Is Your Leadership Failing Your Team?

In my coaching business I have been having a lot of conversations with businesses, teams and their leaders, about engagement, disengagement and the link between team culture and a team’s ability to be productive and innovative. Top of mind is the competitive business environment and how a team can be not just responsive, but out-pace competitive pressures in the marketplace.

The extensive research on the topic of innovation all indicates that while there are several key factors that enhance innovation, it all begins with leadership. Leaders either inhibit or enhance all the other factors that are the hallmarks of highly productive and innovative teams.

Innovation is not an accident or only the purview of wacky creative types. Innovation is a disciplined approach and requires leadership that can manage and allow for the ingredients that make innovation possible.

Read the article to learn what are the three key areas to explore to see if your leadership is on the right track.