leadership and the next generation of museum professionals
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Senior museum leaders can have a hand in developing a highly skilled and flexible workforce that is equipped to meet the future needs of museums.TRANSCRIPT
Leadership and the Next Generationof Museum Professionals
Rachel SmithIAM Annual Conference 2014
Developing the next generation
• Mentor junior staff
• Encourage leadership abilities
• Support professional development
Illustration by Al Murphy – ‘The Misery of Mentoring Millenials’
Mentor junior staff
• What is a mentor?
• Formal and informal mentorship
• “Mentoring the Next Generation of Nonprofit
Leaders”
Encourage leadership abilities
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities
• Get involved in new projects
• “Leading When You’re Not In Charge”
Professional development benefits all
• Professional development benefits EMPs,
other employees, visitors, and the museum
sector as a whole
• ICOM Guidelines for Museum Prof Dev• “The Teaching Museum”
ICOM Guidelines for Museum Professional Development
1. General competencies2. Museology competencies3. Management competencies4. Public programming competencies5. Information and Collections management
and care competencies
Why a Teaching Museum?
• NMAS – its assets and opportunities • Diversify the workforce – staff reflect the profile and aspirations of local communities• Broaden entry routes to the profession• Bring new ideas, enthusiasm and talent into NMAS• Deliver better services to our users
Take-away points
• “Mentorship and sponsorship are crucial for career progression”.
• Mentoring relationships benefits nonprofits in many ways.• The supervisor is the most obvious mentor, while external
mentors are particularly important for smaller institutions.• Encourage leadership abilities through project work and
increasing responsibility.• There is a personal responsibility for professional
development.• Remember that professional development benefits
everyone – so invest in it.