Performing Arts Management

The essential book on management from the man who invented the discipline Now completely revised and updated for the first...

Every year, millions of top performers are promoted to management-level jobs - only to discover that the tactics that got them promoted are not the tactics that will make them effective in their new role. In Welcome to Management, Ryan Hawk provides practical, actionable advice and tools designed to ensure that transition is a successful one. 

Scott knows firsthand what it’s like to go from out-of-touch boss to team-growing leader. In Management Mess to Leadership Success, you’ll find 30 leadership challenges, honed by FranklinCovey through years of research, instructional programs, and executive consultancy, and illustrated with real-life experiences shared by someone who’s lived these challenges.

An original, contrarian philosophy that challenges today's leaders to look past the quick fix and deal thoughtfully with the real complexities of managing people. In organizations, as in life, human behavior is often irrational -- and problems do not easily lend themselves to the simplistic...

From USA TODAY bestselling author Victoria Purman comes an engaging, clever story about women’s work—often unseen—during Australia’s golden years of radio broadcasting. Martha Berry is on the brink of fifty years old, unmarried, and one of an army of polite, invisible women who go to...

Creative people tend to see the world a little differently from everyone else. But that doesn't mean they can't zero in on their goals, get focused, get organized, and not only accomplish what they want to achieve but earn money doing it. In Get It Done, a beloved teacher and successful writer, actor, and comedian helps you get a handle on your own particular - even peculiar - creative process and harness your energies in positive, productive, and income-generating ways.

As depicted in the movie Goodfellas, fictional gangster Henry Hill is not the kind of person who would ever use the phrase "life hacks", but if you know what to look for, the film is full of useful lessons that can help speed you through your personal journey, whether you're an executive, teacher, sales professional, artist, or forklift operator.

"Als gäbe es keine Schwerkraft" ist nicht nur eine Hommage an das Tanzen - sondern vor allem an das wertschätzende Führen von Menschen. Denn je mehr es, gerade in modernen digitalen Zeiten, um das Erreichen von kreativen und innovativen Spitzenleistungen geht, desto offensichtlicher werden die Parallelen zwischen Kunst als Leistungssport und Performance im Management. Ein erfolgreiches Agieren in einer sich permanent verändernden, von Technologie getriebenen Welt stellt neue Anforderungen an Führungskräfte und fordert sie mehr als je zuvor als Mensch und Persönlichkeit.

In this funny, irreverent, unique, eccentric memoir, magician Steve Spill reveals how he managed to survive decades inside a rarely profitable, sometimes maddening, but often deliciously rewarding offbeat showbiz profession - magic!

Carey Perloff, Artistic Director of San Francisco's legendary American Conservatory Theater, pens a lively and revealing memoir of her 20-plus years at the helm and delivers a provocative and impassioned manifesto for the role of live theater in today's technology-infused world. Perloff's personal and professional journey - her life as a woman in a male-dominated profession, as a wife and mother, a playwright, director, producer, arts advocate, and citizen in a city erupting with enormous change.

Chapter four of The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business. This chapter is regarding managing, performing, and booking gigs.

Broadway’s most esteemed visionaries tell all - how they got started in the business, how they chose projects, how they raise money, why some of their shows were huge hits and others flopped, and much more. From Flo Ziegfeld and David Merrick, from Joseph Papp, from Cameron Mackintosh, from today’s up-and-coming new generation of producers - here are priceless words of wisdom.

In the world of Fringe (or off-off-Broadway) theatre, a strong debate has been raging for years - when you're producing a low/no-budget production, how on earth can you make it happen and still treat everyone involved in an open, honest, and ethical manner? Open Book Theatre Management is the first audiobook ever to show you exactly how to mount a theatre production without losing either your integrity or your shirt.

From merely managing to boldly leading: Take your skills (and your career) to the next level with just 7 simple, yet highly effective strategies! Being a manager is a role filled with a lot of responsibility. It can be a heavy load to bear, knowing that your team members’ productivity, your company’s success, and your own career could be affected by your actions and decisions. But while this is a difficult undertaking, you also have a unique opportunity as a manager to inspire, transform, and take your team to new heights.

You don't have to be funny to be funny. It's true! While the general idea is that humor is inherent, Jean-Marc Toledano would beg to differ. Explore the science of laughter and the reason behind it with Half Serious Half Not, in which Jean-Marc discusses the topic in great detail and brings you the secret to being funny. The theme of the book is humor: what it is, the techniques, and how you too can be funny!

In Zeiten ansteigender Hysterie stellt Florian Schroeder die Fragen, auf die es heute wirklich ankommt: Wie kommt das Böse in die Welt? Oder war es schon immer da? Und wie kriegen wir es da wieder raus? Wie nahe Gut und Böse, Liebe und Hass, Freund und Feind beieinander liegen weiß jeder, der einmal morgens um sieben am Straßenverkehr teilgenommen hat. Was passiert eigentlich, wenn wir in einer smarten Welt leben? Kann ein selbstfahrendes Auto eine moralische Entscheidung treffen? Wer entscheidet, ob ein Mensch Psychopath oder Millionär wird? Oder ist das vielleicht am Ende dasselbe? Wir wollten sein wie Gott und jetzt haben wir den Salat. Aber mit veganem Dressing!

Dein Coaching als Hörbuch. Hörbücher erfreuen sich wachsender Beliebtheit. Insbesondere Mitmach-Hörbücher sind für Coaches ein Weg, schnell viele Menschen zu erreichen: Fantasiereisen, Meditationen, Coachingfragen zur Selbstreflexion, Trainingseinheiten mit Übungen, Selbsthypnosen, Entspannungstrainings u.v.m. - mach Dein Coaching zu einem Hörerlebnis und bereichere damit die Welt! Was es bei der Produktion Deines Coaching-Hörbuches zu beachten gibt, klärt dieses Hörbuch.

NIL Deal is about cashing in on your name, image, and likeness.

I am comedian/author/dudeman Marshall Chiles, and I will show you step-by-step proven methodologies to help add humor to your presentations in order to increase your persuasion and maximize your impact.

If you want to use SCRUM to develop movies and TV shows, Agile SCRUM for Film-Makers is the reference guide you've been looking for. Author Carey Martell explains the principles and method of SCRUM and describes flexible, proven approaches that can help you implement it far more effectively in your production team.