[can-talk] Leadership in Cultural Organizations - 5-day Immersion Course at UVic!

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Designed to address core competencies and emerging needs of the sector,
our courses are geared towards professionals, volunteers and board
members in museums, art galleries, cultural institutions and
organizations, heritage sites and related organizations. Courses are
taught by recognized leading professionals, and can be taken
individually for credit or non-credit or towards a comprehensive diploma
or focused professional specialization certificate.

Immersion classes give participants the valuable opportunity to interact
with other heritage professionals in a concentrated learning and
networking environment.  Because these full-credit courses take place
over a short period of 6 days rather than a full-semester, they offer
cultural organization professionals from around the world a way to
upgrade skills, ask questions, and meet others in their field that they
might not otherwise conveniently have.


LEADERSHIP IN CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS
Dates: November 26 - 30
Registration Deadline: October 26 (late registrations accepted if space
permits)
Location: the University of Victoria in Victoria, BC, Canada
(https://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/courses/ha488m-leadership.aspx)

Leadership is a key ingredient to personal and institutional success,
yet cultivating strong and visionary leadership remains one of the
greatest challenges facing the cultural sector. What are the qualities
and attributes of successful leaders and successful institutions? How do
you assess leadership in an institution and define leadership at the
individual level? 

This five-day session has two parallel themes running through your
conversations and coursework - personal leadership and institutional
leadership. Discussions focus on contemporary challenges and issues
impacting leadership in the cultural sector and explore strategies to
cultivate institutional leadership and enhance personal leadership. You
will have the opportunity to explore these issues for your own
institution and for yourself. Participation in this course enable you
to:

*	Gain a greater understanding of the range of issues impacting
	leadership in the cultural sector 
*	Assess and define the range of issues and challenges present
	in your current institution 
*	Assess personal leadership capacity 
*	Identify personal goals to enhance leadership capabilities 
*	Explore and outline strategies for your institution 
*	Benefit from one-on-one coaching on areas of leadership 
	relative to your needs


DRAFT COURSE OUTLINE

Day 1: Leadership challenges in the cultural sector 
*	Review of session topics and activities 
*	Participant introductions about self/institution 
*	Introduction about leadership and issues in the cultural 
	sector/Challenges and opportunities 
*	Definition of leadership at institutional level and individual
level 
*	Beginning of personal and institutional assessment/Establishing 
	personal goals for week 

Day 2: Leadership issues at the institutional level 
*	Discussion of leadership issues relative to governance,
staffing, 
	institutional history, organizational culture, and external
environment 
*	Introduction of assessment strategies, planning, and outcome 
	measurement tools 
*	Assessment of institutional leadership capacity at participants'

	organization 
*	One-on-one coaching sessions begin with participants 

Day 3: Leadership issues for individuals
*	Exploration of personal leadership challenges 
*	Strategies to cultivate personal leadership skills 
*	Identification of exemplary leaders from the field 
*	Continuation of one-on-one coaching sessions 

Day 4: Intersection of institutional and personal leadership
*	Strategies for personal leadership development 
*	Institutional change and personal change 
*	Charting a course for participants 
*	Completion of one-on-one coaching sessions 

Day 5: Reflections and implementation
*	Completion of topic discussions 
*	Integration of week's discussions 
*	Identification of next steps for participants and a plan of
action 
*	Feedback


You can participate on a credit or non-credit basis - for more
information on this course and others offered in the Fall of 2007 and
Spring of 2008, please visit our website at http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp
	
For more information, please don't hesitate to contact us!

Anissa Paulsen
Program Coordinator
Cultural Resource Management Program
Division of Continuing Studies
University of Victoria
T: (250) 721-6119
apaulsen at uvcs.uvic.ca
http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/


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