Leadership Development Report

Components of the innovation element of the CMU LDP

 Sensitivity to Situations

 Challenging the Status Quo

 Intelligent Risk-Taking

 Reinforcing Change

Leaders must be able to think creatively while taking initiative and calculated risks. Effective leaders have a vision

beyond the immediate work of the group. This involves exploring and integrating diverse perspectives and recognising

unexpected opportunities.

Forecasting (I)

Creativity (F)

Enterprising (G)

Integrating perspective

(H)

 Problem Identification

 Seeking Improvement

 Gathering Information

 Independent Thinking

 Technological Savvy

Managing Change

(J)

 Openness to Ideas

 Research Orientation

 Collaborating

 Engaging in Non-Work Interests

 Generating Ideas

 Critical Thinking

 Synthesis/Reorganization

 Creative Problem Solving

 Perceiving Systems

 Identifying Downstream Consequences

 Visioning

 Managing the Future

Innovation

Task Management Dimension

F Creativity

F1 Generating Ideas: Coming up with a variety of approaches to problem solving.

F2 Critical Thinking: Logically identifying how different possible approaches are strong and weak, and analyzing these judgments.

F3 Synthesis / Reorganization: Finding a better way to approach problems through synthesising and reorganising the information.

F4 Creative Problem Solving: Using novel ideas to solve problems as a leader.

G Enterprising

G1 Identifying Problem: Pinpointing the actual nature and cause of problems and the dynamics that underlie them.

G2 Seeking Improvement: Constantly looking for ways to improve the organisation.

G3 Gathering Information: Identifying useful sources of information and gathering and utilizing only that information which is essential.

G4 Independent Thinking: Thinking ‘outside the box’ even if this sometimes may go against popular opinion.

G5 Technological Savvy: Understanding and utilising technology to improve work processes.

H Integrating perspectives

H1 Openness to Ideas: A willingness to listen to suggestions from others and to try new ideas.

H2 Research Orientation: Observing the behavior of others, reading extensively, and keeping your mind open to ideas and solutions from others. Reading and talking to people in related fields to discover innovations or current trends in the field.

H3 Collaborating: Working with others and seeking the opinions of others to reach a creative solution.

H4 Engaging in Non-Work Related Interests: Being well-rounded and seeking information from other fields and areas of life to find novel approaches to situations.

I Forecasting

I1 Perceiving Systems: Acknowledging important changes that occur in a system or predicting accurately when they might occur.

I2 Evaluating Long-Term Consequences: Concluding what a change in systems will result in long-term

I3 Visioning: Developing an image of an ideal working state of an organisation

I4 Managing the Future: Evaluating future directions and risks based on current and future strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

J Managing change

J1 Sensitivity to Situations:

Assessing situational forces that are promoting and inhibiting an idea for change.

J2 Challenging the Status Quo: Willingness to act against the way things have traditionally been done when tradition impedes performance improvements.

J3 Intelligent Risk-Taking: Being willing and able to take calculated risks when necessary.

J4 Reinforcing Change: Encouraging subordinates to come up with innovative solutions. Recognising and rewarding those who take initiative and act in a creative manner. Facilitating the institutionalisation of change initiatives.