Catalyst for Change: Leading Innovation to Achieve: A Competency-Based Approach that Integrates Vision, External Awareness, and Technical Competencies . Workbooks for Structured Learning)

You have probably heard the sayings, “innovate or die” and “necessity is the mother of invention.” In today’s corporate world, these sayings certainly apply where the need to seek new opportunities and make critical improvements is essential. However, like many things in life, it is much easier said than done.

This workbook is a useful tool for leaders like you who want to drive innovation efforts that produce measurable outcomes. It contains tools that will equip you with skills, tactics, and learning activities needed to successfully navigate the challenges of driving innovation.

Whether you are a rising star, a middle manager, or a seasoned executive, this workbook provides insightful knowledge and doable strategies to encourage creativity and innovation in your organization. But keep in mind that you are the first to change as you set out on this transformative path. You may influence the future of your organization and leave a lasting impression by accepting your role as a change agent. We cordially encourage you to immerse yourself, go deeper, and discover your full potential as a catalyst for change.

After completing this workbook, you will be able to:

• Recognize commonalities of innovative organizations
• Identify the importance of self-awareness in leading innovation in organizations
• Analyze an organization for the presence of an innovative process and culture
• Describe innovation as both a front-end and back-end process
• Evaluate strategies for leading innovation within an organizational context

10 Key Concepts to Master

1. Learn from the Best Innovators
2. The Synergy of Innovation, Problem Solving, and Continuous Improvement
3. Explain Incremental versus Breakthrough Thinking
4. Analyze Innovative Organizations and their Culture
5. Recognize the Leader’s Influence on Innovation
6. Understand Ethical Leadership with an Organizational Development Approach
7. Create a Planning Process and Environment to Solicit Strategic Ideas
8. Describe Innovation as Both a Front-end and Back-end Process
9. Assess your Front-end Process to Prioritize Strategic Opportunities
10. Craft Your Strategic Back-end Innovation Plans

Structured Learning
All our workbooks align with our research-based Competency Model. The model, which is rooted in work by the U.S. Department of Labor and others, gives you a framework for structured learning by helping you identify and develop specific competencies.

Competencies are sets of skills, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors that are observable and measurable. Our model has 35 competency dimensions associated with successful performance in leadership and professional roles. Competencies are clustered into five domains that may overlap.

This Catalyst for Change: Leading Innovation to Achieve Results workbook focuses on the competency areas of Vision, External Awareness, and Technical Competencies. The content is primarily associated with the Organizational Leadership competency cluster or domain. For more information or visit: www.centrestar.com

Best of all? You can take any course:

• Online at your own pace through Centrestar and earn CEUs or PDHs: www.centrestar.com
• Select workbook materials through Amazon and conduct your own customized inhouse training.
• Arrange to have any or all sessions instructor led via remote platform for your organization by the Pennsylvania College of Technology: call: 570.327.4775 or email: workforce@pct.edu

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