The topic of leadership – what makes a good leader, how to find, grow, and keep good leaders – is on the minds and lips of communities and businesses, both small and large. It’s also a hot topic for the arts. If you Google the word
‘leadership’ – no, on second thought, don’t do that. It would take weeks to plough through the ads for high-octane leadership courses, all promising fast money and enhanced performance.
Perhaps this commercialised image is what makes ‘leadership’ such a dirty word to many artists. Arts managers and board members are mostly comfortable with it, but to many artists, being named in public as a leader is like being forced to wear a T shirt that says – ‘Trust me, I Know Better’.
