بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
(In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful)
Leadership
Support
One of key success elements for any project is leadership support.
Without this support, many obstacles will appear and won’t be solved.
We had a great support from all leadership levels for running creativity
room project. Department head was first to support this suggestion. Actually,
she requested section heads to establish a team for this room. Although there
was no budget and tools were limited, Department head appreciated the team
efforts and she – personally – opened the first phase of the room with all
section heads. This was really a positive energy for all members.
She supported also the second phase of the room by communicating the
issue of budget to division head and coordinating with other departments to get
the requirement of the room.
Division head also supported the room. He personally opened the second
phase of the room with all department heads. He appreciated the efforts of all
team members and he attended a workshop with all department heads in the
creativity room which means that division leadership were satisfied with the room.
Our MD & CEO supported the room by approving a special budget for
the room although it was not planned in the year. This shows that leadership is
fully supporting any suggestion which will achieve organization vision.
This leads us to important question. How can we get leadership support?
In my opinion, it depends much on leadership personality and thinking style.
Whoever supports improvements and innovation will support new suggestions. This
is beside that these suggestions have added values and support organization
vision and mission.
Also, it is important for the suggestor(s) to provide all details of the
suggestions: Advantages, challenges and how they will be solved, budget – if
required – and the most important thing is the results (Cost saving, revenue,
time, knowledge, efforts…etc.).
Also, organization environment is an important factor in accepting or
rejecting new suggestions. Organizations which seek excellence and winning awards will look always after new
suggestions which will add value to them.
Leadership support provides a positive energy to all employees and this
will lead to more new innovative suggestions and projects. We are proud to have
this support for creativity room (Thank to Allah).
See you in next post Insha'Allah :)
