Are there any personal benefits for leaders from accessing their creativity? Especially in times of economic uncertainty, why bother worrying about personal creativity?
Further developing creative potential during times of stress and uncertainty is just as important as physical exercise for at least four major reasons: • A leader who knows how to be creative is more marketable. Leaders with good ideas and who can come up with new strategies for the future can write their own ticket. • Developing personal creativity builds confidence in leaders that they can handle the challenges life throws their way and gives them a deeper level of resilience to cope with constant change. Such confidence and resilience also lead to more openness to new ideas and questions from others. Seeing oneself as creative is vital for a healthy and productive life. • Understanding what tools and techniques enable a leader to tap into his or her creativity also speeds up the process of generating new ways of solving problems, seeing challenges, thinking, doing and feeling differently. When leaders know how they are creative and what they need to tap into their creativity, time n
