Risk Roulette
The Surprising Reasons Why Some Businesses Work and Others Fail
Kogan Page · Print & ebook · October 29, 2024
Success requires taking a risk, or two.
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- Who it’s for
- Graham Ruddick draws on fifteen years of research and interviews about how business leaders understand risk.
- Themes
- Understanding business risk, Risk reduction, Leadership and business success
- Genres
- Decision-Making & Problem Solving, Leadership, Risk Assessment & Management
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Success requires taking a risk, or two. But have you ever bet the house on a seemingly good idea for it to become a bad business decision? Risk isn't just about being risky and having a blasé attitude to responsibility. It's about understanding risk more broadly, from the level of risk involved in a decision and how to reduce it, to the difference between short-term and long-term risk.
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Based on fifteen years researching and interviewing leaders, including the founders and chief executives of some of the biggest businesses around the world, journalist Graham Ruddick, has found that there's a pivotal trait leaders have when it comes to success: they understand risk. Join icons from the worlds of business, finance, journalism and sports who know how to make risk work for them and push the boundaries so you can elevate your business.
Business Risk
Graham Ruddick draws on fifteen years of research and interviews about how business leaders understand risk.
Come here for
- How to assess a decision’s risk and reduce it
- The difference between short-term and long-term risk
Expect
- Perspectives from business, finance, journalism and sports leaders
- Risk considered beyond boldness or a blasé attitude to responsibility
Where it sits
| Decision-Making & Problem Solving | 49% |
|---|---|
| Leadership | 36% |
| Risk Assessment & Management | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Starting a Business
- Risk Assessment & Management
- Management
- Authors
- Graham Ruddick
- Publisher
- Kogan Page
- Published
- October 29, 2024
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Understanding business risk · Risk reduction · Leadership and business success
- Reading lane
- Starting a Business