Science

I help managers evaluate and develop innovativeness based on the needs of managers and based on the best scientific knowledge and my long-term experience.

Scientific knowledge

Innovation is the development and introduction of new and useful products and services to the market (Evanschitzky et al 2012; Storey et al 2016). Innovation is very important because profitable innovations increase the growth of firm value the most (Cummings & Knott 2018; Wartzman & Tang 2023). And green innovations, by improving the financial performance of companies, also reduce environmental pollution (Li et al 2024).

Innovativeness is the ability of a manager, team, company or country to achieve consistently successful results in innovation.

Reasoning (Salgado & Moscoso 2019), ambition (Wilmot et al 2019; Raava 2004; 2006), expertise (Cummings & Knott 2018; Weisberg 2006), ethics (Colquitt et al 2007; Hülsheger et al 2009) and a sense of competence (Cerasoli et al 2016; Wood et al 1987) make a leader innovative.

A leader’s desire for self-development is enhanced by supportive feedback (Kluger & DeNisi 1996; Kluger & Nir 2010), which is positive (Carrillo et al 2019), empathetic and helps him consider his options (Miller & Rose 2009).

In the evaluation of managerial candidates and succession, the most valid is a structured interview, followed by a job knowledge test, an assessment of education and work experience, a work sample and a test of mental abilities (Sackett et al 2022). Since different assessment methods complement each other and together increase the validity of the assessment, they are used in combination in personnel selection (Salgado 2017).

The value of the structured interview (Levashina et al 2014) is also proven by the fact that in it candidates cannot falsify their assumptions and skills (Ho et al 2021) and that it is one of the most pleasant assessment methods for candidates, as they can show their strengths and experience well in it ( Hausknecht et al 2004).

What makes a team innovative is mutual trust (Colquitt et al 2007; Feitosa et al 2020; Frazier et al 2017), open information exchange, shared vision and feedback that supports creativity (Hülsheger et al 2009; Tjosvold et al 2022).

What makes a company innovative is customer focus and risk-taking (Feng et al 2020), market orientation and radical innovation (Evanschitzky et al 2012) and expertise in bringing innovations to the market and supporting them by connecting new information and shaping the organization (Storey et al 2016) and management innovations (Khosravi et al 2019).

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