Dear Rebecca,

Please inform the list of your results.  I am quite interested.

Tara Dennard







On Wed, 6 Jan 1999, Rebecca Swartz wrote:

> Hello fellow listers:
> I am an Arts Administration graduate student from the School of the Art
> Institute of Chicago currently working on my thesis, which is a leadership
> study specific to the museum profession.  I am interested in learning what
> qualities and/or skills museum staff members want in their leaders today and
> also what current museum directors see as their own strengths and/or skills.
> I am curious about overall leadership style and how it relates to our
> perception of success.  I am also generally interested in who are leaders
> are and who we ideally want them to be. Although there have been numerous
> leadership studies over the years, I haven't seen many focused on the museum
> profession.
>
> I would be very grateful to those of you who could take a few minutes to
> reply to the following question:
>
> What qualities/skills do you look for in a leader, or if you are in a
> leadership position, what qualities/skills do you believe you possess?
> Please try to keep the list to a maximum of ten attributes and reply
> off-list to me at [log in to unmask]
>
>
> The information will be used to formulate a survey that will be sent to
> select museums in the next couple months.   Any and all reading suggestions
> on museum leadership are also appreciated --please reply off-line at the
> email address listed below.
>
> Thank you for your time and hopefully, your willingness to participate!
>
> Rebecca D. Swartz
> MAAA candidate
> The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
> (919) 962-3693 (work)
> (919) 402-0737 (home)
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