BDO locations BDO login CONTACT Board Support - John Hijmans (030) 284 97 58 Send an email All our specialists NEWS Doing business across national borders More return from your employees? Soft controls provide guidance Without attention for the employee, risk management does not work THE NETHERLANDS Contact Home About BDO Branches Services News Publications Themes Work at Home / Themes / Soft Controls / Soft controls and supervision Anti-Corruption Tax package 2015 Commissioners Family businesses Innovation Retirement provision Efficiency improvement SBR SEPA Soft Controls Soft Controls Model Soft controls scan employees Soft controls scan manager Asset management SOFT CONTROLS AND SUPERVISION The functional distance between the Supervisory Board and the organization forms a barrier to making behavioral and cultural aspects negotiable and insightful. Nevertheless, it is important for the quality of supervision that the Supervisory Board has insight into and a feeling for (the effectiveness of) soft controls within the organization. To what extent is the current leadership style effective? Do employees talk to each other about behavior? And is communication perceived as unambiguous and accessible? Supervisory Board and soft controls BDO can support you in gaining insight into the extent to which soft controls are present and how they work. This can be done via the BDO Soft controls scan , among other things . In addition to the soft controls scan, BDO can support you as a supervisory board in making soft controls part of the way in which you supervise. This means that the Supervisory Board has an eye for existing behavioral and cultural aspects and manages them, takes this into account in the structure of the supervision and ensures within the Supervisory Board that soft controls are on the agenda. Guidance from BDO BDO can assist you in that context with: Skills: assessing soft controls requires the right skills. In discussions with the (individual) Supervisory Board members, we can make an inventory of existing knowledge about behavioral and cultural aspects and structures. During this exercise, Supervisory Board members are encouraged to look at the organization in a different way. An angle that provides different insights. Setup: BDO can assist in drawing up a profile for a new member to be recruited, which includes 'soft' skills. Especially if you strive for a diverse, complementary composition of the Supervisory Board, it is advisable to match a profile to this. Contact Would you like more information without obligation? Please contact one of our specialists or leave your details by e-mail .