Leading Creative People

on September 3rd, 2009

Tony has a great post this week about leading creative people this week – some good insights here, here’s a clip:

  1. Tell them what to do, but not how to do it. You can hold them accountable for the results, but don’t force them to embrace a certain process.
  2. If you want their input, you’ll need to ask. If you stop asking, they’ll stop contributing.
  3. If you ask, you better consider their input. If you’re not really going to use their input, it’s better not to even ask.
  4. Know that they’ll be emotionally attached to what they create. So, if you decide not to use their creation, you’ll have to process that appropriately and not abruptly.

JG


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Comments (5)

J Manners at 3:40pm September 3

those are awesome tips. I know when I’m given a project I like room to run with it. When someone tells me how to do it, I feel like there’s no point because the other person has already done it in their head

Former YP at 8:34pm September 4

Problem is, “I” can do most of the work “better” than the ones i delegate it to. I “have” already done it in my head. Hard to take my hands off and let them do it “differently” than I would.

If I tried to do everything it might be “better” (in my eyes) but I would have failed in building and edifying others in the ministry, and I would be burned out.