Sallie Krawcheck on Risk-Taking
33mGeneral2016-05-06
Authors
Sallie Krawcheck
Expert in negotiation, networking, mentoring, and workplace culture
Course details
To create any type of opportunity for ourselves—and our companies—we must take chances. Yet as we progress in our careers those chances can get more intense and scary, causing us to resist taking necessary risks.
What's holding you back? How can you gain the confidence necessary to take risks and chance failing? Sallie Krawcheck is a LinkedIn Influencer and one of the most successful and influential executives in financial services. She has built her career and reputation on thoughtful risk-taking. Here she shares an approach that will help you to take chances while mitigating risk—and keep you on the track to growth and continued opportunity.
What's holding you back? How can you gain the confidence necessary to take risks and chance failing? Sallie Krawcheck is a LinkedIn Influencer and one of the most successful and influential executives in financial services. She has built her career and reputation on thoughtful risk-taking. Here she shares an approach that will help you to take chances while mitigating risk—and keep you on the track to growth and continued opportunity.
Skills covered
Thought LeaderBusiness StrategyBusiness Analysis and StrategyLeadership and Management
Concepts
Introduction
- Welcome
Evaluate and Frame the Risk
- Evaluate the risk
- Decide to proceed
Mitigate the Risk
- Think through your worst-case scenario
- Think through your best-case scenario
- Acknowledge how you may be holding yourself back
Risks of Entrepreneurship
- Risks of raising money
- Risks of making sales
- Risks of hiring
- Dealing with fear
Conclusion
- Next steps