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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