Innovation Leadership Key #3: Show Empathy

Empathy is the ability to experience and relate to the thoughts, emotions, or experience of others. Empathy is one step beyond sympathy, which is being able to understand and support others with compassion or sensitivity. It means being willing to put someone else’s...

Innovation Leadership Requires Market Focus

Your organization—including you, your employees, and your stakeholders—exists in a marketplace that provides both opportunities and threats. The opportunities come in the form of your existing customers, new markets for your goods or services, and sources for your...

Innovation Leadership Requires Personal Focus

As an innovation leader staying ahead of the pack, you need to focus on your own performance and the goals you have set for yourself. Inward focus means thinking clearly, coming up with your own solutions, and taking action without distracting interruptions or outside...

Innovation Leadership Key #1: Be Professional

Every day, it seems we hear an expression like this: “He’s a real pro,” or “We only employ people who are true professionals,” or “We need to be more professional in our business.” Let’s take a closer look at what this means for the innovation leader. Being...