Shifting from a Risk-Averse to a Risk-Ready Leader: Six Strategies for Inspiring Innovation, Resilience, and Results
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As our world continues to experience accelerated change, overwhelming complexity, and increased competition, the most successful leaders are those who can transition from a risk-averse to a risk-ready growth mindset. This session explores the transformation leaders need to undergo, both individually and organizationally, and will offer cutting edge strategies and best practices for how to cultivate a culture that thrives on calculated risk-taking, innovation, and problem solving to achieve sustainable results.
Learning Objectives: Walk away with greater knowledge, tools, and best practices for how leaders must reframe their view of risk from something to be avoided to something to be strategically managed.Identify the benefits of fostering a workplace culture that encourages creativity, forward-thinking, and problem solving.Apply the steps necessary to bounce back from setbacks, adapt to change, and maintain momentum in the face of uncertainty.
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Shirley Davis, SHRM-SCP
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Dr. Shirley Davis, CSP, President of SDS Global Enterprises, a global workforce solutions firm, is an award-winning Human Resources expert, with over 30 years of business experience in a variety of senior executive roles for several Fortune 100 companies, as well as her last role of Vice President of Global Diversity and Inclusion for the Society for Human Resource Management. She’s also a best-selling author of 5 books, serves on the National Speakers Association and the NSA Foundation Boards, and the Make A Wish Foundation Board. She is a popular facilitator for eight LinkedIn Learning leadership courses.
Delatorro McNeal
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