Practical leadership lessons from the creative frontline: an online keynote with Stephen Page
BCI Keynote
Stephen Page, Chair of Faber & Faber, will draw on more than 20 years leading, chairing and being a board member of creative and cultural organisations to examine key aspects of leadership at all levels in the creative sector.
Focusing on three areas, he will consider:
Attendees can expect to hear stories from the frontline of the creative sector through the last three decades, and to come away with practical ways to think about challenges associated with leading within businesses in the fast-moving creative and cultural sector. They should leave clearer about applying some of Stephen’s experience to their own businesses, and to their day-to-day challenges.
Stephen will also allow good time for questions, and will be open to talking about any other aspects that delegates wish to discuss.
Who is it for?
About Stephen
Stephen grew up near Birmingham, and has worked in Publishing for thirty years, the last twenty as CEO, now Chair, of Faber & Faber, among the world’s leading independent literary publishers, during which time he became President of the Publishers Association in 2007/8. He was a Non-Executive Director of Bloomsbury Publishing between 2013-17, a member of the Clore Leadership Board between 2017 and 2021, and in 2020 he became Chair of Creative Access, a social enterprise working to make the creative industry’s workforce representative of UK society. He represents the Creative and Cultural sectors to the UK Government, mainly through sitting on the Creative Industries Council where he chairs the Workforce Working Group. In 2021 Stephen set up his own Executive Coaching practice, and now works across many sectors as a coach and mentor. He is a Visiting Lecturer at City, University of London, and is also an amateur drummer in a variety of bands. He received an OBE for services to publishing in 2021. (Photography credit: Images © Anna McCarthy Photography www.annamccarthy.com)
Tickets
> BCI member tickets are £15+VAT.
> Non-member tickets are £30+VAT.
When purchasing 4 tickets or more, use the code SAVE15 to receive a 15% discount on your booking
This keynote will be hosted on Zoom and the link will be provided the day before the event.
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