and emergency response management (including mutual aid)
Day 4

Implementing Effective Enterprise Risk Management

  • Resources and methodologies to implement The Plan
  • Ensuring ERM becomes part of significant decision-making
  • What are the likely barriers to implementation (risk culture)?
  • Risk reporting & the limitations of various risk reporting tools & methodologies
  • Assess the merits of quantitative risk modelling & qualitative reporting
  • Align your risk reporting processes with other strategically important management activities, such as reputation management
Day 5

Monitoring, Review and Continuous Improvement of the Framework

  • Key risk indicators (KRI´s)
  • Continuous improvements, running your own team-based risk workshops
  • Collate risk and control information from multiple sources into a central risk register or inventory of risk information system
  • Controls register or inventory of controls (The “Five Ws”)
  • Understand feedback provided to you by those you communicate with and take on board “lessons learnt”

International Standards & Professional Alignment

Our training courses are aligned with internationally recognised professional standards and frameworks across leadership, strategy, finance, governance, risk, compliance, and audit. By integrating globally trusted models, we ensure learners develop practical, relevant, and industry-recognised capabilities.

Our trainings draw on leading international standards and professional frameworks, including ISO, ISACA, COSO, OECD, IIA, FATF, Basel, IFRS/ISSB, GRI, NIST, CPD, ILM and the OECD AI Principles. This alignment ensures consistency with global best practices across financial management, risk oversight, digital governance, sustainability, and strategic decision-making..

Designed in alignment with globally recognised professional bodies, our courses support continuous professional development, strengthen organisational capability, and provide clear pathways toward professional certifications valued worldwide.

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FAQs

The course focuses on enterprise-wide risk management that strengthens governance, resilience, and strategic decision-making. 

Yes, it covers evolving risk strategies, resilience indicators, and adaptive governance practices. 

Yes, it enhances strategic ERM capability for professionals with existing risk responsibilities. 

Yes, the course provides practical guidance on setting and applying risk appetite and tolerance. 

Yes, it aligns ERM with business continuity, crisis management, and corporate governance. 

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