How to – Seek Risk It is often cited that while managers are risk-averse, Leaders are risk-seeking. When a Leader has a vision that they want their employees to embrace, they consider it natural to encounter hurdles that must be overcome along the route to success. Leaders are comfortable with risk and may see routes that hold potential opportunities that others avoid because they view them as potential problems. Leaders can see the possibility of an advantage and are willing to break a rule or two to get things done.

Ask yourself:

• Do you seek change or stability?

• Are you thinking long-term or short-term?

• Are you proactive or reactive?

• Do you seek to take risks or reduce risks?

• Do you take the blame or give it to others?

• Do you break rules or make rules?

• Do you have followers or subordinates?

Ask others how they see you to get a more objective picture of how you appear to others. You can see yourself as both a Leader and a Manager, but how you see risk can reveal how other people see you.  10:38 AM •