**The Programme Directors of Leadership Advance, Professor Lola Young and Dr Nima Poovaya-Smith, are delighted to announce the names of the 19 individuals selected to go on the Cultural Leadership Programme (CLP) as CLP Associates. The expertise, experience and talent embodied within this group are truly outstanding. Find out about the new CLP Associates! **
Leadership Advance seeks to address the 21st Century cultural leadership agenda for a diverse society. We believe that the intellectual, creative, social and economic capital embedded in diversity has yet to be fully realised. The cultural sector has made great strides but has not always responded as richly or imaginatively to diversity in all its aspects, as it might.
Cultural Brokers and Alchemy, the delivery agents for Leadership Advance, will encourage Associates to challenge assumptions, and seek solutions collectively and individually. Leadership Advance is specifically designed to enable personalised leadership learning and increase professional and organisational effectiveness through intensive one-to-one sessions, as well as through the overall programme content comprising the following:
Individually tailored one to one sessions with the Programme Directors, Lola Young and Nima Poovaya-Smith.
High quality contributions from external speakers and facilitators.
Interactive workshops.
A group project, overseen by a highly experienced Project Manager with the opportunity to disseminate output through digital and other platforms.
Opportunities for work shadowing/placements.
Exploration of international networks, policy and practice.
Creating new networks and unlocking existing networks.
The programme emphasises interaction, participation, analysis and delivery. We want those who engage with Leadership Advance to be confident in their role as agents of change in the cultural sector. Associates will enhance their intellectual and practical skills, develop their ability to embed diversity in cultural practice and policy, and to help make it an integral part of professional life.
Leadership Advance runs from July 2010 to March 2011.
