Today we are proud to present the interview No.5 with Teodora Rudolph. She has been a member since the beginning of the SRA and has joined a variety of our events. Teodora says, SRA is a high quality information platform based on non-commercial exchange. She wants to stay up-to-date and appreciates the spirit of cooperation. She is a former private banker and now business and career coach.
❓𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 – 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞?
To me, Risk Management is part of the so-called negative capability, to use the concept first mentioned by the English poet John Keats in 1817.
“Negative Capability, that is when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact & reason.”
It is important to be capable of living in uncertainty, and risk management helps. Manage your risks, hedge your bets, and enjoy the uncertainty that is a part of life.
❓𝐈𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 – 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝?
History is not the best teacher because it encourages assumptions. A great deal of Risk Management is based on assumptions and seeming parameters. Things are not always what they seem, and the most complex computation is of little use if it is based on wrong assumptions. Question your assumptions non-stop!
❓ 𝐈𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 – 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧?
Changing careers midlife is a very risky endeavour. Society does not favour such changes. I had been a private banker for Russian clients for 15+ years. Being a Russia specialist, I saw the writing on the wall in 2014, I knew this was just the beginning of something bad. I went to business school, studied business coaching and adult teaching, and became a business coach in 2015. Now, in view of what Russia is up to, I am glad I did.
❓𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤?
Diversify! Even your skills. Go out and obtain a skill or a certificate that may seem of little use at the moment. Trust me, a time will come when you’ll be glad you did it.
❓𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞?
SRA is a high quality information platform based on non-commercial exchange. This is what I value highly: learning in the spirit of cooperation. That’s why I have been a member since the beginning of SRA. Also, I want to stay up-to-date on what is going on in banking because, you never know, I may work in banking again some day. Life has taught me to diversify my options. This is risk management.