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The Skills, Style and Commitment for Innovation Leadership
Adventure Leaders:
Tom Drucker, Consultants
in Corporate Innovation
Susan London, Consultants in Corporate Innovation
Vision:
Imagine a year from today when you are given an award from
your company for having championed one or more innovations
which have added value to your company1s bottom line, brought
satisfaction and delight to your customers, while helping
enhance the feeling of contribution and satisfaction of your
coworkers. Imagine the pride you will feel in knowing you
accomplished those results having learned to express yourself
more naturally and fully as a person and as a leader. Imagine
being known as an expert in the area of knowledge management,
helping to connect people and ideas, and learning from experience
both inside and outside the company. Imagine the satisfaction
in feeling comfortable and competent in managing meetings
that are exciting and productive. Also imagine your pride
at knowing you can help yourself and others resolve conflicts
and breakdowns in a rapid and constructive fashion. These
are a few of the benefits and results of participating in
leading and managing innovation. |
Learning Objectives:
- understanding your personal preferred styles for leading
innovation and managing innovation
- understanding how to conduct conversations, which maximize
innovation, creative thinking, effective problem solving,
and conflict resolution
- defining your personal objective in managing and leading
innovation in your job and in your company
- learning how to most effectively express your comments
to innovation such that other people are inspired and
want to contribute and participate with you
- understanding how to take advantage of tools and technology
to facilitate collaboration across the business or around
the world as people from different groups and locations
work together to achieve rapid results.
Experiential Activities:
- How innovation and collaboration are inexhorably linked
- Use the Innovate with CARE Profile to advance innovation
- Site visit to a high tech company in the San Diego
area
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Summary:
No matter what job you have today, an important part of it is your
ability to lead and manage innovations, both those that you champion
as well as innovations others need your help to implement. The promise
of this action learning adventure is that you will get specific
leadership skills that fit your own personal style that will help
you inspire others around you to be consistently more innovative.
You can become known as a leader of innovation within your organization.
You will know the management style most successful for you to support
others with the innovations they are committed to.
Click Here
for bios of the Adventure Leaders Tom Drucker, Consultants
in Corporate Innovation, and Susan London, Consultants
in Corporate Innovation.
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Denver, CO 80216
Phone: 303-308-1088
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