Success Stories
The Cultural Leadership Programme (CLP) 2008 to 2011
The CLP exists to achieve excellence in leadership across the creative and cultural industries. Its major partners include the Arts Council England, Creative & Cultural Skills and the Museums Libraries Archives Council.
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Programme
Powerbrokers International Leadership Placements.
Location
International (China, Hong Kong, Singapore, USA, Jamaica, Barbados, India, Senegal and Brazil)
The brief
Freshwaters Consultancy was commissioned to scope, design, develop and deliver international placements aimed at UK-based mid-career leaders from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds to develop as leaders in dynamic and culturally diverse work environments where the focus is on their talent and skills.
To do this, we brokered relationships with creative and cultural industry organisations and worked collaboratively to shape the leadership placement in line with the CLP’s diversity, work-based learning and international objectives.
We then sourced and selected the best possible candidates for these innovative and prestigious opportunities.
To ensure that the leaders fully benefited from the placements, we produced an innovative leadership development support programme, which included the use of talent and strengths, work based and reflective learning. As a result, we helped the CLP to recognise the added value of strengths in leadership development. We also brokered relationships with the British Council’s offices in the various regions, and aligned the CLP and British Council’s visions and objectives for the benefit of leaders.
Outcomes and benefits
14 placements have so far been established in partnership with:
- Harlem Stage, New York City
- Jazz at Lincoln Centre, New York City
- Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
- National Museum of Singapore
- TheatreWorks, Singapore
- Beijing Modern Dance Company, China
- 501 Art Centre, Chongqing City, China
- National Gallery of Jamaica
- National Library of Jamaica
- Centro Cultural Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination, The University of the WestIndies, Barbados
- National Art Gallery Committee, Barbados
The leaders reported considerable personal and professional benefits such as increased self awareness, confidence as leaders and intercultural competence. For more information visit http://www.culturalleadership.org.uk/pilps/
Host organisations insert
18 placements were estabished and delived in partnership with
Add the 4 hosts:
- Association of Arts Presenters and Festivals of Senegal
- Biennial of Contemporary African Art Dakar/Saint Louis350, Senegal
- Sanskriti Foundation, India
- SEHER, India
Testimonial
“As the Powerbrokers International Leadership Placement consultant, Maureen Salmon provided inspirational one-to-one sessions and a quality that, in the context of my unconscious resistance to having any leadership skills, can only be described as alchemy ... Due to her skills, I was able to answer the question ‘What does success look like?’ with ‘Success looks like me'.”
Maxine Miller,
Digital Resources Associate, National Library of Jamaica
“Maureen was a sensitive and inspirational source of knowledge and guidance throughout my (PILP) placement. The 1-1 sessions she guided me in were life changing, and enabled me to make some big and difficult decisions in my career. She took time to hear my story and steered me in appropriate directions to fulfil my development needs. The results were astounding – friends say that I am literally glowing with confidence and optimism. Maureen’s guidance has unlocked my self-belief. I feel empowered and full of positive energy. Which will no doubt be a good thing as I launch myself into new career pastures!”
Selina Papa, Business Development Associate, Theatreworks, Singapore
Resources
Visit:
www.culturalleadership.org.uk
http://www.nlj.org.jm/pd/proj_partners.htm
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