In these truly turbulent times, change is a constant problem for all. One of the affects of such change is that it creates a tremendous amount of uncertainty and anxiety and makes huge demands on leaders and managers who are expected to be creative in finding solutions for the changes required.

It is, therefore, important that we should understand something of the processes of leadership and creativity as they affect problem-solving so that we may more effectively manage some of the situations that may be occurring within our organisation.

The aim of this Workshop is to provide members with an opportunity to explore some of the dynamics associated with the role of leadership and the process of creativity as it occurs in problem-solving.

At the end of the Workshop it is anticipated that members should have a better understanding of:

• Creativity and the way that they create.
• Some of the difficulties of being creative.
• How leadership is related to creativity.
• Some of the difficulties associated with leadership when they create.
• How creativity and leadership may affect problem-solving.
• How to develop the environmental conditions that encourage creativity.

In the Workshop we shall largely be working with problems identified by the members and their own experiences as they develop over the two days of the Workshop and applying that experience to theory. Working in this manner means that there is a direct application of learning to the work place.

To provide the right dynamics and the maximum opportunities for learning, the Workshop is ideally suited for ten people.

Course Leader: Dr Lionel F Stapley.

Lionel Stapley is the Director of OPUS (an Organisation for Promoting Understanding of Society) and an organisational consultant. He is the author of The Personality of the Organisation: A Psychodynamic Explanation of Culture and Change (Free Association Books, 1996). Address: 26 Fernhurst Road, Fulham, London SW6 7JW, England. Tel & Fax: 0171 736 3844. e-mail: LionelStapley@MSN.COM

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