As I take the first steps back into work after my year with Tobias, I have been thinking a lot about what I want my practise to look like, how I want my working environment to be and what I have to offer.

One of things I’ve been thinking a lot about is ‘how’ we work with one another: how I want to work with others and how I want to work with. On this, I’ve been thinking about my approach to leadership and was inspired by this article from Sue Hoyle in Arts Professional on Generous Leadership. In particular the description of Gill Lloyd and Judith Knight of ArtsAdmin:

“unpretentious, non-name dropping, non-bandwagon jumping, non-manipulative, honest, caring, dog and child loving, perfectionist, professional, dignified and 100% committed”. 

This feels like words to live by.