10 Keys to Leading Creative People

Here are some recent thoughts from Tony Morgan on how to lead creative people. Reading the list was fairly helpful for me because it helped me to realize that other people have work patterns like mine. Several of these pretty well describe how I like to function.

10 Keys to Leading Creative People

Summary:

1. Tell them what to do, but not how to do it. 
2. If you want their input, you’ll need to ask. 
3. If you ask, you better consider their input. 
4. Know that they’ll be emotionally attached to what they create. 
5. You need to give them a deadline, but it better be reasonable. 
6. Don’t try to motivate them with money, but they do want your praise..
7. They’ll get easily bored if they find themselves stuck in the routine. 
8. They deliver new ideas, but they dread the details. 
9. They need a creative and participative environment. 
10. You need to provide boundaries, but they need to experience freedom.