Governance & Financial Resilience: Executive Tools for a Changing Sector

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
In a rapidly evolving cultural landscape, organizations need leaders who bring clarity, confidence, and integrity to complex challenges. This six-day intensive is designed for both emerging and seasoned leaders ready to deepen their strategic capacity.
Rooted in the intersection of governance and financial strategy, the program delivers practical tools and critical insights to help build resilient, values-driven organizations.
Through peer exchange and guided exploration, participants will learn to ask better questions, navigate complexity with confidence, and design systems that support purposeful, humble leadership.
Grounded in the pillars of governance and financial resilience within the context of community, the program offers practical tools and strategic insights to help leaders build organizations that are adaptive and financially sound.
Program highlights
Board development and governance
Strengthening organizational culture and relationships
Leading conversations with confidence and empathy
Decision-making strategies
Aligning financial planning and decisions with organizational values
Revenue diversification and risk management
Unpacking leadership as a journey, not a destination
Through case studies, peer learning, and experiential activities, participants will gain a deeper understanding of how to shape governance and financial practices that foster trust and support vibrant organizational cultures. They’ll explore how to lead with joy, humility, and a sense of abundance—embracing the possibility that leadership in the cultural sector can be creative, connected, and even fun, rather than defined by scarcity.
The program is designed to cater to arts and culture professionals working in organizations of any size and across any art form (visual arts, galleries, museums, theatre, dance, opera, film, music and literature).