This program is designed for arts, heritage, and creative industries professionals working in organizations of any size and across all art forms, including visual arts, galleries, museums, theatre, dance, opera, film, music, and literature.

Drawing on real-world leadership dilemmas, the course challenges participants to think beyond operational management and toward organizational leadership. Topics include team development, fundraising as a leadership function, strategic choice-making, audience relevance, organizational resilience, and navigating uncertainty in a rapidly changing environment. Participants will also examine the dynamics of senior leadership teams, exploring how power, influence, competing priorities, and organizational tensions shape decision-making, and how these forces can be harnessed to strengthen alignment, purpose, and performance.

Program highlights

Develop executive leadership and organizational management skills for increasingly complex environments
Explore purpose-driven approaches to strategic decision-making
Strengthen your capacity to align teams, nurture relationships, shape culture, navigate power, and steward change
Examine fundraising, audience engagement, and strategy through a leadership lens
Learn practical approaches to managing resources, priorities, and organizational growth
Work through real-world case studies drawn from the arts and cultural sector
Connect with peers navigating similar leadership challenge