Create an Ad Hoc Leadership Circle to Generate New Ideas
When
leaders need innovative ideas to grow their company, they often turn to
their direct reports for guidance. But this group, by design,
represents the current operating units and functions, which often have a
status quo to defend. So when you need creative thinking, try forming a
leadership circle, a diverse, ad hoc team of 15–18 people from
throughout the company who can work together for about six months. The circle should focus
on the future, not the past, and healthy debate should be encouraged.
Within the circle, each member should hold equal status and should not
feel that he or she is being asked to represent the point of view of
accounting, sales, shipping, or whatever their home department is. Most
important, whatever ideas come out of a leadership circle should be
handled in the same way they were generated: They should be rigorously
and systematically discussed, debated, and explored.
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