This PowerPoint was the focus for a Global Webinar presented by Doug Watsabaugh and Bruce Moorhouse of WCW Partners in 2008.

1. Innovation Leadership
Global Webinar
Presented by Doug Watsabaugh & Bruce Moorhouse
February, 2008

2. Innovation
Leadership
Cultural Characteristics
Personal Actions | Powerful Messages
Who do you think exerts
the most influence on
your people daily?
• CEO
• Executive Team
• Supervisors
• You
Learnings from the Keys Research. Supervisory Behaviours To Inspire a Culture of Innovation.

3. Innovation
Leadership
Cultural Characteristics
Personal Actions
Powerful Messages
You as Supervisor!
Learnings from the Keys Research. Supervisory Behaviours To Inspire a Culture of Innovation.

4. Learnings from the Keys Research. Supervisory Behaviours To Inspire a Culture of Innovation.
Innovation
Leadership
Cultural Characteristics
Openness
Listening
Meaningful Urgency
Performance Ethic
= Culture of Innovation

5. Innovation
Leadership
Supervisory development
opportunities
As Leader
As Encourager
As Team Builder
As Model
How do your people see you?
Learnings from the Keys Research. Supervisory Behaviours To Inspire a Culture of Innovation.

6. As leader
• Setting clear goals
• Involving employees in
goal setting
• Matching work
assignments with
employee skills
Innovation
Leadership
Supervisory development
opportunities
How do your people see you?
Learnings from the Keys Research. Supervisory Behaviours To Inspire a Culture of Innovation.

7. As encourager
• Communicating up and down
the organization
• Bringing a sense of clarity
- Where are we going?
- What’s our role?
- Where will our growth come
from?
• Valuing individual contributions
• Providing feedback
Innovation
Leadership
Supervisory development
opportunities
How do your people see you?
Learnings from the Keys Research. Supervisory Behaviours To Inspire a Culture of Innovation.

8. As team builder
• Bringing a sense of vision,
purpose direction
• Helping people realize the
importance of all functions/skills.
• Demonstrating respect for each
others contribution.
Innovation
Leadership
Supervisory development
opportunities
How do your people see you?
Learnings from the Keys Research. Supervisory Behaviours To Inspire a Culture of Innovation.

9. To see yourself as model
for others
• Seeing how everything is
connected
• Seeing the systems
• Understanding the implications
• Viewing ourselves as leaders,
not as individual contributors
- Encouragers
- Goal setters
- Measuring progress
Innovation
Leadership
Supervisory development
opportunities
But most importantly…..
Learnings from the Keys Research. Supervisory Behaviours To Inspire a Culture of Innovation.

10. To see yourself as model
for others
• Connecting to the bigger
world
• Risk taking. Leading the team to
places it’s never been
Innovation
Leadership
Supervisory development
opportunities
But most importantly…..
Learnings from the Keys Research. Supervisory Behaviours To Inspire a Culture of Innovation.

11. Learnings from the Keys Research. Supervisory Behaviours To Inspire a Culture of Innovation.
Innovation
Leadership
Cultural Characteristics
Openness
Listening
Meaningful Urgency
Performance Ethic
= Culture of Innovation

12. Learn more & visit us at
www.wcwpartners.com
Watsabaugh Conlow Worldwide is a performance improvement company.
Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, we work with clients in a variety of industries worldwide to
help them excel in sales, service and leadership.
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