THE POWER OF
CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
How Do Great Leaders Push Though Adversity
Friday, February 8, 2013 | 9:45a.m. – 11:45a.m.
Washington Marriott Wardman Park | Maryland Suite A
THE POWER OF
CREATIVE LEADERSHIP Speakers Alan May, Vice President of Human Resources, Boeing Defense Space & Security L. Denise Jackson, CEO, LDJ Solutions, LLC
Discussion Guide • Characteristics of Creative Leaders
• Sources of Business Adversity
• Confronting Adversity: Increasing Your Personal
Resilience
• Developing Creative Leaders
• Panel and Audience Perspectives
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through
Adversity The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity
Creative Leadership
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through
Adversity
Characteristics of Creative Leaders
• Versatile – wide range of study
and experience
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity
• Iconoclastic – willing to
challenge assumptions or long-
held beliefs
• Energetic – engage in multiple pursuits with passion
• Infectious – ignite the collective
creativity of others
• Resilient – emotionally and
physically tough
Sources of Business Adversity
• Economic
– Market or customer collapse
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity
• Technological
– Disruptive innovation
• Competitive
– A “better mousetrap”
• Regulatory
– Changed rules of the game
• Organizational
– Unmitigated conflict
Confronting Business Adversity
• Economic
– Prepare Plan B...”Only the Paranoid Survive”
• Technological
– Adopt, adapt or liquidate
• Competitive
– Embrace customer success metrics
• Regulatory
– Ethics as a competitive advantage
• Organizational
– Be the voice of the shareholder
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity
Sources of Personal Challenge
• Family
• Friends
• Fitness
• Faith
• Fear
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity
Increasing Your Personal Resilience
• Family...find your rock
Defining Yourself, Challenging Yourself Builds Resilience
• Friends...find your Yoda
• Fitness...find the time!
• Faith...find “True North”
• Fear...find yourself
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity
Developing Creative Leaders
• Be a Strategic Guide
– Define the playing field
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity
• Train Eyes on the Horizon
– Encourage non-linear perspectives
• Provide Oxygen
– Question, listen and support
• Resource Ideas
– Opportunities to collaborate are as vital
as money
• Differentiate performance
– reward results and re-channel failure
Resources for Overcoming
Professional Adversity
– Kotter 8 Step Change Management Process
– The Leadership Machine
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity
Kotter Change Management Process
• Achieving the Desired Result Requires Managing the Change – Create a Sense of Urgency
– Pull Together a Guiding Team
– Develop the change and vision and strategy
– Communicate for understanding and buy-in
– Empower others to act
– Produce short term wins
– Don’t let up
– Create a new culture
The Power of Creative Leadership: How Do Great Leaders Push Through Adversity
