Chief Breakthrough Officer
By Jennifer Goddard | December 2, 2008
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BNET Australia Contributors
Brian Haverty is editorial director for CBS Interactive Australia and is responsible for the company's BNET and ZDNet Australia sites.
Robert Gerrish is a coach, author and professional speaker and the founder of Flying Solo, an Australian online community for solo business owners.
Melissa Lourenco is the HR manager for CBS Interactive in Australia.
Chris Golis is the author of The Humm Handbook: Lifting Your Level of Emotional Intelligence. He runs seminars and workshops on EQ.
Suzi Dafnis is Community Director of the Australian Businesswomen's Network.
Yvonne Adele helps organisations build a culture of ideas by teaching people at all levels to access their untapped creative thinking skills.
What would it take for you to become the Chief Breakthrough Officer? It would be more than the usual cross-functional skills such as:
- Leadership and strategy
- Financial literacy
- Marketing and sales abilities
- Strategic relationships and negotiation skills, and
- Relevant technology and operational knowledge
You would also need:
- Social Intelligence — encompassing empathy, attunement, organisational awareness, influence, developing others, inspiration and teamwork
- Ability to “think outside the square”
- Openness to risk taking and creating a culture that accepts failure — even in your own sphere of influence
- An ecosystem (internal and external) that supports creativity and innovation
- The ability to draw on different minds and open up to different perspectives
