LEADERSHIP AND

INNOVATION

B.V.L.NARAYANA

SPTM/RSC/BRC

ROLE OF LEADERSHIP

Leadership Process of social influence Which enlists the aid of people To achieve something(extraordinary) Or

Creating a way for people to contribute

Contribute in form of Ideas, effort, resources,

Achieve Common goals

ROLE OF LEADERSHIP Innovation

intentionally ‘bringing into existence’ something new that can be sustained and repeated and which has some value or utility.

Innovation – change Leadership --change

ROLE OF LEADERSHIP

Change is associated with Resistance

Resistance to acceptance requires influence Coping –adjustments

Requires motivation and resources Responding –ownership

Requires commitment –so influence Choosing –acceptance

Requires feasibility –a vision--direction Bringing forth

Creativity with ownership and feasibility Mastery

Ability to create circumstances for change

ROLE OF LEADERSHIPPROVIDE

LEADERSHIP FOR INNOVATION

AND

INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP

ROLE OF LEADERSHIP

PROVIDES INNOVATIVE THINKING

INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP

REQUIRES SIX THINKING SKILLS

PAYING ATTENTION PERSONALISING

TAPPING INOT CUSTOMER AND EXPERIENCE IMAGING

USE PICTURES, STORIES,METAPHORS TO TRANSMIT IDEAS

SERIOUS PLAY OUT OF WAY THINKING TO GET SERIOUS RESULTS

COLLABORATIVE THINKING WITH STAKE HOLDERS

CRAFTING RESOLVE PARADOXES

ROLE OF LEADERSHIP

ROLE OF LEADERSHIP

INNOVATIVE THINKING LEADER PROMOTES ORGANISATIONAL

ENCOURAGEMENT FOR INNOVATION REMOVES IMPEDIMENTS PROVIDES SUFFICIENT RESOURCES ENCOURAGES CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS PROVIDES FREEDOM AND A REALISTIC AND

WORKLOAD PROVIDES CHALLENGING WORK PROMOTES TEAM WORK AND

COLLABORATION

ROLE OF LEADERSHIPLEADERSHIP HAS INFLUENCE ON

INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE

DIRECTLY THROUGH DECISION MAKING (Zhu, Chew and Sprangler 2005)

MORE THROUGH CREATION OF SUITABLE ORGANISATIONAL CLIMATE ( Reiter-Palmon and IIlies(2004))

ROLE OF LEADERSHIP Organizational climate

Recurring pattern of behaviors, attitudes and feeling that characterize life in an organization – what members experience

Organizational culture The values, beliefs, history, traditions etc reflecting

the deeper foundations of an organization- what members value

Climate – lead to strengthening or change in culture

Leadership accounts for 40-80% of variance (Ekvall 1997)

ROLE OF LEADERSHIP

Leadership impacts across nine dimensions Challenge/involvement Freedom Trust/openness Idea time Playfulness Conflict reduction Idea support Debate risk taking

ROLE OF LEADERSHIP Factors influencing organizational climate

• Leadership.

• The organizational vision, mission, goals and strategies.

• The amount of available resources.

• Personnel policies (particularly rewards and promotions).

• The behaviors of the people in the organization.

• The beliefs and values of the organization.

• The organizational structures and systems.

• Concern for profits and losses.

• Levels of job satisfaction.

ROLE OF LEADERSHIP

Findings of a global study (2008) Higher the perceived degree of success in

proximal innovation (innovation at work unit level) better the organizational climate

Higher the perceived degree of success in omnibus innovation (innovation at organizational) better the organizational climate

Perception of a leaders ability to support innovation improves the perception of organizational climate

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