How To Master Risk And Create A Sense Of Possibility

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If you know what you want, then go ahead and do something about it. Don’t just talk about your future, do something about your future.

According to Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, ‘If you’ve determined your goal, … use risk-taking to help you discover and validate your goals and to open up new and unforeseen pathways toward achieving them.’

‘Real growth isn’t linear, but cyclical.’

Taking small risks early and often helps you to build risk-taking muscles, with compounding benefits.’

‘Rather than focusing solely on the potential for loss, we can reframe risk as decisions we make that afford us considerable upside potential.’

You don’t need perfect goals or clarity to start taking risks.’

A great plan is simple, efficient, and capable of evolving as we go. Whiteboard your way to the future.’

Embracing our inner risk manager helps us face our fears instead of avoiding them.’

Smarter risk-taking requires that we look inward as well, aligning our choices not just with our ambitions but also with who we are at our core.’

‘To achieve a larger success later, focus on delivering shorter-term outcomes and impact.’

‘By delivering impact through each larger chapter of ambition, iterating and taking smaller risks continually to create results faster, we’ll build successful overall careers.’

‘When we choose possibility consistently, we don’t need others to make us powerful. We generate power for ourselves.’

Source

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (2021). Choose Possibility: Take Risks and Thrive (Even When You Fail)

Managing Gen Z At Work

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Watch for Gen Z to combine the physical with the digital in how they consume, live, and work.’

Be open to new additions to the lexicon– they may be visual, video, or even symbolic; all of them can enhance communication.’

‘Allow employees to create their own job titles.’

Incorporate new ways to track, post, monitor, measure, and share performance data.’

Accept that college isn’t the answer for everyone– explore what other avenues can equip Gen Z to have productive lives and careers.’

Understand how intensely Gen Z experiences FOMO.’

Remind employees what they are learning, how they fit into the larger picture, and the achievements they’ve had to help combat career FOMO.’

‘Coach Gen Z on how to establish the credibility and capacity of sources they identified.’

Watch for Gen Z to be entrepreneurial and put that to work internally rather than lose them.’

Keep one foot on the brake pedal to avoid Gen Z going so fast they make critical mistakes.’

Source:

David Stillman and Jonah Stillman (2017). Gen Z at Work: How the Next Generation Is Transforming the Workplace