Category Archives: Higher education

Leadership Axioms from Jim Ed Norman

Posted on September 22, 2016 by lindaessig

What a treat! Our guest this week in “Leadership in the Creative and Cultural Industries” was Jim Ed Norman: musician, arranger, producer, former president of Warner Records Nashville and, after coming out of retirement three years ago, CEO of Curb … Continue reading →

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Beauty Helps

Posted on September 10, 2016 by lindaessig

My leadership class visited the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art last week and met with its director and chief curator, Sara Cochran. The focus of our discussion was on how leaders employ images and symbols to lead. One of the … Continue reading →

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Do What Loves

Posted on August 28, 2016 by lindaessig

The best thing I read this past week was a post on Medium by Umair Haque that asserts that suggesting people “do what they love” [a.k.a. “follow their passion”] is not sufficient. Instead, he offers these three pieces of advice: … Continue reading →

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Leading and Following

Posted on August 26, 2016 by lindaessig

My “Leadership in the Creative and Cultural Industries” course has met twice now and we are making progress toward understanding that leadership and management are not the same, that leadership can happen anywhere in an organization, and that authentic leadership … Continue reading →

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Fidelity ★ Efficiency ★Honor….Empathy

Posted on August 9, 2016 by lindaessig

Because this past Sunday was “Purple Heart Day,” I had occasion to look at my father’s purple heart as well as his good conduct medal, inscribed with the words “fidelity,” “efficiency,” and “honor.” These are leadership values that are not … Continue reading →

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Gender (In)Equity

Posted on June 26, 2016 by lindaessig

My morning coffee was upset by an article in the NY Times that reported on a phenomenon I knew anecdotally to be true: gender-neutral tenure clock extensions for childbirth benefit men but harm women in their bids for tenure; there’s … Continue reading →

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Knowledge, Clubs, and Journals

Posted on May 18, 2016 by lindaessig

Three articles/blogs/news items about academic journal publishing hit my inbox in the 24 hours prior to a guest lecture for Seattle University on the topic of….academic journal publishing. The primary mission of academic journals is – or should be – the dissemination … Continue reading →

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Showcase, Not Competition

Posted on April 16, 2016 by lindaessig

The Herberger Institute Office of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Programs, which I direct, just hosted its First Annual Herberger Institute Student Idea Showcase. It was a great event, with 18 students pitching ideas for everything from an app that reminds you … Continue reading →

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“The Dramaturgy of Public Policy”

Posted on April 6, 2016 by lindaessig

I’ve had the great good fortune to have had several interactions recently with the brilliant Roberto Bedoya, artist, arts administrator, public intellectual, and someone who has earned the title of “thought leader.” The first of these interactions was at the 3 … Continue reading →

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Know Your Audience: Self-Employment in the Arts Conference

Posted on February 28, 2016 by lindaessig

A core principle of arts entrepreneurship, at least as I teach it, is that the work must connect with its audience. That’s why we spend so much time getting to know that audience in a project-based course like Arts Entrepreneurship … Continue reading →

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