Creative leadership
Subtitle: skills that drive change
By: Gerard J. Puccio, Mary C. Murdock, Marie Mance.
Contributors: Murdock, Mary.; Mance, Marie.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Leadership.; Creative ability in business.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-292) and indexes.
Table of contents: value: Foundational principles for leaders; value: Change, leadership, and creativity: the powerful connection; value: Creative problem solving: background and introduction to the thinking skills model; value: Identifying complex thinking skills associated with the creative problem solving model; value: Transforming your thinking: principles for divergence and convergence; value: Thinking tools for leaders; value: Assessing the situation: tools for diagnostic thinking; value: Exploring the vision: tools for visionary thinking; value: Formulating challenges: tools for strategic thinking; value: Exploring ideas: tools for ideational thinking; value: Formulating solutions: tools for evaluative thinking; value: Exploring acceptance: tools for contextual thinking; value: Formulating a plan: tools for tactical thinking; value: Additional factors that influence leaders; value: Psychological diversity: leading people with different creativity styles; value: Building a climate for creativity: how leadership sets the tone; value: Conclusion; value: Case studies.