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Synopsis
About the Book : Leadership for Innovation will help you to create an innovative climate that encourages the development of new products and services. Drawing upon real-life examples including Google, Honda and 3M, John Adair reveals: the characteristics of an innovative organization; the conditions for successful innovation how to organize for team creativity how to motivate creative people how to build on ideas how to be a creative leader and team member. Leadership for innovation will help you to inspire your team to generate the kind of ideas that are the foundations of future success. Contents: Part 1: What is Innovation: Invention and innovation - Case study: Google - the world-s most powerful internet search engine - Innovation as incremental change - The management of change - Innovation is positive - All can participate - Key Points - Part 2: The Conditions for Successful Innovation - Management commitment - Positive Strategic Thinking - A long term perspective - Responsiveness to change - Acceptance of risk - The right internal environment - Key Points - Part 3: Organizing for Team Creativity - Order and freedom - Integrating creativity into industry - Getting the balance right - Leadership for Innovation - Key Points - Part 4: Case Study: The DNA Laboratory - No class or hierarchical differences - Leading by example - The optimum use of resources - The human resource - Creeping bureaucracy - Bureaucracy versus innovation - Key Points - Part 5: Case Study: Soichiro Honda - Leader for Innovation - The forge of a creative mind - A creative thinker in action - A partnership of complementary abilities - Not problems but opportunities - Passing on the torch - Key Points - Part 6: Real Commitment from the Top - The Leader as team builder - Giving direction - Key Points - Part 7: How to Motivate the Creative Individual - Selecting creative people - Characteristics of innovators - Expectations of creative people - Creative Leadership - Key Points - Part 8: Tea
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About the Author
John Adair is a leading authority on leadership and leadership development. He advises many organizations in business, government, education, health and the voluntary sector. Over a million managers worldwide have taken part in the Action-Centred Leadership programs he pioneered. Adair is the author of over 50 books, including the leadership classic Not Bosses But Leaders, (Kogan Page), and he continues to write and teach throughout the world.
Review
""Simply put, ""Leadership for Innovation"" should be considered mandatory reading for anyone charged with the responsibility for their business to be competitively profitable regardless of its product or service.""
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