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Linda Meikle

Associate Director, Content Marketing

NAVEX

Linda Meikle is senior content marketing manager at NAVEX, where she works to develop content for risk and compliance professionals including as the editor and chief of the Risk & Compliance Matters Blog.

Prior to joining NAVEX, Linda worked for Evanta, a Gartner company, building agendas and advising speakers for virtual and in-person CISO and CHRO gatherings. She specialized in work with C-level leaders from large enterprise organizations to collaborate on agenda strategy and written content production.

Articles by the author

  • 21 Jul 2025 Linda Meikle

    How to Make a Meaningful Code of Conduct for Your Workplace

    How does your organization communicate its values, priorities and commitments to your workforce? Chances are, it’s through your code of conduct – but what state your code of conduct is in may open an entirely different can of worms.

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  • 23 Apr 2024 Linda Meikle

    What Whistleblowing Laws Does My Company Need to Comply With?

    Keeping track of whistleblowing compliance regulations can feel like a moving target. So, what is the best way to monitor and understand your organization’s whistleblowing compliance requirements? Read on to learn.

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  • 14 Mar 2024 Linda Meikle

    Why Keeping Your Workforce Informed is an Odyssey (But Not an Impossible One)

    For HR and Compliance professionals, ensuring employees have access to the knowledge they need to stay on the right path and aligned with your company values and protocols is paramount. This article discusses common challenges in keeping your workforce engaged with compliance.

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  • 18 Jan 2024 Linda Meikle

    Top Lessons Learned from “Your Year as a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer"

    Kristy Grant-Hart, CEO of Spark Compliance Consulting, recently released her new book, “Your Year as a Wildly Effective Compliance Officer”. This article reviews some of the key things you’ll learn and why this is a great tool for anyone seeking to become more effective in their personal and professional lives.

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  • 27 Jul 2023 Linda Meikle

    Embracing the Whistleblower - 3 Ways Your Business Can Encourage Internal Reporting

    The role whistleblowers play in identifying and bringing to light corporate misconduct, toxic cultures and the like is vital for the cultural health of any company. In many cases, whistleblowers put their career or reputation at risk by reporting – this is especially true in businesses where a “speak-up” culture may not be fully embraced. To that end, let’s discuss three things to keep in mind to help businesses better embrace the critical role whistleblowers play creating an ethical and compliant culture.

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  • 13 Jul 2023 Linda Meikle

    State of R&C Report Key Finding – Programs Shift Toward Greater Maturity

    NAVEX recently surveyed over 1,300 Risk and Compliance (R&C) leaders across the globe to delve into compliance program maturity, priorities, struggles, and more. While all of the key findings are illuminating, this post is dedicated to the first key finding: R&C programs are reporting greater maturity than in previous years.

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  • 2 May 2023 Linda Meikle

    Hotline Report Substantiation – Differences Between Phone and Web Reports

    Each year, NAVEX produces the Hotline & Incident Management Benchmark Report – a comprehensive assessment of trends in whistleblowing. This post explores one of the key findings from this year’s report: people still want to talk to a person when they have a concern, but they are more likely to experience a substantiated outcome when they write it down and submit their report via the web.

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  • 14 Apr 2023 Linda Meikle

    What Does an Increase in Anonymous and External Whistleblower Reports Mean?

    Each year, NAVEX produces the Hotline & Incident Management Benchmark Report – a comprehensive assessment of trends in whistleblowing. This post explores one of the key findings from this year’s report: reporting is at the highest levels ever, but reporters are proceeding with more caution and, in some cases, reporting outside their organizations.

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  • 24 Feb 2023 Linda Meikle

    How to Effectively Communicate with the Board About Ethics, Risk & Compliance Training

    Ethics, risk and compliance training is essential for ensuring all employees understand and adhere to the company’s values, mission, and legal requirements. It plays a crucial role in creating a positive and productive workplace culture. This post discusses how to effectively communicate with your board of directors about ethics, risk and compliance training.

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  • 21 Feb 2023 Linda Meikle

    3 Ways to Elevate Your Employee Experience

    Employee experience and workplace culture are top of mind for the workforce and organizations. But getting the experience “right” requires a nuanced approach that works for your organization. This post discusses three ways to elevate your employee experience.

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  • 23 Jan 2023 Linda Meikle

    How to Address Workplace Harassment in the Age of Remote Work

    What started as a response to the global pandemic, remote and hybrid work is now here to stay. And this paradigm of work comes several cultural shifts and new concerns for Compliance and HR to address. Once of which is how to address workplace harassment, which has also evolved to the new ways of working.

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  • 30 Dec 2022 Linda Meikle

    A Review of Risk & Compliance in 2022

    As 2022 comes to a close, now is an ideal time to reflect on the developments and challenges this year held for the risk and compliance profession – and there was no shortage of either. This retrospective blog focuses on the major influences on risk and compliance programs in 2022 and what to pay attention to in 2023 and beyond.

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  • 19 Sep 2022 Linda Meikle

    How Healthy is Your Incident Management Program?

    How healthy is your incident management program? Whether just getting started or looking to reevaluate your program’s efficacy, this post explores the value of a robust incident management program with leadership buy-in and helpful resources for compliance leaders.

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  • 18 May 2022 Linda Meikle

    The Essentials of Addressing and Managing Conflicts of Interest

    Personal pursuits and relationships outside the workplace lead to richer, more fulfilling lives for employees. Inside the workplace, gifts and entertainment can lead to stronger bonds with business partners. However, these potential conflicts of interest stemming from personal or professional endeavors require proper training, disclosure channels, and management to be consistently applied across the workplace to avoid potential consequences.

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  • 11 May 2022 Linda Meikle

    Excellence in Ethics and Compliance Builds Stronger Company Culture

    NAVEX is excited to honor our customers for their work in ethics and compliance, ESG, integrated risk management and GRC programs in the annual Customer Excellence Awards. In this post, we’ll review last year’s winners and new categories to celebrate our customers’ leadership and hard work.

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  • 9 Nov 2021 Linda Meikle

    Purpose Driven Culture Through Sustainability

    True corporate responsibility goes well beyond stated values and intention. Today, successful organizations know their values and purpose are just as important as their products.

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  • 20 Sep 2021 Linda Meikle

    Addressing the Broad Scope of Conflicts of Interest Risk Vulnerabilities

    Conflicts of interest are among the most sensitive issues that risk and compliance professionals face. Deploying these practical strategies can yelp compliance professionals more effectively and efficiently manage real‑world COI scenarios and requirements.

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  • 23 Aug 2021 Linda Meikle

    The Link Between Compliance Program Funding and Efficacy

    Proper investment in a successful compliance program starts with providing an adequate budget and dedicated talent. However, for many organizations, compliance is often combined with other responsibilities and programs are often not considered to be a single business unit. Research for NAVEX Global’s 2021 Definitive Risk & Compliance Benchmark report shows a majority of programs lack the prioritization needed to be fully successful. Here we discuss highlights of those findings and key points to consider when advocating for and determining the budget of compliance program resources.

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