Risk Assessment & Management Flashcards
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During a high-stakes project review, a team member becomes visibly anxious and stops contributing ideas. What is the emotionally intelligent risk management response?
Answer: Acknowledge their anxiety privately and invite their input in a low-pressure way
Acknowledging anxiety privately reduces emotional risk while preserving psychological safety and the person's contribution.
Which emotional competency most directly reduces the risk of poor decision-making under pressure?
Answer: Emotional self-regulation
Self-regulation prevents reactive, impulsive decisions by keeping cognitive function clear even during stress.
A manager ignores early warning signs of team burnout because they believe the team 'can handle it.' This represents a failure in:
Answer: Social awareness and proactive risk identification
Social awareness requires recognizing emotional signals in others; ignoring burnout signs is a failure to identify human-capital risk early.
What does 'emotional contagion' represent as a risk in organizational settings?
Answer: The rapid transmission of moods and emotions that can amplify panic or negativity
Emotional contagion can turn one leader's panic into organization-wide fear, escalating risk if not managed.
An emotionally intelligent risk manager responds to a near-miss safety incident by:
Answer: Conducting a blame-free debrief to understand emotional and procedural factors
Blame-free debriefs surface both emotional and procedural root causes, improving future risk prevention.
Which of the following best describes 'emotional risk' in a team context?
Answer: The potential for unmanaged emotions to undermine performance, relationships, or decisions
Emotional risk encompasses how unmanaged feelings can impair judgment, collaboration, and outcomes.
A leader notices that conflict between two senior team members is escalating. An emotionally intelligent risk mitigation step is to:
Answer: Facilitate a structured conversation focused on interests, not positions
Interest-based facilitation addresses the emotional and substantive drivers of conflict before they damage team performance.