Leadership Essentials: Leading Innovation


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Overview/Description
Creativity and innovation are critical components of just about every organisation. But innovation doesn't pertain only to new inventions, products or reworked designs. It also involves incremental improvements to the way things are done. Knowing how to build and support an innovative culture is an important skill for any leader to master. The momentum for innovation can come from the top of the organisation and it can come from the people engaged in day-to-day production. Building an innovative culture is a responsibility for leaders and employees across organisational hierarchies. This course provides you with an understanding of what an innovative culture is and what qualities a leader needs to best promote innovation. It also provides you with practical techniques for cultivating and leading innovation.

Target Audience
Supervisors, managers, directors and individuals who want to develop their leadership skills

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Leadership Essentials: Leading Innovation

  • classify examples of questions that can be used to evaluate characteristics of a business innovation culture
  • associate the characteristics of an innovation leader with the actions that reflect them
  • evaluate an organisation's innovation culture and plan leadership actions to strengthen it in a given scenario
  • recognise actions that are likely to attract and encourage innovators
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