Succession: Arts Leadership for the 21st Century

Read candid accounts of a major generational shift of leadership in non-profit arts organizations. Hundreds of arts administrators and board member, plus an array of expert observers make their voices heard through surveys, focus groups, interviews and white papers. Examine leadership succession from every direction.

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BOOK'S TABLE OF CONTENTS -
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Introduction by Alene Valkanas, IAAF executive director

Section A - BY THE NUMBERS
States of the Arts: Career Conditions of Nonprofit Arts professional in Chicago, analysis of surveys of executive directors and emerging leaders, Siu Yuin Pang and Christopher Perrius

• Survey Highlights
• Background, Design, Methodology, and Response
• Characteristics of Nonprofit Arts Professionals
• Training and Experience
• Salaries and Benefits
• Job Satisfaction
• Tenure, Attrition, and Succession Planning
• Professional and Organizational Development
• Recommendations

Section B - IN THE TRENCHES
Exploration of Leadership Transition Issues in Arts Organizations, summary report of focus groups and interviews, Dona J. Vitale, Strategic Focus, Inc.

• Job Requirements of the Executive Director
• Less Appealing Aspects of the Job
• Organizational Stresses During Times of Transition
• Special Challenges to Organizations During Times of Transition
• A Look at the Future: Expectations of Emerging Leaders
• Recommendations:What the Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation Can Do

Section C - FROM THE WELLS OF WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE

• The Concrete Megalopolis Needs ITs Grass Spots, Too":Nonprofit Arts Leadership in Chicago, 1971-2001 by Michael Wakeford
  
• Some Thoughts About Succession by Theodore S. Berger
  
• Leadership Succession/Organizational Transformation by Ben Cameron
  
• Emerging Leaders by Jennifer Armstrong and Leslie A. Ito
  
• Barriers to Greater Involvement of Young African Americans As Arts Organization Leaders by Lauren I Gumbs and Wayne C. Winborne
  
• The Board's Role in Succession Planning by Merianne Liteman
  
• Leadership Succession in Nonprofit Organizations: A Board Member's Viewpoint by Prudence R. Beidler

Executive director survey instrument with tabulated results

Emerging leader survey instrument with tabulated results

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