Innovators will usually have four main goals:

• Developing or creating new applications, relationships, systems, or products.
• Providing creative ideas or artistic contributions.
• Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• Benchmarking, experimenting and testing novel approaches to solving problems.

Any mentor is expected to perform well at:

• Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Convincing others to accept and idea or to otherwise change their minds or actions in accordance to the companies objectives.
• Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.

• Directing rehearsals for instructing dancers in how the usage of dancing steps, and in techniques for achieving the desired effects.
• Reading and studying story lines and musical scores for translating ideas and moods into dancing movements.
• Designing dances for individual dancers, dancing companies, musical theatre, opera, fashion shows, film, television productions, and special events, and for dancers ranging from beginners to professionals.
• Choosing the music, sound effects, or spoken narrative for accompanying the dances.
• Advising dancers on the proper standing and moving, teaching adequate dancing techniques for reducing or preventing injuries.
• Coordinating production music with music directors.
• Auditioning performers for one or more dancing parts.
• Directing and staging dancing presentations for various forms of entertainment.
• Developing ideas for creating dances, keeping notes and sketches for recording influences.