Risk Culture, Risk Ownership and Decision-Making Under Pressure
From RiskMasters | Trailblazing Risk Leadership by Julien Haye | Strategic Risk Leadership Expert | Author of The Risk Within
May 9, 2026 · 8 min · Season 4
About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of risk culture and ownership on decision-making under pressure within organizations.
Risk culture, risk ownership, leadership, and risk management become visible through how organisations make decisions under pressure. In this RiskMasters — The Download segment, Leroy Roberts explores how unclear ownership, weak support structures, and slowing decisions create decision drag and increase organisational risk exposure. The discussion focuses on how chief risk officers , boards, and leadership teams can strengthen risk management by improving risk ownership , operational clarity, and leadership support. The conversation also explores why organisations often believe existing governance and escalation processes are sufficient, while underlying control gaps continue to create operational and strategic risk. Listeners will gain insight into: • How risk ownership influences decision-making and control effectiveness • Why decision drag signals weakening risk culture • How leadership support strengthens risk management outcomes • Why delegation without support increases operational and strategic risk • How organisations can strengthen control through clearer accountability and decision cadence This extract is taken from the full RiskMasters interview with Leroy Roberts on…
People in this episode
Host: Julien Haye
Guest: Leroy Roberts
Topics covered
- risk culture
- risk ownership
- decision-making
- leadership
- risk management
- operational risk
- governance
Keywords
- risk culture
- decision-making
- leadership support
- operational risk
- governance
- accountability
- decision drag
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