How do you become a manager who is able to:

  • Create a highly effective team that enjoys working together?

  • Find solutions few others can see?

  • Get noticed by upper management?

By leading a team that consistently comes up with ideas that no one's thought of before.

I’ll show you how to become that rockstar manager.

The greatest challenge I see for new leaders and managers who want to get promoted and be more valuable in the career marketplace is having a proven track record of solving key issues.

The reason why mid-level managers stay at mid-level is because we all tend to fall into habitual thinking coming up with the same ideas over and over.

It's only when you bring advanced creative thinking into your leadership toolkit that you break out from the crowd and get noticed. 

The fastest way for new managers to become valued leaders is through creative problem-solving.

Are you in a new position of responsibility and feeling under the microscope of upper management?

Did you inherit a difficult, hairy problem and you want to prove yourself and your team?

Do you want to get the best results with your team, influence others, and get noticed? 

You know there is a solution, but you don’t know what it is.

If you want to make sure you avoid the same traps and old ideas that everyone else had…

Here’s what you should know…

Changing how you think about a problem changes your options for solving the problem.

However, most managers and organizations focus only on leadership skills. They rarely think outside the box with creative problem-solving

And that’s the important element where solutions to sticky problems, improved results, and future-proofing through innovation come from.

Breaking out of habitual thinking unlocks new neurological pathways that open up different ways to look at challenges and uncover solutions not seen before.

What happens when great leadership and effective creative problem-solving are brought together?

You become a rock star manager consistently coming up with ideas that no one's thought of before. 

Rockstar managers break out from the crowd, get noticed, and are valued in the career marketplace.

Here’s how we can help you.

Lightbulb Moments Leadership Course


In this self-paced audio course, you’ll learn how to go from team manager to valued leader. 

  • Prepare for future challenges by being creative and innovative right now.

  • Solve big hairy problems with imaginative solutions.

  • Have more fun at work.

  • Win over stakeholders.

  • Be a more effective manager and valued leader of a high-performing team.

Executive Coaching


Develop as a high-performing team manager with Light Bulb Thinking™ Coaching

  • Be a valued leader.

  • Combined coaching in leadership and creative problem-solving.

  • Find it easier to solve problems creatively - and quickly see solutions no one else has found

  •  Foster creative problem-solving and a growth mindset in your team

  • Increase confidence in your management abilities and competency as a leader.

Rock Star Managers Small Group Coaching


Become a ‘Rockstar Manager’ with our small group Accelerated Leadership Program. This is for managers who aspire to:

  • Increase their potential for recognition and promotion at their current organizations 

  • Become valued leaders with more opportunities within the wider career marketplace.

Ellia Harris Innovation Coach

Ellia Harris, Innovation Coach
CEO, The Potential Center®


Hi, I’m Ellia.

For over 11 years, I’ve pioneered combining leadership skills, creative problem-solving, and an innovation mindset.  I show new managers how to use the power of combining these to break out of habitual thinking and solve challenges with creative solutions no one else has thought of.

  • My passion is for new managers who reach for more, see the limitless potential in themselves and others, and practice servant leadership.

    Uniquely, I merge developing leadership skills and creative problem-solving in my coaching and training.

    My years of experience as an organizational trainer and coach, and my own experience as a manager, have led me to one key truth:

    Combining leadership development and making creative problem-solving happen is the fastest route to being a highly valued leader.

    I’m hired by managers who are curious, open to new methods, optimistic about the future, and want to have fun while learning.

    Clients say the same thing: “I didn’t realize how easy, and fun, this could be!”

    They tell me they confidently think differently, create what no one else has thought of before, and are valued as a leader.

    I’ve helped many managers find their true value through creative problem-solving for the challenges they faced.

    I’ve helped them see ideas and solutions no one else has thought of.

    I’m confident I can help you break out of habitual patterns of thinking so you, too, can uncover creative solutions no one else has thought of before.

Get Started

Watch our free masterclass
‘How to generate your team's next WOW! idea’

Want new ideas? More ideas? Better ideas?

Discover how to uncover game-changing ideas! Master creative thinking with your team for a more effective, rewarding, and fun work life. 

You’ll also receive a complimentary download of The Brainstorming Playbook written by Ellia Harris.

The Brainstorming Playbook has everything you need to facilitate effective brainstorming with your team – help your ideating go from ‘boring’ to ‘brilliant!'

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