ABSTRACT
Operating in an economy characterized by creative individuals, sources of competitive advantage and grow thin post-industrial economies, the leaders of organizations assume enormous importance in today's competitive environment, becoming a differentiator, since the style of leadership reflects on the performance of organization. Seen it, this article aims to analyze the leadership exercised by managers of creative economy, with a view to creative leadership. Sought to understand the performance of them on creative leadership factors and aspects of creativity, and to verify the relationship of creativity and productivity with this leadership. We did a qualitative research nature of exploratory character of multiple case studies. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with three managers of the creative economy in the city of Recife, Brazil. It was realized that the managers of creative economy hasn't engaged in a creative leadership in its fullness, but there seems to be an effort in that direction, with relevance to climate factors, own ideas, resilience and network activation; While that should improve the behavior in relation to common ground, shared vision, and learning from the experience. It was observed that there is a relationship between concurrency creative leadership and a better productivity and support and encouragement for creativity in the workplace, where the primary feature for people to come forth your creativity is to feel good at work.
Keywords:
Leadership; Creative Leadership; Creative Economy; Creative Industries; Creativity