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The Clore
Leadership Short Courses are unique in that their curriculum provides a
potent mixture of the practical and the academic in a residential setting.
Participants are drawn from all aspects of the arts and culture and
it is this diversity which brings a wide range of invaluable experience to
be shared by the group.
The exact content
of each course will be different, depending on the range of speakers and
particular regional variations and examples, but they share the same aim
- that of providing a large measure of intensive personal development,
an examination of the nature of good leadership and an introduction to key
areas of expert knowledge essential to effective cultural leadership.
The sessions on
personal development are designed to help participants know themselves
more fully as leaders, to identify and deal with weaknesses and to realise
and develop strengths, fostering confidence to create effective
relationships. To make the
most of these sessions, participants should be willing to explore issues
of self awareness and motivation - using a variety of teaching and
analytical styles, they encourage participants to set clear personal
goals. They deal with the
skills that can make a good leader, including team working, negotiation,
communication and presentation.
Topics covered
include:
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financial
management & modelling
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managing
capital projects
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people
management and human resources
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strategic
planning
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media
and presentation skills
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fundraising
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marketing
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lobbying
and influencing
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governance
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charity
law
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technological
developments
There is also an
examination of public policy towards the arts, with a strategic overview
of the sector and discussion of future intellectual, social and political
challenges.
Teaching methods
include a high degree of active participation, small-group working and the
examination of case studies, drawing on the experience of people who have
successfully developed or turned around an organisation.
Speakers and
session leaders are all highly respected figures in their field of
expertise and are drawn not only from the arts sector, but also from
business, politics and higher education.
The Short Courses
are both demanding and intensive, but can also be very rewarding and great
fun.
"The
effect of the course has been like that of slowly revealing a map of the
territory one has been travelling, and inspiring one with the confidence
and courage in the future to navigate wholly by compass"
Simon Groom, Head of
Exhibitions, Tate Liverpool - Short Course participant, July 2006
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