What kind of Leaders do we want?

Who should lead our arts organisations?

• An artistic director (The Sun King) around whom lesser nobles and servants revolve, ensuring that his (or her) vision is turned into practical reality
• A business director (Gordon Gekko) whose nose is in the figures and who expects artistic production staff to show him (or her) the money when planning the programme
• Twin directors (Ant and Dec), one with a business head and the other with an artistic heart.

I have seen each of these models work very well and have also seen them fail miserably, ruining arts organisations and the working lives of all involved. How do they fail?

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