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Deep questions: What diving teaches us about uncertainty and risk

Chartered Management Institute

In all sectors, tensions exist between competing pressures such as resources, finance, time and workload. While this can help facilitate risk management , it can also be a hindrance in a constantly changing world. P eople create safety by adapting practices and managing risk dynamically, Gareth believes.

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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable. Talent is clearly a plus as long as it is a value add and not a business requirement.

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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

You cannot separate leadership from decisioning, for like it or not, they are inexorably linked. Decisions made at the gut instinct or data level can be made quickly, but offer a higher level of risk. They make bad decisions. And in some cases they compound bad decision upon bad decision.

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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Contingency : Nothing is without risk, and when you think something is without risk, that is when you’re most likely to end-up in trouble. All initiatives surrounding new ideas should include detailed risk management provisions. Champion : Senior leadership must champion any new idea being adopted.

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Questions and Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

If as a leader you don’t take the time to get to know your team members on a very personal basis you simply won’t build the trust necessary to successfully weather the seasons of leadership. How can we improve the risk management, governance, control, and reporting functions for this? to hit your objectives?

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

Strategy Driven

Provide leadership. Strategic Plan includes provisions for refinancing, equity and debt financing. Finance charges are negotiated. When a business loses sight of the customer and what they really need they often run into difficulties. A leader’s purpose and job is to give direction and purpose and motivate his people.

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The G-20 is 2011's Biggest Political Risk

Harvard Business Review

We're in the midst of an international currency war," Guido Mantega , Brazil's Finance Minister, said last September. No country or bloc seems to want to take on the burden of global leadership. It was clear from both summits that the world is headed toward a new level of political conflict and a breakdown of the economic order.