2013 beya seminar: power creative leadership
DESCRIPTION
Creativity is a core competence of organizations. Good leaders strive to use creativity to improve capacity, manage change and overcome adversity. This seminar will not only arm you with change management strategies, but also examine ways to solve problems and create growth opportunities. New and seasoned leaders seek novel approaches to move teams through adversity, strengthen commitment and performance, and encourage creative problem solving. Join us at BEYA 2013 as experienced leaders share ways to creatively impact and influence positive change and support their people. At the end of this seminar participants will be able to: a) Examine specific creative leadership strategies b) Explore ways to help teams stay inspired and committed c) Identify specific tools and examples of how obstacles and change can be stepping stones for great opportunities d) Examine how to motivate teams through change and retain valuable talent e) Examine top qualities of creative leadership Learning Outcomes: Help seasoned and emerging leaders manage challenges more effectively and improve creative problem solving capacityTRANSCRIPT
THE POWER OF
CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
How Do Great Leaders Push Though Adversity
Friday, February 8, 2013 | 9:45a.m. – 11:45a.m.
Washington Marriott Wardman Park | Maryland Suite A
THE POWER OF
CREATIVE LEADERSHIP Speakers Alan May, Vice President of Human Resources, Boeing Defense Space & Security L. Denise Jackson, CEO, LDJ Solutions, LLC
Discussion Guide • Characteristics of Creative Leaders
• Sources of Business Adversity
• Confronting Adversity: Increasing Your Personal
Resilience
• Developing Creative Leaders
• Panel and Audience Perspectives
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through
Adversity The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity
Creative Leadership
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through
Adversity
Characteristics of Creative Leaders
• Versatile – wide range of study
and experience
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity
• Iconoclastic – willing to
challenge assumptions or long-
held beliefs
• Energetic – engage in multiple pursuits with passion
• Infectious – ignite the collective
creativity of others
• Resilient – emotionally and
physically tough
Sources of Business Adversity
• Economic
– Market or customer collapse
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity
• Technological
– Disruptive innovation
• Competitive
– A “better mousetrap”
• Regulatory
– Changed rules of the game
• Organizational
– Unmitigated conflict
Confronting Business Adversity
• Economic
– Prepare Plan B...”Only the Paranoid Survive”
• Technological
– Adopt, adapt or liquidate
• Competitive
– Embrace customer success metrics
• Regulatory
– Ethics as a competitive advantage
• Organizational
– Be the voice of the shareholder
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity
Sources of Personal Challenge
• Family
• Friends
• Fitness
• Faith
• Fear
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity
Increasing Your Personal Resilience
• Family...find your rock
Defining Yourself, Challenging Yourself Builds Resilience
• Friends...find your Yoda
• Fitness...find the time!
• Faith...find “True North”
• Fear...find yourself
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity
Developing Creative Leaders
• Be a Strategic Guide
– Define the playing field
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity
• Train Eyes on the Horizon
– Encourage non-linear perspectives
• Provide Oxygen
– Question, listen and support
• Resource Ideas
– Opportunities to collaborate are as vital
as money
• Differentiate performance
– reward results and re-channel failure
Resources for Overcoming
Professional Adversity
– Kotter 8 Step Change Management Process
– The Leadership Machine
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity
Kotter Change Management Process
• Achieving the Desired Result Requires Managing the Change – Create a Sense of Urgency
– Pull Together a Guiding Team
– Develop the change and vision and strategy
– Communicate for understanding and buy-in
– Empower others to act
– Produce short term wins
– Don’t let up
– Create a new culture
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity