1. The Challenge of Leadership David A. Mack, Ph.D.

2. Leadership What is leadership? Is there a generally accepted theory? Is there a generally accepted definition?

3. Leadership A suggested definition: Actions, that focus Resources, to create Opportunities

4. Leadership MANAGEMENT vs. LEADERSHIP

5. Leadership Managers – See Different Things Leaders – See Things Differently

6. Leadership Managers – Motivate People Leaders – Inspire Them

7. Leadership Managers – Are Fired Leaders – Resign

8. Leadership Theories of leadership: There are many They can be broken into 4 categories Essentially the issue is what you believe

9. Leadership Experience + Creativity + Management =

12. Leadership Experience is essentially the accumulation of “Assets”: Skills Knowledge Credentials

13. Leadership Experience leads to an understanding of cause and effect: Look at the big picture Work environments are not stable Events don’t often happen in isolation Chain of events

14. Leadership Experience also means developing contacts: Knowledgeable others Diverse viewpoints Professional and personal Networking Inexperienced people tend to be captive to a small circle of acquaintances

16. Leadership What is Management? The major responsibility of management is to manage -- Harold Geneen, ITT

17. Leadership Management functions: Scheduling activities Assigning responsibilities Training Resource allocation Anticipating problems Coordination with outside entities Monitoring results

18. Leadership Creativity – what is it? Are you a creative person?

19. Leadership Creativity: Novel associations that lead to new outcomes

20. Leadership The creative process: 1.Preparation 2.Concentration 3.Incubation 4.AHA!! 5.Verification

21. Leadership Requirements for creativity: A pool of inputs The ability to see novel connections amongst them The courage to pursue them

22. THE LIMITS OF TOLERABLE DEVIANCY

23. Creative Leadership oholene 12.__________________

24. Creative Leadership RUNNER 18.__________________

25. Creative Leadership wheather 19.__________________

26. Creative Leadership ALL/ world 2.__________________

27. Creative Leadership Psychological Barriers Cultural Barriers Environmental Barriers Barriers To Creativity

28. Creative Leadership 1000 40 1000 30 1000 20 1000 10 4100

29. Creative Leadership Barriers To Creativity Psychological Barriers Cultural Barriers Environmental Barriers Thinking Language Blocks Functional Fixedness Habitual Ways of Visualizing

30. V O L U M E I V O L U M E II V O L U M E III V O L U M E IV EACH BOOK’S PAGES ARE 2 INCHES THICK EACH COVER (FRONT OR BACK) IS 1/6 INCH THICK

31. Creative Leadership Good News:Creativity barriers can be overcome. Bad News:It ain’t easy!!