We're kicking off International Joke Day, Broadcat-style, with 10 compliance memes that may sting a bit (and are awkwardly accurate). But don’t worry, each is followed by a pro tip to avoid any major facepalm moments 🤦🏻♀️ (and so that you can scroll through memes for the next few minutes and still count it as “work”).
Ready? Here we go…
Leadership Support = Program Success
We’ve all been at the mercy of leaders who just don’t get it. It’s almost like a compliance department rite of passage. But once you have the political capital to change the tone, you’ll find a lot less roadblocks and a lot more enthusiasm.
Ah, the age-old compliance dilemma: You've got big plans to make compliance awesome, but your budget looks like pocket change. The fix comes down to speaking the right language to those who hold the purse strings—in other words, framing your program's value in terms of making more money, saving cash, or cutting risk for the company. 🤑
Check out this post for tips on how to pitch your program like a pro and build a rock-solid case for the funding you deserve.
Stop the madness! Use this Finalizing the Investigation Report checklist to put a bow on that mamma jamma so the org can focus on resolving the issues in your report, not how to phrase them. 💝
Relying on comprehension quizzes (i.e., short-term memorization) to measure if your compliance training is working is a step up from taking attendance, but it still falls short (like, 75%-will-likely-be-forgotten-in-a-week short). Everyone shows up ✅ and passes the test ✅, but …are they putting what they learned into practice?
You know high quiz scores don't translate into real-world behavioral change, so let’s shake things up. Read this post for solutions on how to freshen up those quizzes and measure what matters.
Compliance Training Is a Total Bummer
At least, compliance training's a bummer when you’re doing it once a year on an arbitrary schedule and ask your employees to pass a test at the end. There are better options out there, folks! (Hi, it’s us, we’re the better option! 👋)
Like you, everyone at your org is swamped with info, and as mentioned above, memory has a way of decaying over time—especially when it comes to compliance rules learned months ago! 🫠 That's why relying solely on scheduled training is like building on quicksand.
Learn specific ways you can deliver Just-in-Time (JIT) training in this post, and start delivering crucial guidance exactly when employees need it.
Remember when the DOJ said, "Hey, let's make compliance training actually work?" They pushed for shorter, laser-focused sessions. Yet, here we are, still facing the pressure for one-size-fits-all content assigned to everyone. 😖
Grab our Who needs this training? infographic and share it with anyone who didn’t get the memo.
I said it. You heard right. Annual compliance training is a cringy, check-the-box activity at best and can totally undermine your program at worst. You can read more about those reasons here, but if you’re already convinced and ready to modernize your training game, this post is a stellar guide on how to shift to a campaign-based approach. 🌟
The Big Picture
These memes cover those big ✨existential questions✨ your employees have, like:
- You want *me* to do compliance?
- Why can’t you just tell me what to do?
- How am I supposed to know what the policy says? I’m not a lawyer!
Whose job is compliance, anyway?! Well, it's everyone's! It's not just what your office does; it's about embedding compliance deep into your company culture and creating a shared responsibility. 🤝
To accomplish this, first you need to measure the impact of your program. Only then can you report on and hold others accountable to those results. Download our free step-by-step guide for a deeper dive into why this matters and how to reimagine your compliance strategy.
Ever had an employee throw their hands up and say, "Just tell me what to do!"?
As compliance pros, our first instinct might be to sigh, but actually, that's a good thing! 🎊 It means they want to do what’s right, they just need clear, actionable steps, not another lecture.
Dive into our blog post for why (and how) you should embrace their plea for simplicity!
People read policies because they want to do something, but first want to check if it’s OK. They're skimming for solutions, not reading them start to finish. 📚 So, if this meme felt personal, follow the steps here to make your policies more useful.
And, if you’re not a member of Design Club yet, download this rad infographic on the top 10 compliance problems, solved to learn what all the fuss is about (or to convince someone else who isn’t in-the-know).
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