Compliance is all about looking for signs. You want signs that employees understand the rules. You want signs that mistakes are being spotted and fixed before they become bigger problems. You want signs that big problems are being smartly corrected.
Those signs take many forms. You can monitor hotline calls. You can have employees repeatedly deliver affirmations. You can run forensic testing.
Right now, with snow chest depth in my front yard, I’m looking for signs that spring will come. Punxsutawney Phil does little but highlight that we are stuck in the middle of winter.
Today, the first true sign that spring will come appears for New England. And Red Sox fans everywhere. It’s truck day.
Al Hartz from New England Household Moving and Storage will be driving the Red Sox equipment 18-wheeler when it departs Fenway Park on Thursday to begin the ride down to Fort Myers, Florida. Of course that assumes the truck can navigate the snow-clogged streets of Boston and make it out of town.
