MASTER Risk Model - Learning Resources - Abilities

Financial Management

Review your last month’s spending against budget and identify one area to cut or optimize this week.

Set a calendar reminder to check your account balances and cash flow every Monday morning.

Create a simple spreadsheet to track three business costs and update it daily for one week.

Categorize five recent expenses as fixed or variable to better understand your cost structure.

List your top three recurring costs and brainstorm one possible efficiency improvement for each.

Review one past invoice or vendor payment—check for errors or unnecessary charges immediately.

Project Management

Make a list of all active projects you’re involved in—note owners, deadlines, and next actions.

Clarify one unclear deadline or responsibility in a current project—ask a direct, simple question today.

Create a checklist for your next task, breaking it into 3–5 small, sequenced steps.

Block 30 minutes this week to update the status of a project in your tracking tool or spreadsheet.

Send a single-sentence project status update to your manager or team—practice brief, clear communication.

Choose one overdue task and move it forward by doing the next 15 minutes of work on it.

Change Management

List one upcoming change in your role or team and write down its expected impact in one sentence.

Identify one thing in your routine that could be adjusted to adapt more easily to changing priorities.

Ask a colleague how they’re feeling about a recent change—just listen without offering solutions.

Choose a small change you’ve been resisting and take the first 15-minute step to move through it.

Review your last change experience and write down what helped you cope or adapt successfully.

Check your team’s communications for one unclear or inconsistent message about a recent change.

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