WHAT MAKES A

FAVORITE LEADERSHIP STORY

WHAT IS

WHAT DOES A

4 ROLES FOR CREATIVE LEADERS

• Explorer
• Artist
• Judge
• Warrior
• (Von Oech, 1986)

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EXPLORER

• Know what your objective is.
• Look in other fields.
• Shift your focus.
• Use obstacles to break out of ruts.
• Look for fun things.

ARTIST

• Do something to it.
• Ask what is?
• Look at it backwards.
• Connect, join together.
• Parody - fool around.

JUDGE

• What wrong with this idea?
• What is it fails?
• Are my assumptions correct?
• What my bias?
• Bring in the fool.

WARRIOR

• From what if to what is.
• Put your plan together
• Put a fire in your belly.
• Get rid of excuses.
• Be persistent.

WHAT SORT OF

YOUR LEADERSHIP TRAITS

• Things I do well.
• Things I would like to do better.
• Things to move forward as a C.L.

WHY IS VISION IMPORTANT?

"Leadership is the ability to clearly articulate a vision to others." (Philip Selznick, 1956)

WHAT'S A VISION?

INDIVIDUAL VS TEAM VISION

"For creative leadership, it is not the communication of a vision that counts; rather, creativity depends on having the will and the insight to see the necessity of the vision, to discover a successful formulation, and above all to create the organizational conditions that will sustain the ideals expressed. " (Selznick, 1957)

YOUR WORKPLACE VISION?

WHAT DOES A TRANSFORMED CLASSROOM

KEEP IT SIMPLE

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RED BALL RULES

• Exercise creativity daily.
• Break out of routine.
• Put yourself in uncomfortable situations
• Approch everything with a child's eyes.
• Be playful! (Kevin Carroll, 2004)

RECOMENDATIONS

WHEN SEACHING FOR

WHEN TURNING RESOURCES INTO

WHEN EVALUATING MERITS

WHEN CARRYING YOUR IDEA

What was the last good idea you had that you didn't execute?
What reasons did you have?

CELEBRATE SUCCESS