Strategic Conversations with Leaders Series from the Education Institute
Innovation Ideas & Insights
Instructor: Wendy Beecham, Chair, TEC International & Executive Coach.
WHEN
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
3:00- 4:00 p.m. Eastern time (12noon Pacific Time)
TELECONFERENCE — You don’t have to leave your office!!

Description of Wendy’s talk:
Gary Hamel in his famous book “Leading the Revolution” ? states that innovation is not a private act. It is the constant interplay of ideas, perspectives, experiences and values that spawn innovation. It’s actually true that for innovation to be successful it requires detailed customer interaction, superior, defined processes and strong implementation skills ? decision-making, delegating, scheduling, monitoring and feedback. When we talk about the right “culture” for innovation ? think of an environment that is empowering, flexible, welcomes ideas, tolerates risk, celebrates success and encourages fun. How many of us can hold up our hands and state we work in such an environment today? Are we role models of leadership for future possibilities? During this talk, our speaker discusses specific examples of innovation taking place in libraries throughout North America and provides tips for how you can create an environment for innovation in your organization.

REGISTER ON-LINE TODAY at www.thepartnership.ca. Go to 2004/2005 Calendar and click on March 2nd to register.