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-Eisenbeiß, S., & Boerner, S. (2013). A Double-edged Sword: Transformational Leadership and Individual Creativity. British Journal Of Management, 24(1), 54-68. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8551.2011.00786.x

-YUERU, M., WEIBO, C., RIBBENS, B. A., & JUANMEI, Z. (2013). LINKING ETHICAL LEADERSHIP TO EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY: KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND SELF-EFFICACY AS MEDIATORS. Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal, 41(9), 1409-1420. doi:10.2224/sbp.2013.41.9.1409

-Brookhart, S. M. (2013). Assessing Creativity. Educational Leadership, 70(5), 28-34.

-Verhaeghen, P., Joormann, J., & Aikman, S. N. (2014). Creativity, Mood, and the Examined Life: Self-Reflective Rumination Boosts Creativity, Brooding Breeds Dysphoria. Psychology Of Aesthetics, Creativity, And The Arts, doi:10.1037/a0035594

-Wai, Jonathon. "9 Ways To Be More Creative." The Creativity Post. N.p., 1 Dec. 2013. Web. 16 Apr. 2014.

-William W. Maddux, PhD, INSEAD; Adam D. Galinsky, PhD, "Cultural Borders and Mental Barriers: The Relationship Between Living Abroad and Creativity,” Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol. 96, No. 5.

-Elkenberry, Kevin (2007). Remarkable Leadership: Unleashing Your Leadership Potential One Skill At A Time, p160-178

Develop Your Creativity

-Spend significant time offline

-Do something different mentally (cognitive diversity)

-Know when (and when not) to rely on outside intellegence

-Use technology to amplify! (Wai, p.2)

-Go Abroad! (Maddux, p. 97)

Unlock

Your

Inner

Creativity!

Without Innovation..

- No personal growth

-Detachment from your followers

-Attenuates the positive influence of transformational leadership on followers' creativity. (Brookhart, p.28)

Innovative Leadership

"My goal is to help you become a Remarkable Leader by unleashing the leadership potential that is already in you."

-Kevin Elkenberry

Supporting Creativity

In A Group Context

-Remarkable leaders believe in everyone's creative potential: We try to support, draw it out, and help people find IT! (Elkenberry, 160)

-Allows for highest possible function of any organization

-Maximizes following

-Allows for the addition of creative, and great new ideas!

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Foster It Properly!

-Open ended Questions, no "coldwater" comments!

-Ethical leadership positively related to employee creativity, through knowledge & self-efficacy. (Weibo,41 )

-Lack of proper tools creates dependency of followers on the leader in turn leading to lack of personal creative growth. (Eisenbeiß & Boerner, p.24)

Personal Creativity

-You are the leaders responsible for both group creativity and your own creative growth.

-Self-Reflection leads to creativity. (Verhaeghen, Joormann, & Aikman)

-Remote Associates Test

We Can Improve!

-Create ULTIMATE Brainstorming Space

-Reevaluate goals/expectations of the group

-Communication: Allow followers clear understanding of purpose or focus

-Encourage risks and mistakes

-Adapt, modify, steal!