Leadership Matters (American Association for State and Local History)
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (682 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0759121842 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 236 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Connoisseur said A Must-Read for Current and Aspiring Museum Leaders. This is a vitally important must-read for current and aspiring leaders in the museum field. The worthy successor to earlier writings on then-modern museum management, "Leadership Matters" describes, by example, the varied skill set required to successfully champion museums and cultural institutions in a rapidly changing environment vastly different from the landscape of just a decade ago. Anne taps her vast network and her career experience counseling and consulting senior professionals in the industry to draw lessons from the collective experience of scores of ma. Their choice of museum leaders to interview and their conclusions about why leadership matters make this a really useful book fo Patricia P. Sands Anne Ackerson and Joan Baldwin are not only respected professionals in the museum field but they are also gifted writers/communicators. Their choice of museum leaders to interview and their conclusions about why leadership matters make this a really useful book for the field--and an enjoyable read!
(Gretchen Sullivan Sorin, Director & Distinguished Service Professor, Cooperstown Graduate Program) . Semmel, Senior Advisor, Noyce Leadership Institute and Independent Consultant on Leadership, Partnerships, and Policy for Cultural Institutions)Leadership Matters is an important book about leadership development in the museum world. Based on 36 interviews of museum people, Ackerson and Baldwin show that leadership can happen anywhere, at any level of an organization. The authors masterly weave 36 stories of diverse museum leadership that enlighten readers about real world experiences, and not class room rhetoric, which is a much needed addition to our profession at a critical juncture. (Norman O. With passion and commitment and turning our focus to leadership, as well as scholarship and collections, this book is filled with ideas, models,
This snapshot of museum leadership focuses in particular on history and cultural heritage organizations to help readers understand the power of individual leadership and its relationship to organizational strength. This book features:• 36 interviews with leaders in the field from a range of positions and institutions• 10 myths of museum leadership and why they’re wrong• 10 simple truths of museum leadership• Leadership “agenda” with criteria and goals for individual and organizational developmentUsing personal insights of the history museum field’s most engaging, innovative and entrepreneurial leaders, Leadership Matters profiles what makes inspiring leadership in 21st century institutions. Ackerson and Baldwin have brought together a resource to help individuals and institutions move from the status quo to being innovative and influential. These profiles
Ackerson is the former director of the Museum Association of New York, and has served as director of several historic house museums and historical societies in central and eastern New York in a career spanning thirty-six years. Baldwin is the Curator of Special Collections at The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT. A Between 2001 and 2012 she served as Program Assistant for the Museum Association of New York, responsible for wri