When risking, keep one eye on the potential losses and one on the potential gains instead of focusing obsessively on what you can lose. Risk to secure gains as well as to prevent losses. Gene Calvert, Highwire Management, Jossey-Bass, 1993. Managers who are more successful take more risks than managers who are less successful. Female managers risk differently than male managers.
Managers driven to high achievement take high risks frequently.
High fear of failure inhibits taking high management risks. Skill matters more than chance in taking large or small risks. Managers who are more experienced take fewer risks than managers who are less experienced. Managers with more authority take more risks than managers with less authority. Managers in larger firms take more risks than managers in smaller firms.