Leading Creatively

Course Outlines:

Module One: 

Creative Problem-Solving

• Leadership Reality Assessment
• Leadership vs. Management
• Understanding Our Brain Function
• Myths of Creativity
• The Limitations of the Rational
• Divergent Approaches to Problem-solving
• Letting Go of Logic
• Analogous Thinking Modes
• Convergent and Divergent Modes

Module Two:

Overcoming Personal Blockers to Creativity

• Sigmoid Curve – Lifecycle Model
• Continuous Improvement
• Breakthrough Step Change
• Self-awareness and the Nature of the Ego
• Personal Goal Alignment
• Adaption and Innovation: Personal Preferences for Creating Meaning
• Exploring Attitudes to Risk
• Left- and Right-brain Thinking

Module Three:

Developing the Vision Creatively

• Six Thinking Hats
• Using Differing Thinking Styles
• JoHari’s Window
• The Business Plan Process & Creating a Vision
• Harnessing the Power of the Team
• Organizational Culture and its Influence on Innovation
• Letting Go of the Ego
• Working with Different Creative Preferences

Module Four:

Communicating the Vision Creatively

• The 7 Step Creative Process
• Models of Communication
• Viral Visioning
• Authenticity and Trust
• Creativity Tools, Techniques & Strategy
• Letting Go of the Vision
• Leading without Directing
• Possible Leadership Beliefs

Module Five:

From Ideas to Action: Creativity and Change

• Motivation – Hierarchy of Needs
• Overcoming Organizational Barriers to Creativity and Change
• Nurturing a Learning Environment
• Is Money a motivator?
• Personality Profiling
• Building a Creative Consensus
• Engaging Stakeholders Creatively
• Influencing and Motivating through Change