Development Seminar: Lateral Thinking Skills for Leaders

With resources under tremendous pressure, many leaders are now asking themselves, ‘How can we become much more creative in solving our business problems?’

With resources under tremendous pressure, many leaders are now asking themselves, ‘How can we become much more creative in solving our business problems?’ There is recognition that just working harder is not enough. We need to find new and better ways to do things. How can we harness the creative potential in our teams and encourage people to try innovative approaches to business issues?

This seminar offers a focused, practical approach to help leaders motivate and inspire their people to unleash their creativity. Delegates will discover what is impeding innovation in their areas and they will practise a range of lateral thinking techniques on real business issues.

Objectives

Delegates will

Explore the need for creativity and innovation

Identify the characteristics of the Innovative Leader

·Understand the vision, culture and processes of innovation

·Practise problem analysis and questioning

·Learn powerful lateral thinking and brainstorming techniques

·Generate and evaluate radical ideas for resolving delegates’ real business issues

Seminar style

The seminar will be challenging, interactive, energetic and fun. The emphasis will be on ‘learning by doing’. Participants will develop creative skills that they can put into immediate effect. They will learn by trying different techniques on real business problems. Delegates can suggest their own business issues as examples to work on.

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The closing date for applications is Tuesday 2 June 2009 . Please apply as soon as possible as our seminars are often over subscribed.

How are applications evaluated? We aim to achieve a good cross-sector balance to enrich the learning experience, offer a range of perspectives and maximise networking. We may therefore have to limit nominations to one or two delegates per organisation and so cannot operate on a strictly first-come, first-served basis.

Member Fee: £425 + VAT. Non- member Fee: £560 + VAT. Voluntary sector delegates and all leadership programme alumni will be offered the member rate. The seminar fee includes refreshments, a two-course lunch, all course materials and a copy of Paul’s book ‘The Leader’s Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills’.

Please note our cancellation policy: no refund is payable if you cancel within 21 days of the seminar, although we will accept a replacement delegate if you are unable to attend.