This is a glimpse about what could be taken from the usual coaching training for the arts and culture sector professionals. It also shows the main differences between regular people who's coached from us.

1. Coaching and Leadership
Vincent Van Gogh
Starry night - 1889
For Arts and Culture

2. Coaching in all of us
It comes from the word “coach”, from foot-ball trainings,
in order to give the best a person has, to do the best in
certain chores.
• It’s a process which requires time.
• It’s an accompaniment not a
solution.
• Mostly performed by HR experts
and psychologists.
• Coaching acts in long term, with
effects for the short term.
• Coaching means to know ourselves
better to do better.

3. ¿Which areas does it work?
• Effective leadership.
• Time administration.
• Persuasion and influence skills.
• Behaviour problems.
• Delegate and control skills.
• Asertiveness (communication).
• Motivation and team handling.
• Stress management and interpersonal relationships

4. We’re people quite… different
How do you imagine yourself by the following 5 to 10 years?
I hope to be happy A successful career,
with my life and art managing my company’s
and well, you never most important division,
know what life comes economically stable and
up with… you never very happy with my life
know… and family and,…
Any regular industry worker answer.
A very possible answer from us
Amedeo Modigliani.
Portrait of Paul Guillaume – 1916.

5. ¿Who we are and where
we are going?
• How much sensible we are with the things we do and
the things we live with?
Ballets Trockadero from
Montecarlo
• How much receptive is the outer world we
communicate with?

6. Sensibility
“Sensible” by Art Fuzion
We are sensible people.
Not just sensibility for arts.
Also physically.
And that… makes us different, quite different.

7. Keys for a good attitude
• All people are creative.
• Beliefs could be change.
• Creativity’s expression in not ego’s expression.
• Taking risks is good if you want to grow.
• Interpersonal relationships  public relations.
• Know your own creativity and support on others.
• Respect own and other’s differences.

8. Keys for action
• Creative and practical change process.
• Order and clear ideas.
• Define goals.
• Creativity for stress and anxiety.
• You are not alone and there is not a
single one responsible.
• Time dedicated with quality.
• Measure results by schedule.

9. ¿Am I an entrepreneur or
a manager?
• Do I have creative ideas?
• Do I like to propose solutions?
• Am I afraid to failure?
• Do I have good relationships with my team?
• Do I learn from my mistakes?
• Do I trust in an equal negotiation?
• Do I take risks? Do I share it?
• Do I get easily adapted to change?

10. Leadership
For Arts and Culture

11. Leadership effects…
The success for a culture
initiative is linked to an
organizational process, as a
product by the synergy
among the team members
as well as their leadership
skills.

12. Where do I like to be?
• Natural born theories: I was born leader.
• Behavioral theories: I lead as I like or as I
feel like.
• Situational theories: I lead according to the
current situation.
(Hersey, Blanchard, Vroom).
• Motivation theories: I want to be a leader
because I want to or I need to.
(Maslow, Adams, Skinner).
Fresco fragment from the Sistine Chapel –
Michelangelo. XVI Century.

13. Most common models
People More interest More interest
in people than in people as
actions. well as in
actions
Low interest in More interest
people as well in actions that
as in actions people.
Actions

14. Not very wise to be or do
Authoritarian: I rule and command
because I am the one who rules
and I always know what is right to
do.
Symbolic: I command you all because
I have lots of experience and my
background is huge so, I know.
Laissez-faire model: I lead but not
Fragment from “The Scream”
much, don’t think people can be
Edward Munch - 1893 lead for long.

15. Choose and Vary
More interest in people than actions.
people-oriented
More interest in actions than people.
action-oriented
More interest in actions as well as in people
consultive

16. Olga Lucía Patiño
freya.politologa@gmail.com Thank you.
Cultural management and leadership for the arts consultant.