Navigating a Digital World

Week 3 Assignment - Creating a Culture of Innovation and Creativity Overview Creativity and innovation are essential to an organization's success, and both should be infused into every aspect of a business. Companies with creative and innovative employees keep up with industry changes and have a competitive advantage. Human Resources (HR) can help to foster a workplace's culture. For this assignment, assume the role of HR Manager. The HR Director has asked you to define the ideal qualities of the employees and leadership for cultivating a culture of creativity and innovation. Instructions Using the readings from weeks 1 through 3 to support your rationale, answer each question listed below. Responses to each question should be at least one and a half paragraphs. Note: A paragraph is normally 4 -6 sentences. Use at least three quality resources. 1. Define corporate culture and how to create a culture of trust and integrity. Corporate culture must have a set of values, the organization is agile a corporate culture it's about motivating the organization to rise to the top they give their employees autonomy making their workplace environment comfortable. Creating trust and communication. To create corporate culture the 1 st one is trust between employees and employees and management the secondly people have pride in what they do either specific task or meaningful purpose that the organization serves. The thirdly. They genuinely like and enjoy their colleagues. Last but not least everyone is encouraged to learn and develop individually and collectively.. 2. Describe the ideal qualities of a leader who inspires a culture of creativity and innovation. Idea qualities of a leader who inspires a culture of creativity and innovation have excellent strategic vision and create trust. A leader should be fearless loyal do doing what it takes doing that's right for the organization open communication sharing ideas from the top down. All employees to share they’re ideas you never know what they could bring to the Table. Creating structure I’d say high a leader should have standards of personal ethics a leader is fearless under pressure should have charisma they should be charming and persuasive. 3. Describe the steps a leader may take to be a contributor to a culture of creativity and innovation. The steps a leader may take to be a contributor to a culture of creativity and innovation 1st I think a leadership should be able to trust and be⁴ trusted they should have integrity having communication and most of all trust. A leadership quality should be accountable a leader must be accountable for their actions a good leader encourages collaboration. A leader is strong and confident. Also a leader to should have empathy They should be able to empathize put in their employee's shoes. And lastly they should focus on their strengths and not their weaknesses help their employee excel. 4. Identify two important leadership qualities of an individual aspiring to be a leader. Aspiring to be a great leader you have to be able to take orders as well as give them. Being confident not arrogant, you can’t be combatable. Let them know you’re able to handle anything that’s thrown your way. Payuù attention To be a great leader you must be a good follower. 5. Describe barriers to fostering a culture of creativity and innovation from a leadership and employee perspective. A leader fostering barriers to a culture of creativity and innovation Would be Poor leadership poor management something like their way or the highway they're not taking picking not taking the employee serious it's serious having a dictator Mentality never asked an employee to do something that that you wouldn't do. Organizations that don't include women. Employees can be they’re own barrier's to themselves being afraid to test the waters having fear of failure as well as being bias. Language barriers in the workplace can cause challenges as well. 6. Discuss ways that a leadership may coach and support employees with overcoming barriers. Hi everyday day, or at least once a week we’ll have a meeting to see if anyone has anything new they would like to share. Also I’ll have one on one meetings to make sure everyone is doing well and to make sure their performance is up to par. Also talk to my employees hold group meeting and see if anyone has anything they wanted to share with everyone as a group. Make it more family oriented. I’ll make sure not to leave anyone out. If langunge is a barrier I would have translators or devices that can help us better understand the language barriers And no matter what happens sure to clue women of all shape sizes ages the colors the colors into everything Everything the company has to do They would be the 1st on my list to give their opinions and ideas. Sources Sample Format of a Source. Source contains the authors first and last name, followed by the year the publication was written. Followed by the Title of the publication and then, the URL.