Leading the Way

Sharing your vision of the company's future,...will encourage employee participation.

Managers should also take a positive approach to creative ideas rather than expecting employees to just do as they are told. Sharing your vision of the company's future, and how innovation contributes to that vision, will encourage employee participation.

Managers should support and communicate with workers throughout the company rather than remaining distant, so that new ideas can originate at any level.

ACTION POINT: Look for good ideas to encourage and promote from every area.