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WhyThe Risk Factor
Why Every Organization Needs Big Bets,
Bold Characters and the Occasional Spectacular Failure!
By: Deborah Perry PiscioneVortoConsulting.com
Without Risk, You Lose:
market share, relevance or become obsolete.
Don’t believe it? Since 2000, 52% of Fortune 500s have disappeared
(Source: Blogger, R Ray Wang)
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Risk is the Last Undefined Leadership Tool
Great leaders know that risk-taking
is at the heart of their leadership
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Risk-Taking CEO’s Think of Themselves as
Chief Innovation Officers
Pictured: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and the CEO/CTO of SpaceX
(They are with their people,
not surrounded by entourages or hidden in corner offices with mahogany desks
and skyscraper views).VortoConsulting.com
A Culture of How
Not what you do…
But how you do it!VortoConsulting.com
Risk-Takers put People First…
Because People create Products!
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Since HR Has Become
The Function of “No”…
The Death of HR -- hit restart --
The Birth of talented PeopleVortoConsulting.com
™Two Words That Will Turn
Employee Ideas Into Execution
™
Risk-takers recognize that Good Ideas can
come from Anyone at Anytime.VortoConsulting.com
Risk-Takers Allow People
The Freedom to Experiment…
(without watching their every move)VortoConsulting.com
What Do Risk-Takers Look Like?
1. They are creators, not observers
2. They are highly curious
3. Surround themselves with like-minded
people
4. Shake off failure and even embrace it
5. Have lower levels of fear VortoConsulting.com
They Engage in Conversations of:
“Yes, and…” to Encourage People!
(Not squash people’s enthusiasm with
conversations of “No” or Yes, but…”)
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CEO READ Manifesto
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In 2015, What Risks are You Willing to Take?
