BEING A BETTER CREATIVE LEADER (half day)

Making the transition from being a creative to a creative leader can be tough. You have to go from being a maker of great work to an enabler of great work. And it can feel like the ground has disappeared from beneath you.

In this collaborative session – designed for up and coming creative leaders, as well as experienced ones who’d like to improve their skills – we explore the principles you need to build and lead a successful creative team.

Among the topics covered are getting the dynamics of your team right, creating a fertile culture for ideas, leading brainstorms, delivering feedback and elevating an idea from good to great. Expect surprising insights from neuroscience and psychology – as well as hard won experience from my own 15 years as a Creative Director.

Take aways …

  • How to manage input as well as output in your team

  • When to step back and when to step in

  • The dynamic of a successful creative team

  • The right and the wrong way to run a brainstorm

  • How to deliver meaningful feedback

  • The art of listening

  • The four vertebrae – Challenge, Insight, Idea, Execution

  • Being tough on work, but kind to people

Outcome

More rounded, capable and self-aware creative leaders, better equipped to inspire their teams.