New ideas and new ways of doing things are one of the main ingredients in sustained business success, but how do you create the right conditions for innovation? 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 sets out practical ways for bringing about change in organizations. As well as identifying the characteristics of an innovative organization, he discusses key topics such as organizing for team creativity; motivating creative people, how to build on ideas and how to be a creative leader and team member. Leadership for Innovation will help you to inspire your team to go that one step further and generate the kind of ideas that are the foundations of future success.
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Leadership for Innovation will help you to create an innovative climate that encourages the development of new products and services - the lifeblood of business success. John Adair identifies the characteristics of innovative organizations and describes how leaders can encourage new ideas.
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Chapter - 01: What is Innovation?;Chapter - 02: The Conditions for Successful Innovation;Chapter - 03: Organizing for Team Creativity;Chapter - 04: Case Study. The DNA Laboratory;Chapter - 05: Case Study. Soichiro Honda – Leader for Innovation;Chapter - 06: Real Commitment from the Top;Chapter - 07: How to Motivate the Creative Individual;Chapter - 08: Team Creativity;Chapter - 09: Harvesting Ideas;Chapter - 10: Overcoming Resistance to Change
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Best-selling author with over 500,000 books sold worldwide and translated into 25 languages New ideas lead to new products, business success and a motivated team Describes how to create the right environment for creativity to flourish The first professor of Leadership Studies in the world and the most distinguished figure in the field. The Sunday Times Adair is rightly regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern leadership. Businessballs.com
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Helps the reader create an innovative climate that encourages the development of new products and services

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780749454791
Publisert
2009-02-03
Utgiver
Vendor
Kogan Page Ltd
Vekt
190 gr
Høyde
215 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
144

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Biographical note

John Adair is the world's leading authority on leadership and leadership development. Over a million managers worldwide have taken part in the Action-Centred Leadership programmes he pioneered, and he advises many organizations in business, government, education, health and the voluntary sector. John is the author of over 50 books, including the leadership classic Not Bosses But Leaders, (also published by Kogan Page), and he continues to write and teach throughout the world, inspiring new audiences with his vision of leadership.