Leadership Creativity Audit

Please mark the answers that resonate with you the most. The whole audit on the leadership sphere of creativity will take up to 10 minutes. Then you will be asked to do some exercises that might boost your creativity skills. The more points you get, the higher your creativity is.

1. For what purpose is creativity used in your organization?

Increasing the quality and effectiveness of mentorship

Increasing the range of products or services; replacing obsolete products or processes

Entering new markets; increasing market share

Improving the quality of products or services

Cost reduction per product unit

Increasing the competitiveness of students and graduates in the labor market (for academic institutions only)

Increasing the transition from education to employment (for academic institutions only)

Creativity is not used

2. Creativity at your organization is related to:

Generating your own ideas

Using existing knowledge to develop and implement new solutions

Using the newly acquired knowledge to develop and implement new solutions

Lack of use of creativity

3. Creativity is enhanced in your organization by:

Understanding the need for creativity

Creating channels to facilitate the flow and use of creativity

Using financial incentives at the executive level

Using financial incentives at employees’ level

Creating conditions for free expression

Allowing for the expression of critical opinions

We do not enhance creativity

4. How are pro-innovation leadership styles developed in the organization?

By conducting training, workshops or coaching for management staff

By including creativity as part of evaluation and business planning

By including individual creativity in an incentive system

By recruiting staff with innovative mindsets

They are not developed

5. Are there any changes in your organization that make strategic planning difficult?

Very often

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Not at all

6. Are organizational rules rewritten from scratch because of changes at management levels in your organization?

Very often

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Not at all

7. Do the leaders perceive creativity as an important resource that builds the competitiveness of your organization?

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

No

8. Are the leaders in your organization open to criticism?

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

No

9. Do leaders use criticism to enhance creative potential?

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

No