Business Leadership and Innovation - What leaders must do

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Business Leadership and Innovation

Foster innovation in your businessTeres Development, Sydney Australia

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Scope• Why innovation is critical

• Innovative business leadership

• Why it’s up to leaders

• Where do you start?

Tap into the innovative sparks within your team.

Leaders spark innovative ideas in

others

Why innovation is critical• Change• Technological• Market expectation• Generational

• Consumer/Client choice

• Maintaining competitive advantage The clock is clicking

Innovative Business Leadership• A philosophy

• Enabled through action

• Embraces new technologies, methods and processes

• Encourages challenging norms and the taking of risk

Philosophical design and approach to leadership

Why it’s up to leaders

• Leaders set the direction

• Empower performance

• Simply not a management function

Establish an innovative path worth following

Leaders share inspiring visions

Where do you start?

• With a desire

• Examining the present and future

• Define your vision

• Build your planSet and communicate your innovation agenda

Leaders inspire others through action and commitment

Leadership Role• Set the example

• Share the vision

• Capitalise on your teams knowledge and talents

• Dedicate the necessary resources Leaders require a comprehensive understanding of

the technological and market future

Change Management• Be committed

• Champion innovation

• Reward success

• Respect failure

• Manage the change processInnovation unmanaged has catastrophic outcomes

Leaders innovate

Manage Risk

• Risk and reward

• Risk when acting

• Risk to not act

Innovation is rife with risk

Collaborate

• Recognise the value in others

• Work with customers

• Accept your own limitations

• Encourage Create an innovative community

Leaders support innovative efforts

Summary• Critical to sustainable

competitive advantage

• Leaders innovative

• Leaders foster innovation

• Collaboration empowers innovation Innovation is critical to success and survival

Leaders foster collective

innovation

Questions and Discussion

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