'There is no shortage of leadership or effective management courses available to those working in the arts, but none I’ve seen that are so sensitive, lean and investing as those run by Clore Leadership.'
Employer of Clore Leader

Emerging Leaders is an intensive course providing the essential skills and tools required by cultural leaders in the early stages of their careers. Grounded in experiential learning and rich with real-life examples shared by experts from across the cultural and corporate sectors, Emerging Leaders provides professional and personal development for individuals who want to lead and make an impact within the cultural sector.
Emerging Leaders has been designed for individuals at an early stage in their career who aspire to lead. Typically Emerging Leaders course participants will have between 2-5 years experience in the cultural sector and will have had some experience in managing projects or people; are perhaps looking to take on an enhanced role and need to acquire new skills to be successful, and have undertaken some sector relevant skills development training.
Leadership Pulse is a dynamic modular course for those seeking to sharpen their skills and knowledge in order to face head-on the challenges of 21st Century leadership. The course content is grounded in experiential learning and rich with real-life examples shared by experts from across the cultural and corporate sectors. Leadership Pulse provides essential professional and personal development for cultural leaders today.
Leadership Pulse offers time and space to process individual learning, with several weeks scheduled between each residential. Each week is packed with tools, tips and new skills to take away and road test back in the workplace while they are still fresh in the mind.
We are offering two Emerging Leaders courses for Winter 2022/ 23
Emerging Leaders Winter 2022 - Ashorne Hill (near Leamington Spa)
28 November - 2 December 2022
Emerging Leaders Winter 2023
27 February - 3 March 2023
Leadership Pulse Winter 2023 - Ashorne Hill (near Leamington Spa)
Module 1: 16 - 20 January 2023
Module 2: 20 - 24 February 2023
Bursaries
A range of course fee bursaries are available targeted at eligible applicants from groups underrepresented in cultural leadership, as well as those working in specific artform or geographic areas. Details of available bursaries, as well as course fees are listed in our Emerging Leaders and Leadership Pulse courses webpages.
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED
Thinking of applying but have some questions? We recently hosted a Q&A session on Zoom, sharing some helpful tips and insights into the application process along with answering questions from applicants. Some of our alumni also shared their experiences.
You can watch a recording of the Q&A session here, which is British Sign Language interpreted, along with some notes from the session. If you require any additional support please get in touch courses@cloreleadership.org
If you require application support and want to find out more about our access offer for our courses, you can find out more information on the course pages below.
Emerging Leaders Access Support
Leadership Pulse Access Support