Walk the Talk: Leadership and Creativity

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• Walk the Talk Leadership and Creativity
• Thursday 12th October 2006
• Christie Centre Brisbane
• Nigel Paine
• Nigel_at_nigelpaine.com

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Leadership Paradigm
Extra-ordinary Leadership Innovation and
creativity Connectivity Diversity
Far from Agreement
Ordinary Management Managing the
money Performance management Support core
business processes Structures that work
Near to Agreement
Near to certainty
Far from certainty
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Emerging Futures Innovation in Teaching and
Learning in VET
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The Love Respect Axis (Tom Peters)
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Brands
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Love
Fads
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Commodities
Respect
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1. Staff Matter
The critical difference is between an engaged
workforce and an indifferent one
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2. Knowledge Needs to be Shared
Play from all your strengths
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Tacit Knowledge
If HP knew what HP knows, we would be three times
as profitable. Lew Platt former CEO
Hewlett-Packard
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3. People Respond to Being Treated Well
This needs to be reviewed constantly
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4. Leaders need reality checks
An isolated leader has only temporary relief
from reality
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5. Go for significant presence
This is not a function of being seen around, it
is a function of listening and engagement
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6. Dont have all the answers
Asking questions and interacting can yield rich
dividends
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7. Keep close to front line staff
They will tell you things!
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8. Be an acclaimed leader
Live the role do not take the role
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Social Networking

• MySpace
• You Tube
• Face Book
• Gum Tree
• Flickr
• Friends Reunited
• Linkd In
• Etc. etc. etc.