Put creativity and innovation at the heart of your management development programme

Innovation and creativity in management development programmes are essential for organisations that are serious about unleashing their managers' creative potential.

The benefits for a manager who thinks creatively

As a manager, there are always new opportunities to demonstrate that you are thinking creatively and doing so will help the people around you to understand that that is what you expect of them too. You can bring new perspectives and fresh thinking to bear on ad hoc problems and challenges as they arise and you can apply creative thinking to both line and project management situations. So, whether it is greater efficiency, greater effectiveness or completely new ideas and ways of doing things, that you are looking for, making sure that you are taking a lead by being the change you want to see, is an important – some would say irreplaceable – first step.

Developing management creativity isn't something that can be left to chance. Well structured, practical creativity training can be included in structured management development programmes or as ad hoc courses to train groups of managers with a particular need. Edward De Bono's Lateral Thinking™ and Six Thinking Hats® courses are both options as is Illumine's Creativity for Logical Thinkers - a highly practical course designed specifically for anyone who needs to be more creative at work and it can be tailored to fit in with other elements of a management development programme. 

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