If leadership can be recast ‘as a creative act’ for which both leaders and followers partake in lifelong learning, as Harvard’s Barbara Kellerman proposes in The End of Leadership, a great opportunity exists to translate that learning into social and market advantage.
Throughout my career, I've worked with hundreds of people as part of a team, and directly managed more than 100 employees at different times. I've come across many who boast about their long hours and constant busyness, expecting admiration and respect. But honestly, those stories never impressed me.
Creative leadership isn't just for boardrooms and strategy sessions; it's something we can all practice every day, whether at work, in our personal lives, or in our quest for self-improvement. It's about blending creativity with strategic thinking in our daily interactions and decisions. At the heart of creative leadership is the ability to embrace paradoxes—those seemingly conflicting ideas or practices that, when balanced correctly, lead to innovation and breakthroughs. In leadership, this means juggling opposites
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