If you’re keen to display the qualities of true leadership, risk-taking must become part of your executive weaponry. Leaders must be disrupters of the status quo, which often requires them to take risks. Calculated risk-taking helps ‘creative edge’ organisations to thrive; and it earns an enviable reputation for individuals who deliver the positive results. But risk-taking requires courage and an awareness of the following advice… 1. Be aware of the pros and cons of risk taking. Risk taking means moving from a situation of some security to another less secure position. But, to advance, there’ll be times when you must place yourself, even your organisation, at risk. Courage is a basic requirement for risk taking, sometimes at great professional and personal cost. The alternative – choosing not to show leadership – will no doubt result in fewer risks and greater security, but it will also mean the loss of opportunity to [...]