Developing Audacity and Avoiding Mistakes

Instilling confidence and a bold, adventurous attitude

The success of an organisation depends on how effectively it adapts to change, uncertainty and the risk that invariably follows. The problem lies in the fact that the greater the level of change and renewal in an organisation’s environment, the harder it becomes to exercise rigid, top down control. However, encouraging bold individual action and helping people to adapt to change in a way that sustains direction and momentum is a major leadership challenge. The solution lies in helping individuals to become confident and audacious, adapting to new situations and finding new ways to add to the organisation’s success.

This toolkit provides practical techniques to help develop audacity, initiative and success.

Length: 10 pages

Contents:

Action Checklist: Avoiding Thinking Flaws

• Avoid coping and thinking flaws
• The anchoring trap
• The status quo trap
• The sunk-cost trap
• Confirmation bias
• The over-confidence trap
• The framing trap
• The recent event trap
• The prudence trap
• Procrastination
• Bolstering
• Shifting responsibility
• Fragmentation
• Groupthink

Action Checklist: Developing Audacity and Performance

• Overcome the fear of risk
• Create a positive climate
• Develop audacious thinking

Key Concept: Stepping Into the Danger Zone

Key Questions

Further Action

Further Information

The Last Word

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