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Leaders must learn how to create an organisational climate where others apply innovative thinking to solve problems and develop new products and services. It is about growing a culture of innovation, not just hiring a few creative outliers. How can you help others to think differently and work in new ways to face challenges? What can be done to innovate when all resources are stressed and constrained? How can you stay alive and stay ahead of the competition?
This means to bring new thinking and different actions to how you lead, manage, and go about your work. How can you think differently about your role and the challenges you and your organization face? What can you do to break open entrenched, intractable problems? How can you be agile and quick in the absence of information or predictability?
The most obvious effect of sleep deprivation is on performance. Tiredness slows you down physically and mentally – reducing your output and productivity. It will also impair your ability to think clearly and rationally – affecting the quality of your work and the decisions you make. If you’re aiming for a leadership position, not being able to make good decisions will be the death of your leadership dreams. And if you’re currently in a leadership position, poor decision-making could result in being demoted or worse.
To achieve greatness:
–Arthur Ashe–
For centuries people assumed that economic growth resulted from the interplay between capital and labor. Today we know that these elements are outweighed by a single critical factor: innovation. Corporation and Governments need to approach innovation leadership in a unique way. They must focus on the power of bringing differences together to create new products, services, and new levels of contribution.
How do you create legal guidelines for employee innovation that are loose enough to let people try new things, but not get a publicly-held company in hot water?
Did you know that leaders who never cared enough (or paid the price) to create genuine trust among those with whom they work, when things go bad they discover they have nothing left to offer—and no one left to lead.
Everyone wants to see the entire route and pitfalls before they begin their journey. Trouble is that the ideal route to your goal doesn’t exist. This is because no one has ever traveled the unique path that you require.
No one on earth has had the same experiences as you. Therefore, your path to your goals will be the one that you create.
Those who succeed in achieving their dreams always have one common characteristic. They never give up. This isn’t an attitude that they develop toward the end, it’s a mindset that they establish from the beginning and nurture throughout the process.
Did you know that we are more likely to overcome our struggles and difficulties to find what we are looking for when we are willing to take others with us on the journey? Get your people on board and share your vision.
Nicos Paschali, International Author, Designer & Facilitator of Learning Workshops. Mental Discipline Coach. 
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