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* Leader-innovator skills can be learned,
and the best time to start is with new
hires at the beginning of their careers.
* Critical thinking skills broaden a leaderinnovator's change mindset.
* Emotional intelligence provides a
foundation for risk-acceptable decision
making and the determination to bring
a good idea to fruition.
* Leader-innovators, at every level of the
organization, can provide a stable and
collaborative foundation for change to
take hold and thrive.
TRANSFORMATIONAL
LEADERSHIP
The notion of training young professionals
as leader-innovators is transformational
only when training tactics offer practical
applications that lend themselves to selfhelp and continual improvement. Young
professionals will need examples they
can use every day to build their leaderinnovator capabilities. The key elements
for training leader-innovators are:
* Critical thinking skills
* A strong personal emotional intellect
* Leadership principles they
can apply every day
Critical thinking skills need to be
considered if for no other reason than

IT'S TIME
TO RETHINK
LEADERSHIP
TRAINING
STRATEGIES,
AND EXPAND
THE VERY
NOTION OF
A LEADER.

The second is that critical thinking must
involve reason, not simply assertion. In
other words, the critical thinker seeks
out real evidence from which they draw
reasonable conclusions. From Paul's
point of view, these thinking objectives
are lifelong challenges not readily
mastered, but suggests we view them as
a hub around which all other challenges
are studied. It makes sense then that the
earlier someone starts, the better.
Understanding the importance of
emotional intelligence in developing
leader-innovators begins with an
examination of why new hires tend
to fail, and adjusting onboarding
techniques accordingly. In a June 2015
study, Leadership IQ addressed the
issue of why new hires fail. The study
found that only 11 percent of new hire
failures were due to a lack of technical
competence, while:

to encourage people to reflect on what
they think about. Richard Paul, from
the Center for Critical Thinking, defines
critical thinking as "thinking about what
you're thinking while you're thinking, in
order to make your thinking better."

* 26 percent failed because
they couldn't accept feedback

Paul offers two aspects that he considers
crucial. The first is that critical thinking
isn't just thinking, but thinking that
entails self-improvement. In other words,
what can I learn while I am thinking?

* 15 percent because they had the
wrong temperament for the workplace

* 23 percent because they were
unable to control their emotions
* 17 percent because they
lacked sufficient motivation

In sum, 81 percent of new hire failures
were due to deficiencies in what we

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
FOLLOW THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
COMPANIES BY RECRUITING
INNOVATORS IN 2016

"THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK
OF SUCCESS, LAWS OF LEADERSHIP
FOR BLACK WOMEN" (2010)

by emotional intelligence failures
than by lack of technical skills.

By Total HR

By Brown, Haygood and McLean

Provides the "Top 5 Employee
Skill Sets to Hire for Innovation."

This book offers practical leadership
advice that translates across race
and gender.

"HBR'S 10 MUST
READS: ON LEADERSHIP"
(2011)

THE MILLENNIAL
LEADERSHIP SURVEY

WHY NEW-HIRES FAIL

By Workplace Trends

By Leadership IQ

A definitive study of millennial
attitudes toward work
and leadership.

An important study showing
how turnover is affected more

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By Daniel Goleman

Goleman's "What Makes a Leader?"
essay defines the five components
of emotional intelligence and
provides straightforward hallmarks
to help build your skills.

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