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Leadership & Career Development

An interactive training series designed to help arts and culture leaders and individuals strengthen their managerial and professional skills.

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All levelsFor art professionals at every level

Valuable for anyone at an ABA member organization, whatever their role.

  • Understanding Your Communication Style

    • Identify your communication style
    • Understand your reaction to stress and how it affects your interactions
    • Learn clues to others’ styles and how to tailor your communication

  • Driving Change: Adopting a Growth MindsetNew

    • Learn how you foster a culture of continuous improvement that drives real business outcomes
    • Explore real-world examples of organizations building accountability, creativity, and innovation
    • Includes a health check tool to help identify focus areas for sustained growth

ManagersFor managers and above

Open to everyone, and particularly relevant for those in managerial roles and above.

  • Building Your Personal Operating Model

    • Build your system for prioritizing work
    • Understand your personal delegating style and how to adjust your approach for others
    • Reflect on your leadership brand

  • Coaching for Performance

    • Understand your role in coaching team members
    • Learn how to deploy coaching to increase team performance and support staff development
    • Practice key coaching skills

  • Managing Difficult Conversations

    • Learn strategies for making difficult conversations (with your team or your own manager) more productive
    • Prepare for your own upcoming difficult conversations

  • Recognizing and Managing Biases

    • Understand concepts of unconscious bias
    • Identify and practice awareness of bias in the workplace and recruitment
    • Practice calling out biases and prepare apologies for when you make a mistake

  • Norming Your Team Around Psychological Safety

    • Understand the importance of individuality and how to set and enforce team norms
    • Encourage team reflection and input
    • Share power to boost team trust

  • Leading and Managing Through ChangeNew

    • Assess your organization and staff’s readiness for change and learn how to manage each phase of the change curve
    • Gain strategies for minimizing disruption and fostering lasting, sustainable change as managers
    • Tactical exercises for evaluating the impact of change and managing successful adoption

How it works

About the series

A series of interactive trainings to help arts and culture leaders and individuals strengthen their managerial and professional skills. Work through the entire series or select the sessions most relevant to you. Sessions are available exclusively for ABA members.

Participation

Sessions are interactive, with a mix of questions, discussion and breakout rooms. Active participation is required for the full session. If your schedule doesn’t allow you to be fully present and engaged, please consider a later date that works better for you.

Sessions are not recorded, to preserve their interactive format and encourage open conversation.

Bespoke sessions

ABA can bring select sessions to your organization, in person or on Zoom, for member organizations with at least 20 staff committed to participating. In-person delivery covers up to two topics, typically one in the morning and one in the afternoon; an additional fee applies for onsite facilitation. See the FAQ or contact your Member Advisor to learn more.

Registration

Register for sessions on the Registrations page. To cancel or reschedule after registering, email register@advisoryarts.com.

Questions?

Please visit the FAQ page, contact your Member Advisor, or email register@advisoryarts.com for more information.