Leading a creative team takes distinct skills. Many get tossed into the role with no preparation or training. This course helps set new leaders on the right path from the start.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- Who is this course for?
- Why should you care about leadership?
- Where do you start?
- Understanding doers vs. leaders
- Assessing leadership readiness
- Great creative leaders do one thing
- Common leadership obstacles
- Understanding the creative process
- Understanding your team's process
- The 10/80/10 rule for leading creativity
- Seven rules for running a better brainstorm
- Becoming a better leader: Trust
- Becoming a better leader: Commitment
- Becoming a better leader: Knowledge
- Transforming into a critical asset
- Defining your team's process
- Learning to speak business
- Creating a focused and empowered team
- Creating your team's culture
- Defining your team's cultural norms
- Coaching leadership and creativity
- Embracing failure
- Recap: 10 keys to leading a creative team
- One final thought
Taught by
Stephen Gates
