Identifying and Developing Your Leadership Style to Drive Cultural Awareness
led by: Dr. Marshaun R. Hymon
Arts program leaders (and those aspiring to lead arts programs) are required to balance the needs of students/participants, educators, and programmatic outcomes. These competing priorities, at times, make it difficult for leaders to make sound cultural decisions. Additionally, in today's highly politicized educational landscape it is often hard to determine where to begin and how to advance cultural efforts in arts programs.
Through my experience as an arts educator and consultant, I have found four common leadership archetypes that either support or thwart cultural efforts and have developed a framework to access success.
Through small and large group discussions, live facilitation simulations, and arts-based scenario practice, participants will leave this session able to: 1) articulate the four common organizational leader archetypes, 2) implement a framework to recognize cultural strengths and challenges in their arts programs, and 3) identify their leadership archetype and how to strengthen their leadership.
PRESENTER BIO:
Dr. Marshaun R. Hymon is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of True Change Alliance, a change management consulting firm with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. He has consulted in a variety of industries such as environmental justice, tech., entertainment, construction, interior design, etc. He is currently on contract with Disney Advertising in an effort to drive their Go-to-Market strategy for multicultural audiences.
Dr. Hymon is excited about the recent release of the Book, "The Business of Choir," where he served as a contributing author. In this book he wrote the DEI chapter entitled, "Diversity in your Organization's DNA." He is an avid podcaster and sponsors the "DARE Diversity in Music" series for the Savannah, GA based, Music (ed) Matters Podcast.
Dr. Hymon earned a Bachelor of Music in Choral Music Education from Florida State University and a Master of Education in Educational Leadership from the University of West Florida. He earned a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership from the University of California, Los Angeles. His research interests are race in America and identity development.
Dr. Hymon began his career as a public school music educator and is an advocate of arts in education.