Overview
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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.
Syllabus
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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
