Decision Drag: Risk Culture, Risk Ownership and Decision-Making Signals
From RiskMasters | Trailblazing Risk Leadership by Julien Haye | Strategic Risk Leadership Expert | Author of The Risk Within
May 2, 2026 · 5 min · Season 4
About this episode
The episode discusses how decision drag serves as a signal of weakening control in risk management and the importance of risk culture and ownership in decision-making.
Risk culture, risk management, and risk ownership become visible through how decisions are taken in practice. In this RiskMasters — The Download segment, Leroy Roberts explores decision drag as an early signal of weakening control, showing how slowing decisions and unclear risk ownership affect risk management outcomes and leadership effectiveness . For chief risk officers, board directors, and risk leaders , this provides a practical way to observe risk culture and control in real time. The discussion focuses on how decision-making behaviour reflects the strength of governance and highlights why delays, escalation patterns, and ownership clarity are critical indicators of operational risk . Listeners will gain insight into: • How risk culture shapes risk decision-making and control • Why decision drag signals changes in risk ownership and accountability • How leadership behaviour influences escalation and decision clarity • How chief risk officers and boards can observe risk management effectiveness through decision patterns This segment is extracted from the full RiskMasters interview with Leroy Roberts on risk culture, leadership, risk management, and operational risk…
People in this episode
Host: Julien Haye
Guest: Leroy Roberts
Topics covered
- risk culture
- decision-making
- risk ownership
- leadership effectiveness
- operational risk
- governance
Keywords
- risk culture
- decision drag
- risk management
- leadership
- operational risk
- governance
- accountability
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