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LinkedIn Learning

Risk-Taking for Leaders

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

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Without knowing when and how to take risks, organizations can lose market share and relevance. Learn how to cultivate risk-taking in your team, your organization, and your career.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Why Is Risk a Leadership Tool?
  • What do we mean by risk?
  • What leadership characteristics facilitate risk-taking in organizations
  • Where risk lives within the organization
2. Assessing Your Capacity for Risk
  • Assess your risk-taking style
  • How can I grow my risk-taking abilities?
  • What role does risk play in the everyday work of a leader?
3. Leading the Risk-Taking Organization
  • Assess your organization's risk tolerance
  • Outline risk-taking processes
  • Establish risk-taking parameters
  • Define organizational risk-takers
4. Cultivate Intelligent Risk-Taking Behaviors
  • Identify knowledge gaps that could benefit from risk
  • Articulate risk benefits
  • Create the right environment for risk
5. Model Risk-Taking Leadership
  • Be focused on value creation
  • Engage in conversations of “Yes, and…”
  • Be a mentor
Conclusion
  • Wrap-up and next steps

Taught by

Deborah Perry Piscione

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