LEADERSHIP
AND
INNOVATION
B.V.L.NARAYANA
SPTM/RSC/BRC
ROLE OF LEADERSHIP
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Leadership
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Process of social influence
Which enlists the aid of people
To achieve something(extraordinary)
Or
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Contribute in form of
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Creating a way for people to contribute
Ideas, effort, resources,
Achieve
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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.
– change
 Leadership --change
 Innovation
ROLE OF LEADERSHIP
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Change is associated with
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Resistance
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Coping –adjustments
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Requires feasibility –a vision--direction
Bringing forth
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Requires commitment –so influence
Choosing –acceptance
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Requires motivation and resources
Responding –ownership
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Resistance to acceptance requires influence
Creativity with ownership and feasibility
Mastery
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Ability to create circumstances for change
ROLE OF LEADERSHIP
 PROVIDE
 LEADERSHIP
FOR INNOVATION
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 INNOVATIVE
LEADERSHIP
ROLE OF LEADERSHIP
PROVIDES INNOVATIVE THINKING
INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP
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REQUIRES SIX THINKING SKILLS
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PAYING ATTENTION
PERSONALISING
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IMAGING
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USE PICTURES, STORIES,METAPHORS TO
TRANSMIT IDEAS
SERIOUS PLAY
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TAPPING INOT CUSTOMER AND EXPERIENCE
OUT OF WAY THINKING TO GET SERIOUS RESULTS
COLLABORATIVE THINKING WITH STAKE
HOLDERS
CRAFTING
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RESOLVE PARADOXES
ROLE OF LEADERSHIP
ROLE OF LEADERSHIP
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INNOVATIVE THINKING LEADER
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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 LEADERSHIP
 LEADERSHIP
 INNOVATION
 DIRECTLY
HAS INFLUENCE ON
AND PERFORMANCE
THROUGH DECISION
MAKING (Zhu, Chew and Sprangler 2005)
 MORE THROUGH CREATION OF
SUITABLE ORGANISATIONAL CLIMATE (
Reiter-Palmon and IIlies(2004))
ROLE OF LEADERSHIP
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Organizational climate
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Recurring pattern of behaviors, attitudes and
feeling that characterize life in an organization –
what members experience
Organizational culture
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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)
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ROLE OF LEADERSHIP
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Leadership impacts across nine dimensions
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Challenge/involvement
Freedom
Trust/openness
Idea time
Playfulness
Conflict reduction
Idea support
Debate risk taking
ROLE OF LEADERSHIP
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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.
ROLE OF LEADERSHIP
 Findings
 Higher
of a global study (2008)
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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