Tag Archives: Cultural leadership

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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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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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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