Leading Creatively

DAY 1

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

DAY 2

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

DAY 3

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

DAY 4

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

DAY 5

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