6

Innovating While Leading

“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.”

—Unknown

 

Leaders of many types of organizations, such as businesses, not-for-profit organizations, government agencies, schools, and sports teams face, a common challenge. To be successful in the short and long term, they must innovate. Continuous improvement and breakthrough thinking only happen when innovation is fostered by leaders.

Most high-performing organizations are characterized by leaders who are constantly driving innovation. These leaders consistently model and encourage a culture of experimentation, trust building, teamwork, and risk taking. They also believe that personal accountability is vital for innovation to occur. ...

Get Leadership Lessons for Any Occasion: Stories of Our Mothers now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.