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Incorporate Arts-Based Learning in Leadership Development

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Art-themed activities can help reinforce leadership concepts.

Art-themed activities can help reinforce leadership concepts.

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Increasingly more organizations are recognizing the effectiveness of arts-based learning in developing key leadership competencies. These include the ability to intuit, think critically and holistically, see connections, and reframe problems. Although arts-based learning is not necessarily a substitute for more traditional approaches to leadership development, it can—when used skillfully—guide participants to transformative insights about themselves and their interactions with others.

Increasingly more organizations are recognizing the effectiveness of arts-based learning in developing key leadership competencies. These include the ability to intuit, think critically and holistically, see connections, and reframe problems. Although arts-based learning is not necessarily a substitute for more traditional approaches to leadership development, it can—when used skillfully—guide participants to transformative insights about themselves and their interactions with others.

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