Need More Innovation? Foster a Culture of Curiosity
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In organizations, curiosity fuels innovation and the solving of stubborn problems.Foster curiosity in yourself and others and you will be on the way to getting breakthrough results.
Curiosity is the root of innovation and creativity and being curious is a constructive leadership characteristic. Organizations and their leaders can snuff out curiosity by implementing rigid rules, having sacred cows and dismissing questions that could lead to new discoveries.
A leader who is curious will handle employee performance problems more effectively. Instead of punishing or berating an employee, the curious leader is interested in why the employee chose to behave the way he did and how it can be prevented.
Being curious in a conflict situation allows you to see the other person's perspective so that you can propose mutually acceptable alternatives.
Being curious in negotiations allows you to understand the other party's needs and wants so that you can achieve win/win outcomes. Curiosity is what will create the next EBay or Google or Microsoft and curiosity will lead your organization to a breakthough opportunity.
Reflection Questions
How curious a person are you? Is curiosity encouraged in your organization? How many things are taken at face value without being more open minded to seeing new opportunities?
Action Items
- Be curious about long standing problems in your workplace.
- Ask questions that inspire curiosity in others, "How could we serve our customers better and generate better results?"
- Avoid crushing other people's curiosity when comments like, "We've always done it that way, " or "That will never work."
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About the Author: Greg Schinkel Greg Schinkel and his team help entrepreneurs and business leaders improve profit and grow their business by providing management training, supervisor training, team leader training, lead hand training and executive coaching. The challenge for many successful organizations is that leadership becomes diluted from the senior leadership team to the front line leader. For organizations who choose to be union-free, Greg and his team equip leaders to maintain excellent employee relations while focusing on results. For unionized workplaces, the focus is how to effectively lead employees within the boundaries of the collective-agreement while achieving results. Greg Schinkel has reached more than half a million people through his writing, broadcasting, speaking, training and coaching. Greg has appeared on television, radio and in print more than 200 times for his leadership expertise. He is co-author of the best-selling book Employees Not Doing What You Expect, published in North America, India, Latin America and Korea. Since 1992, Greg has owned and operated Unique Training & Development Inc., a leading provider of supervisor training, management development, team leader training and lead hand training. His website is http://www.UniqueDevelopment.com Click here to visit Greg's website.   Check Mark Thinking Gives Executives False Sense of Accomplishment Leadership Malpractice What to Do When Leaders Dont Lead Need More Innovation Foster a Culture of Curiosity Leadership Tips to Maintain and Cultivate Innovation and Creativity Trying to be a Perfect Leader Good Enough May be Good Enough |
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