Wanted - Innovation Leaders

What do organizations risk by failing to promote a culture of innovation?

• Creativity becomes stifled.
• Employees lose confidence in creative abilities.
• Products, strategies, tools, and processes stagnate.
• The competitive edge is lost.

What steps should management take to nurture innovation leaders?

• Actively solicit, encourage, and support innovative thinking and ideas.
• Openly promote and celebrate successfully implemented innovations.
• Champion and distribute ideas to stakeholders, knowledge experts, and powerbrokers.
• Invest in training and mentoring for employees.
• Make innovation a process to be mastered.

Overview/Description

Innovation is important to growth. This impact explores how to nurture innovation leaders.

Target Audience

Individuals responsible for leading teams either occasionally, for example as project managers, or more permanently as team leaders or line managers.