Format:
1 online resource (217 pages)
ISBN:
9781350205154
Content:
Cover -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Epigraph -- Dedication page -- CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- The act of decolonizationis this book, THIS conversation -- Introduction -- Mission -- A call to the village -- Passing the baton -- Kwame Kwei-Armah -- Olivia Poglio-Nwabali -- Olivia Poglio-Nwabali interviews Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway and Kwame Kwei-Armah -- 1 We've been leading! Leadership is in our DNA -- ALWAYS WILLING TO LEAVE -- IT'S THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND THE PLENTY OF OVERQUALIFIED BLACK CANDIDATES -- 2 Becoming the first -- IF I CAN'T DO THE JOB, I DON'T WANT THE TITLE -- I CAN'T NOT APPLY: I CAN DO THE JOB! -- ARE YOU GOING TO BE A NOSTALGIC LEADER OR ONE THAT CHALLENGES AND UPGRADES? -- THEY SAID, 'WE DIDN'T HIRE YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE BLACK', AND I WAS, LIKE, 'THAT'S THE BONUS. THAT'S THE BONUS' -- LEADERSHIP IS MAKING MISTAKES AND GETTING UP AGAIN -- A LONELY ROAD BUT A POSITION OF AUTHORITY AND TRUST -- 3 The first hundred days -- AN UNAPOLOGETIC MAVERICK IN THE WORKPLACE -- EVERY BOARD NEEDS NEW ENERGY AND VOICE TO SHIFT THE FOCUS AND DIRECTION OF THE ORGANIZATION -- I BRING MY OWN STRUCTURE FOR SAFETY AND SURVIVAL -- ASKING THE HARD QUESTIONS -- 4 Inheriting a challenging board and team -- LEANING IN WHEN THEY LEAN OUT -- MONEY TALKS -- BOARD SUPPORT MATTERS -- 5 Overcoming impostersyndrome -- ALLIES ARE THE GREATEST VACCINATION -- I DOUBT THE WORK ENVIRONMENT . . . NOT MY ABILITIES! -- I AM A WARRIOR BUT I AMHUMAN TOO! -- BE THE BEST SERVANT LEADER FOR NOBODY BUT YOURSELF -- 6 Leading in a global pandemic at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement -- ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ROLE TURNED INTO A CRISIS MANAGER ROLE OVERNIGHT -- WHOSE FIGHT IS RACISM? -- WE TOOK CARE OF OUR PEOPLE FIRST - MASS REDUNDANCY WAS NEVER AN OPTION -- STAND ON A NEW FOUNDATION.
Content:
"2020 was a year in which global politics radically shifted, catalyzed by the Covid-19 pandemic and the #BlackLivesMatter movement. This book is a response to that year, asking was it a moment or is it a movement and what fundamental changes within the arts industry need to come out of this time? The book includes 20 interviews with some of the most pioneering black cultural leaders from a wide range of senior executive positions in the arts within the UK, US and Africa. It documents the sea of change in arts leadership post the height of the#Blacklivesmatter movement, the pressure on organisations to confront and change their racial and ethnic make-up, and shines a light on the guiding ambitions, strategic plans and visions for the future to support the ongoing decolonization of arts organisations across the world. Learn from those who have walked the walk to support your vision for the future"--
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350205130
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Decolonizing the theatre space London : Methuen Drama, 2024 ISBN 9781350205130
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350205123
Language:
English
Author information:
Kwei-Armah, Kwame 1967-
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