Creative Style Profile: Facilitators Guide

Innovation is the key to maintaining a competitive edge in the global marketplace. The Creative Style Profile Facilitator′s Guide includes all you need to help people at all levels in an organization improve their understanding of creativity and innovation, and provide the means to build more powerful collaborative relationships. The Facilitator′s Guide provides step–by–step instructions for administering the profile and, optionally, leading a workshop based on the companion ?Creative Style Profile. The Profile is designed not to tell participants IF they are creative, but HOW they are creative. It is not a test of creativity but an exploration of where their creative strengths lie. The Facilitator′s Guide gives you the tools you need to score the profile and contains suggested scripts, individual and group exercises and activities, as well as overhead, handout, and flip–chart masters. The Creative Style Profile determines five principle creative styles: Connectors: Perspective–oriented: playful, observant, and light–hearted Dreamers: Receptive–oriented: rely on instinct, imagination, and insight Innovators: Goal–oriented: entrepreneurial, adaptable, and motivated Builders: Visually–oriented: artistic, detailed, and resourceful Explorers: Action–oriented: adventurous, enjoy taking risks, and unconventional Designed to be flexible, the Profile can be administered in a one–to–one setting—making it useful for coaching and career counseling—or in groups. For a group setting, the guide includes a reproducible score sheet for aggregating individual scores to arrive at a team creativity profile. Included, too, are ready–to–use training designs and discussion–leading sessions for exploring the nature of creativity and understanding how and why creativity influences individual and team productivity.

A Note from the Authors. Introduction. How to Read This Guide. Equipment Needed. Materials and Supplies. Icons. Workshop Overview. Learning Objectives. Creativity Workshop. Introduction. Warm–Up Exercise. Aspects of Creative Thinking. Creativity Myths. The Creative Style Profile. Discovering Creative Strengths Exercise. Coaching Exercise. Barriers to Creativity. Team Styles Exercise. Creative Teamwork Exercise. Creativity Tips. Handouts. Creative Thinking Worksheet. Discovering Creative Strengths. Development Memory Jogger. Overheads. Connector. Dreamer. Innovator. Builder. Explorer. Flip Charts. Definition of Creativity. Aspects of Creative Thinking. References. About the Authors. Pfeiffer Publications Guide.

Beverly Kaye is the founder and CEO of Career Systems International. She is the co–author of the bestseller Love ′Em or Lose ′Em: Getting Good People to Stay , which has reached Wall Street Journal and Amazon.com bestseller status. She is also the author of the classic Up Is Not the Only Way . Her organization delivers talent management solutions in Career Development, Retention and Engagement and Mentoring to companies world–wide. Beverly Olevin ′s creative life includes her work as a playwright, novelist, and director. She has spent twenty–five years as a management consultant with specialties in career development, diversity training, management training, human resources planning, and creativity. She has designed training instruments, games and tools of self–discovery that have been widely–used nationally as well as in Canada, Europe, Australia, and South America.