Creative Leadership and Innovative Management

Course Content

• Creativity, Innovation, and Leadership

o What is leadership

o Defining innovation and creativity

o Understanding the 2 hemispheres of the brain and lateral thinking

• Fostering creativity in team members

o Understanding your ego and emotional responses

o The source of emotional reactions

o The impact of habit on acting and thinking

o The right team member selection

o Happiness as a driver of creativity

§ Positivity and gratitude

§ The need to manage thoughts

§ Cultural restrictions

o The principal of coaching in driving creativity and innovation

• The right environment for creativity and innovation

o Setting the right environment

o Fear as an inhibitor of creativity

o The importance of understanding employees

• Presenting and Getting Support for your new ideas

o Assessing and refining innovative Ideas

§ Cost benefit and risk analysis

o Anticipating objections

o Influencing decision makers by making a business case