Many Facets of Leadership, The

Chapter 3. The Creativity and Commitment Connection

Amarjit Chopra

Unblocking Innovation

Some people are good at implementing new ways of doing things, regardless of whether or not they work in a place where the culture is "innovation friendly." The ones I've worked with are different from each other in many ways, but they all have one thing in common: the ability to create the right kind of buy-in for new ideas. By "right kind" I mean buy-in that transcends turf issues and that motivates people to put in the extra effort almost always needed to implement a new or better way of doing something.

Why do they all share this ability? Because in any organization with more than a few dozen people—with the possible exception of startups—it's a lack ...