Course description
There is a critical responsibility for leaders at all levels of an organization to play in fostering an environment conducive to innovation and creativity. An innovation-driven organization helps leaders grow while fostering new thinking and strategy development approaches.
What is creative leadership, and why does it matter?
Creative leadership is the capacity to develop and recognize creative solutions, especially in changing or structurally complex situations. It involves utilizing valuable skills to recognize shifting and new approaches to problems before they become apparent. Creative leadership is one of the most crucial aspects of modern-day business administration. Creative leadership is vital because of the continually changing business landscape and the need to integrate emerging technologies and practices into the administration of a company. Leaders with creative leadership skills can effectively manage unpredictable circumstances around them to improve their organization and society.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Who Should Attend?
The Developing Creative and Innovative Leadership Training Course by Rcademy is designed for a wide range of experts and professionals who partake in the management and leadership of an organization. The following people should attend the course:
- Directors:responsible for supervising a company’s operations, investments, ventures, and financial performances
- Delivery managers:tasked with evaluating and troubleshooting delivery problems promptly, managing the delivery team, and attending to customer delivery requests
- HR officers:charged with supervising all aspects of an employment process, training and orienting new staff members
- Innovation managers:responsible for developing the culture and strategies of an organization and engaging in strategic thinking
- Management officers:tasked with providing administrative assistance and managing queries from employees
- Risk Managers:responsible for managing the risks of a company, its assets, reputation, and the interests of stakeholders
- Asset Managers:responsible for managing the assets of a company and also executing programs that raise the value of a company’s assets
- Stakeholders:responsible for offering guidance and supervising the administration of the company
- Business analysts:charged with conducting market analysis, evaluating the profitability of a business and its product lines
- Business managers:tasked with monitoring and heading operations of business enterprise, developing and implementing business strategies, and evaluating business performances
- Project Managers:responsible for the day-to-day management of a company’s projects
- Every other personinterested in learning about creative and innovative leadership
Outcome / Qualification etc.
The Developing Creative and Innovative Leadership Training Course by Rcademy is designed to provide participants with the current knowledge and practical skills required to build creative and innovative leadership capacity. This training is designed to provide attendees with the following objectives:
- Learn how to develop creative and innovative skills and how to integrate them into the administration of an organization
- Develop the mind-frame of high-performing innovators and creators
- Understand how to evaluate and assess creative and innovative solutions and how to make adjustments
- Learn how to create an idea-friendly working environment that boosts innovation, partnership, and creativity
- Understand how to design, evaluate and implement innovative and creative ideas and concepts
- Learn about the various practical tools and methodologies used in unlocking creativity in individuals and groups
- Identify various ways employed in making a presentation to stakeholders
- Recognize global trends in creativity and innovation and how to incorporate them into the running of the company
- Learn about the vital roles of a leader in developing an environment that fosters creativity and innovation
Training Course Content
Module 1: Introduction to Creativity and Innovation
- Definition of terms
- Components of Creativity and Innovation
- Types of Innovation
- Importance of creativity and innovation in business administration
- Performance improvement vs innovation
- The creative process
- Drivers of change
- Merits of a systematic approach
- Competitive benefits of innovating and rendering continuous improvements
- Encouraging creativity to deliver innovation
Module 2: Planning for Change and Improvement
- Constructing roadmaps
- Agile, experimental, and fail-fast approaches
- Structure vs trial and error
- Prioritization and goal setting
- Designing improvement
- Overcoming the barriers of organizational structures
Module 3: Leadership Within a Global Environment
- The Principles of creative leadership
- Managerial leadership
- The roles of stakeholders
- Balance culture and strategy
- The challenges of leadership
- Leadership as a learning experience
- Strategic thinking
- Recognizing the interrelated factors that influence leadership
Module 4: The Creative Thinking Process
- The creative thinker
- Constructive debates and thinking hats
- Innovation and the Workings of the Mind
- The creative process, inspiring, incubating, and implementing creativity
- Individual and group processes that enhance and inhibit innovation and creativity
- The role of the leader
- Creativity and the team
Module 5: Managing Risks and Incorporating Improvements
- Recognizing risks and taking actions
- Leading by example
- Managing unexpected obstacles and events
- Operationalizing new cultures and processes
- Handling successes and failures
- Engaging and motivating employees with continuous innovation
Module 6: Decision-Making and Getting Assistance
- Making a case
- Evaluating and refining innovative ideas
- Overcoming resistance
- Building support
- Cost-benefit and risk analysis
- Anticipating objections
Module 7: Innovative Thinking Techniques and Skills
- Random stimulation techniques
- Slip techniques
- Lateral thinking
- The process review matrix
- Picture representation
- Facilitating brainstorming
Module 8: Problem-Solving and Improvement
- Process mapping
- The problems of innovation
- Ed Bono thinking
- Types of problem
- Problem identification
- Creative techniques for developing ideas
- Incremental change vs radical change
Module 9: The Communicating Leader
- The leader’s communication toolkit
- Active listening techniques
- Interpersonal vs open communication
- Communicating and presenting with passion and impact
- Empowerment and motivation communication techniques for Leadership
Module 10: Decision-Making and Progress Evaluation
- Reviewing processes and structures
- Reporting
- Analyzing and comparing results
- Analyzing failures
- Performance metrics and measures
Module 11: Creative Leadership: Implementing and Executing
- Essentials of project planning
- Integrating innovative ideas into the administration of the company
- Monitoring and adapting
- Planning the execution
- Why creative Initiatives fail
- Global trends in creativity and innovation
- Continuous innovation
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