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New Leadership for An Innovative Edge

Discover New Ways To Inspire Leading-Edge Thinking

Professor Dipak JainIn order to challenge the traditional ways an organization does business, leaders must constantly improve the way they interact with their people. Throughout economic cycles, the need for well-trained leaders capable of unleashing the innovative spirit that exists in every organization has never been greater. Successful leadership is not a genetic gift, but a skill that requires personal insight, alignment of values to norms, discipline and perspective.

Acclaimed Kellogg faculty members will challenge executives to take an in-depth look at their own leadership style, values and impact. Participants create personal leadership plans to increase their effectiveness immediately. The seminar will teach executives how to recharge their workplaces and reevaluate the way they relate to employees on a personal and professional level using personal stories and examples of effective leaders across a wide range of industries. This highly interactive seminar explores innovative leadership tools to help executives empower all employees to excel.

Innovation Series
You may combine this program with Creating a Culture of Innovation to participate in the Innovation Series. When taken consecutively, these programs are offered at a discount. Combining the programs provides leaders with tools to foster innovation both at the organizational and individual level.
This intensive one-day seminar is designed for managers and senior executives who wish improve their leadership, particularly in the context of driving innovation. Participants who will benefit include vice presidents, directors and senior executives who wish to challenge the traditional methods of thinking and innovating.
In this program, you will learn to:
  1. Create your own innovative leadership plan strategy
  2. Lead in the creation of an innovative culture within your organization and motivate your employees to do the same
  3. Discern the needs and resources of your employees and help address problems in innovative ways
  4. Learn tools and techniques for effectively leading innovators
Creating an Innovative Culture and Energizing Teams
  1. Discover key examples of leadership styles and people that encourage innovation
  2. Find out how to get management commitment to create an innovative culture
  3. Learn when, how and why to reward risk and failure as well as success

Discovering the Leader within You
  1. Define your current values framework and leadership approach
  2. Develop your leadership profile and uncover your hidden challenges
  3. Create your personal leadership vision statement and plan

Service Organizations – Leading From Behind
  1. Develop A People-Oriented Culture
  2. Inspiring The Front Line
  3. Creating The Ultimate Customer Experience

Servant Leadership
  1. Define your own leadership style
  2. Evaluate the benefits of shared leadership
  3. How to empower and motivate others

Values Based Leadership
  1. Identify your personal leadership values, strengths and weaknesses
  2. Discover the six new values for effective leaders
  3. Learn seven steps to rejuvenate your workplace

Innovating Technology Leadership
  1. Learn how to make smart investments in new technology innovation
  2. Activate an innovation leadership strategy that goes beyond high-tech and R&D

Leading Innovation in the 21st Century
  1. Create a high-impact culture that will accelerate growth
  2. Develop innovation leadership for diverse and global human capital
Thomas D. Kuczmarski - Academic Director; Lecturer of Executive Programs; Academic Director for CRTI Executive Programs

Diane Dahl - Owner and President, Hartell Group Inc.

Susan Smith Kuczmarski - Leadership Expert and Social Scientist

Mohanbir Sawhney - Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation Clinical Professor of Technology; Director of the Center for Research in Technology & Innovation

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