Great Read

This was a great read for anyone in (and even those not in) the compliance world. While some of the aspects of this book are focused specifically on compliance, there were plenty of section that can apply to managers and even general employees. This is a must read and had several great ideas that I plan on implementing in my personal and professional life.

Good for beginners

I should start out by saying this book was not for me. I have a fair amount of experience in the compliance field, and some of the tips on this book would be far more appropriate for someone just starting out than someone with even a couple of years in the job. It was well written, with a pleasant style. so if you are just embarking on a career in compliance, it's worth a quick read. If you have worked in compliance already, this will probably be too basic to provide much help, unless you approach it as a light refresher on people skills. But I would definitely recommend it to someone new to the field.

There were some good nuggets of wisdom in here, but ultimately this came across more like a social-media hype-driven marketing piece that should have been in a blog post but was expanded to fit a book for a vanity project. That's a long sentence, but you get the idea. In between bits of truly helpful (albeit not revolutionary) advice like "figure out what motivates people, and then use that to get them on board with your ideas," there are random digressions into how to pick restaurants when you travel overseas. By the way, did she mention that she's been to 35 countries?

That's not to say the advice is bad. In fact, her travel advice is quite good. It just isn't, you know, what makes someone a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer (TM). It's more what someone with social media savvy would include in a blog post that is then rolled into a whitepaper-cum-book to meet the page requirements.