Module 2: Equitable Leadership Styles and Facilitation Skills
Lesson 3 Alternative Forms of Leadership
Leaders must understand how they currently lead and how they have led in the past to gauge where they want to be as a leader. This module will explore why leaders need to understand the connection between their leadership styles and setting goals to become more equitable.
Self-awareness and collaboration are essential skills for leaders to foster relationships with their organization and community to build a shared vision instead of assuming the dream for everyone. A part of determining that vision is to facilitate conversations. Leading a discussion on sensitive topics can be challenging and uncomfortable, but they are often necessary. I will share with you some strategies for engaging with your stakeholders to create your shared vision. Such strategies are an important way for arts organizations to stay relevant and achieve their mission.
Arts and cultural institutions are in a place where there are opportunities for change and innovation. Arts leaders can no longer rely on passive audiences, subscriptions, and membership base models to maintain financial solvency or hierarchal leadership. As the workforce shifts and organizations' expectations change, leadership must consider new approaches. New ways to retain their talent, create organizational models, build and create with current and new audiences, and remove barriers that prevent continuous in-depth engagement with the communities the organizations serve or could serve should be considered.
4 май 2024
