When asked to create a list of innovative people, who comes to mind? Maybe Einstein, Gates, Jobs, Zuckerberg, Spielberg or Hanks. Innovators are people with the creative ability to come up with and act on something new. When it comes to those in charge of businesses and organizations, there are five different types of innovative personalities that tend to end up at the top.
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Many senior leaders don’t understand the unique impact that people bring to teams and organizations. That’s unfortunate. People drive discussions and create change based on their natural tendencies, personal style, skills, experience, beliefs, values and attitudes.
The 99th Grey Cup game is over and another football season is at an end. During the game, coaches, media and fans alike were busy analyzing the game.
The role of managers and supervisors in today’s fast-paced and complex workplaces is a very difficult one. Leaders face the need to drive their team to achieve results while complying with a myriad of regulatory and other internal and external governance requirements. At the same time, leaders need to be respectful of the individuals they work with; this can be a difficult balancing act. The old-style leadership approach of giving orders and expecting employees to promptly follow them without question is no longer effective. It probably never was!
As published in the Winnipeg Free Press.
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