Taking Smart Risks: How Sharp Leaders Win When Stakes are High Audiobook, by Doug Sundheim Play Audiobook Sample

Taking Smart Risks: How Sharp Leaders Win When Stakes are High Audiobook

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Read By: Erik Synnestvedt Publisher: Ascent Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.00 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: May 2013 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781469055367

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

18

Longest Chapter Length:

36:33 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

05:53 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

24:41 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

In today's market, playing it safe is not an option. The business world is in flux, and you have to think and act quickly in order to stay competitive. But the last thing you want to do is make reckless business decisions. You have to find the middle ground. You have to take SMART RISKS. In this groundbreaking audiobook, leadership expert Doug Sundheim explains how to find that precise point between comfort and danger for generating the sustained ability to work at the highest level of performance. Taking Smart Risks reveals the secrets to discovering, planning for, and acting upon the kind of risks that will move your company forward and ahead of the competition. Learn how to: Find Something Worth Fighting For--What do you care enough about to risk time, energy, and money to try to make happen? Determining this is half the battle. See the Future Now--Clarify your big idea in terms of real objectives, plans, and intended results. Act Fast, Learn Fast--Make your move quickly, but be sure you don't squander valuable resources in the process. Communicate Powerfully--Assume communication will break down at points, plan accordingly--and don't shy away from the tough conversations. Create a Smart Risk Culture-- Build teams that share the same mindsets and values about expected smart risk behavior.

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About Doug Sundheim

Doug Sundheim is a leadership and organizational consultant with over twenty years of experience in growing businesses and helping others do the same. He works with leaders and teams of Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurial firms to help them maximize their effectiveness. His clients include Morgan Stanley, Harvard Management Company, the Chubb Corporation, Citigroup, University of Chicago, and Procter & Gamble, among others.

About Erik Synnestvedt

Erik Synnestvedt has recorded nearly two hundred audiobooks for trade publishers as well as for the Library of Congress Talking Books for the Blind program. They include The Day We Found the Universe by Marcia Bartusiak, A Game as Old as Empire edited by Steven Hiatt, and Twitter Power by Joel Comm.