Job Ladder
Sara Pepper just landed her dream job as Director of Creative Economy at Cardiff University. She tells us what exactly she does an…
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Job Ladder
As he prepares to leave Sage Gateshead after 15 years at the helm, Anthony Sargent reflects on his career and the people he’…
My Gurus
As he opens Black Cultural Archives' new Heritage Centre, Director Paul Reid reflects upon those who have inspi…
Leading the singing
The Sing with Us network of choirs brings together cancer patients and their families from across Wales. Rosie Dow describes…
Leading environmental sustainability
Julie’s Bicycle and BOP Consulting have conducted a survey on leadership and environmental sustainability. Alison Tickell su…
Competing for talent
With fundraising in the UK currently suffering from an image problem, how can we find the next generation of top arts fundraisers?…
Clore celebrates with a half million pound prize fund
A £500k prize fund has been set up to give Clore Fellows the chance to devise a creative and inspirational project that…
Generous leadership
Leadership style is changing, from the extrovert personality controlling from the front to someone who shares power and develops a…
An uptown girl
When the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust sought a new chief executive it chose someone with a financial background and not a museum…
The challenge of change
How does an arts organisation tackle change successfully in difficult economic times? Ivan Wadeson summarises his discussions with…
Research will examine barriers to cultural leadership
Independent research to collect information on the skills and development needs of leaders and aspiring leaders in the cultural se…
Creating the big society
Sarah Stannage asks whether we can be confident that individuals and communities will step forward to support the development of l…
Reluctant leaders
Can artists be viewed as leaders in the conventional sense? Joshua Sofaer investigates what it really means for an artist to be a…
Turning fortunes around
Miles Gregory shares 15 tips on how to turn a troubled arts organisation around with the minimum stress for everyone involved.
Cultural institutions back latest Clore Fellows
Cultural organisations in the UK are joining forces to support leadership development Fellowships on the Clore Leadership Programm…
Peer power leads the way
Clare Cooper sees peer learning and network leadership as the DNA of ‘systems change’
‘The Cultural Leadership Handbook: how to run a creative organization’
Hot off the press, The Cultural Leadership Handbook aims ambitiously “to be for anyone wanting to work, or already working,…
Wendy Harris reveals the people who have inspired her most
Kate Rowland Kate gave me my first job at the Everyman Theatre Liverpool, helping to run its youth theatre. Then the Everyman was…
Leading the way
Sue Isherwood on the need for cultural leaders to understand their political culture and context
ACE grapples with equality
Organisations’ shortcomings contribute to Arts Council England dilemmas over funding diversity
£8.2m gift will support new facilities for arts education
The National Theatre, Tate Britain, and the Royal Shakespeare Company are to receive the lion’s share of a £8.2m windf…
Two’s company
Claire Antrobus asks whether two heads are better than one, or whether joint leadership models are double trouble
Axe falls on leadership programme
ACE to reframe the work of the Cultural Leadership Programme
Leading women
Women still lag behind men in the arts – especially in leadership roles. Hilary Carty looks at the issues that lie behind the fi…
