Leadership for Innovation: How to Organize Team Creativity and Harvest Ideas

Drawing on real-life examples including Google, Honda, and 3M, this slim volume (5.25x8.5") identifies the characteristics of innovative organizations, describes how leaders can encourage the development of new products and services, and sets out practical ways for bringing about change in organizations. The author, pioneer of the Action-Centered Leadership program, touches on topics such as organizing for team creativity, motivating creative people, and becoming a creative leader and team member. Chapter key points are included. Adair is the author of 50 books and articles. He recently received the Lifetime Achievement in Leadership Award. The book was first published in Great Britain in 1990 by Talbot Adair Press as The Challenge of Innovation. This edition was published in Great Britain and the US by Kogan Page Limited in 2007 as Leadership for Innovation. This is the first paperback edition. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)