“If everyone moves forward together, then success takes care of itself.” -Henry Ford
Think of the most creative and innovative organizations you know. These same companies are the highest performing organizations in the world. So what is the connection between creativity and performance?
It’s about staying ahead of what everyone else is doing. These companies do things differently and they do it better. So the only way to improve is to do things differently from others.
Challenging your beliefs and assumptions
Your creative thinking requires you to challenge your preconceived ideas and assumptions by asking questions. Those who work creatively in high-performing organizations ask unique, thought-provoking questions to go beyond reframing the problem into small, manageable pieces to work with.
Communicate with employees
Recognize that creative and critical thinking are two sides of the same coin. Everyone is a communicator who needs to convey ideas clearly and efficiently in a variety of media. Communicate frequently, talk and listen in equal measure, engage in frequent informal communications, and explore ideas and information.
By communicating well with employees, leaders in high-performing organizations work with employees regarding the work assigned to them. High-performing organizations have a commitment to employee communication where they explain why they do things and commit to being persistent to achieve the results they seek.
Leaders must understand their employees to understand how employees come up with ideas to solve the problem situation assigned to them.
Always be at the forefront
Staying ahead of the competition can be a challenge. By starting out this way, a handful of companies end up at the top because of the different ways they create and produce the products and services that help you go beyond your expectations.
By unlocking the power of creativity for cutting-edge innovation, it puts you in a better position to try different ways of doing things. Creativity is the essence that allows you to do something new that never existed before. Creating better ways than before gives you the opportunity to produce the things consumers want.
High-performing innovation teams bridge any mindset shift to understand different perspectives on how to solve what comes their way.
Businesses face tough challenges every day. How your organization deals with these problems, challenges and difficulties determines how well your organization is doing and how well your employees are developed to overcome in finding the solution to these situations.
“The things we fear most in organizations – fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances – are the main sources of creativity.”-Margaret J. Wheatley
Preparation for creativity
Are you ready to engage your employees to be creative and innovative, brainstorming to produce high-level groundbreaking results? Even while inspiring and motivating your employees, as a leader you need to develop employees to work in teams so that they are more productive than they can expect.
Encouraging your employees to use their creative thinking skills invites them to put a little fun into what they do. Your employees must have the right attitude to become habits that become patterns to help them be more relaxed while achieving higher level performance. Some employees may not be used to unconventional ways of reaching bigger goals than before. This is where the leader needs to coach employees to do things differently and get better results.
“Some people have better ideas than others; some are smarter, or more experienced, or more creative. But everyone needs to be heard and respected.” -Jack Welch
How are you doing things differently to improve?
To be successful in the 21st century, every organization has to be a creative organization.
Are you ready?