Leader Thinking, Follower Thinking: Leader Impacts on Follower Creative Performance

Innovation, and the creative thinking that provides basis for innovation, is of great value organizations. In this article we describe what needed people to think creatively, noting a complex, albeit voluntary, activity involving performance on certain types problems. The ways leaders influence peoples’ willingness engage in, ability solve, problems are then described. Leaders efforts must not only motivate work but also actively contribute problem-solving both by engaging followers in establishing conditions allow at individual, team, firm levels. implications these observations leader assessment development discussed.