All Entries in the "Leadership" Category
Reflecting on Civic Reflection
Six years ago I wrote on the practice of Civic Reflection, a process which is supposed to help non-profits and civic groups. “Imagine getting together with other civically engaged people and talking about your values and the choices you make in serving your community.” It still sounds interesting though I haven’t come across another mention [...]
More Revisting Drucker
Following up on my last trip to early entries, I had done a handful of entries on Peter Drucker’s Managing the Nonprofit Organization. I am not going to link back to all the entries, but I thought the topics covered in this one were particularly interesting because he addresses the unintended consequences of decisions and [...]
Oldies But Goodies
I am off on vacation for a couple weeks, but I thought I would leave my readers with some things to ponder and review while I am away. The next handful of days will have links to some of my earlier entries that still seem very relevant. The first is an entry I did on [...]
Effectively Merging Non-Profits
I apologize for missing my postings on Monday and Tuesday, I was away at a retreat to examine and discuss how to effectively merge the booking consortium to which I belong with the consortium that it spun off from. The meetings occurred in another part of the state and I didn’t have ready access to [...]
Leadership Training and Discussion Moves Forward
If you have seen Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser on his Arts in Crisis tour or read any of his writings on the matter of arts leadership training, you will know that he feels not enough is being done to teach people about how to do the job well. On occasion, I have also opined [...]
Who’s Auditing The Auditors?
Credit where it is due, Peter Hansen of NJPAC posted a link on the Performing Arts Administrator’s group on LinkedIn about the £2.3 million judgment entered against former London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) General Manager Cameron Poole for financially defrauding that organization. Even though it was supposed to take 4 people to issue a check, Poole [...]
Leadership By Eyebrow
Apropos my Inside the Arts co-denizen Bill Eddins post about what it takes to be a good conductor, is the TED video with Itay Talgam talking about the conducting styles of six great 20th century conductors. Talgam approaches the leadership styles of different conductors from the apparently stifling style of Riccardo Muti to the comparatively [...]