Episode D6.005 Volunteer Innovative Ideas

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Introduction
Today we will be discussing volunteer innovative ideas. Today’s discussion will be a continuation or expansion on last week's discussion.  Corporate volunteer programs both engage employees and fuel positive social change, but finding a fit for your business is not a one-size-fits-all endeavor. 

To ensure your team brings their creativity to work and offer up innovative ideas, leaders must be willing to listen to different ideas.  Remember, just because you listen doesn’t mean you have to implement.  However, you must be willing to listen to them, otherwise you will quickly find no one has any ideas. 


Show Objectives

1. Give you some innovative ideas to consider.
2. Discuss ways to help your team think creatively.
3. Expand the list of ideas.
4. Help you understand how to get started. 

Key Issues

1. Leaders must be willing to listen. 
2. Organizations need to have a group focused on new ideas, both short term and long term. 
3. Employees not feeling heard, so they hold on to their ideas or bring them to other companies. 
4. Employees lack of trust of the leader taking credit for their idea. 

What You Need to Do

1. Encourage creativity in the workplace.
2. Accept that with innovative ideas comes failure.  Be ok with it. 
3. Create a culture of idea generation.
4. Build a bench of creative thinkers.

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Shows
Previous: Episode D6.004 Look for Opportunities to Innovate
Next: Episode D6.006 Volunteer for Innovation Projects

Written by Cedrick LaFleur
“Talk Leadership with Cedrick”

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