Lead with authenticity.

Build stronger teams.

Create lasting impact.

Step-by-step, actionable leadership tools to unite your arts team, so you can make a difference - together.
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Welcome, Arts Leader.

Do you find yourself in a leadership position — but without the training to match?

 

You stepped into leadership because you care deeply about people and the power of the arts.

 

But let’s be honest: leading in the arts can feel overwhelming - especially without a roadmap and solid tools. 

As an arts leader, are you struggling with

 

  • Feeling unprepared for leadership — promoted for passion or expertise, but never trained to lead

  • Juggling multiple roles and demands, often without clarity about expectations

  • Struggling to balance relationships with colleagues while still “getting the work done”

  • Leading meetings or projects that sometimes feel scattered, unproductive, or frustrating

  • Navigating politics and systems without a clear sense of what you can and can't influence

  • Feeling drained, overwhelmed, or unsupported when challenges or conflicts arise.

  • Questioning whether your leadership style is “enough” or the “right” approach.

  • Wishing for a roadmap to grow into leadership with confidence instead of constant improvisation.

 

What if you could . . .

 

  • Step into leadership with authenticity, grounded in your own strengths and values.

  • Gain clarity about your role, responsibilities, and influence within complex systems.

  • Build trust and collaboration so your colleagues and team feel empowered, connected, and motivated.

  • Facilitate meetings and conversations that are purposeful, inclusive, and energizing.

  • Navigate group dynamics with empathy and skill, even when tensions rise.

  • Develop practices to sustain yourself so you can lead without burning out.

  • Recognize and refine your unique leadership style — and own your “zone of genius.”

  • Create a leadership legacy that not only gets results but also shapes thriving cultures in the arts.

Are you struggling with . . .

 

  • Feeling unprepared for leadership — promoted for passion or expertise, but never trained to lead

  • Juggling multiple roles and demands, often without clarity about expectations

  • Struggling to balance relationships with colleagues while still “getting the work done”

  • Leading meetings or projects that sometimes feel scattered, unproductive, or frustrating

  • Navigating politics and systems without a clear sense of what you can and can't influence

  • Feeling drained, overwhelmed, or unsupported when challenges or conflicts arise.

  • Questioning whether your leadership style is “enough” or the “right” approach.

  • Wishing for a roadmap to grow into leadership with confidence instead of constant improvisation.

What if you could . . .

 

  • Step into leadership with authenticity, grounded in your own strengths and values.

  • Gain clarity about your role, responsibilities, and influence within complex systems.

  • Build trust and collaboration so your colleagues and team feel empowered, connected, and motivated.

  • Facilitate meetings and conversations that are purposeful, inclusive, and energizing.

  • Navigate group dynamics with empathy and skill, even when tensions rise.

  • Develop practices to sustain yourself so you can lead without burning out.

  • Recognize and refine your unique leadership style — and own your “zone of genius.”

  • Create a leadership legacy that not only gets results but also shapes thriving cultures in the arts.

That's where

"Leading Arts Teams"

comes in!

I want in!

This arts-centric, collaborative leadership course will help you

✨ Learn step-by-step, actionable leadership tools

✨ Unite your arts team

✨ Nurture authentic collaboration

✨ Turn shared vision into high-impact results for your school and community

✨ . . . All while leading confidently from your unique authenticity.

 

Truthfully, 95% of this course applies to collaborative leadership regardless of content area - but arts educators deserve a place to learn to lead - where the arts take center stage (pun intended)!

 

Why I created this course. . .

 

This is the course I wish I had 20+ years ago as an aspiring arts leader.

 

Because the future of arts education needs strong, collaborative, empowering, on-purpose leadership.

 

And I believe we are the ones to do it!

 

6 Transformative Modules to

Redefine Your Leadership

 

❤️ Module 1: Leading with Authenticity

  • Goal: Clarify your values, strengths, and aspirations as a leader.

  • Guiding Question: Why do we lead, and what kind of leaders do we want to be?

 

⚙️ Module 2: Working in a System

  • Goal: Understand your role in the system — know what’s expected of you, what power you (and don’t) hold, and where your influence lies.

  • Guiding Question: What are my strengths, growth areas, and values as a leader?  Who do I support?  Who supports me?

 

🤝 Module 3: Building Relationships and Teams

  • Goal: Cultivate trust and strong, collaborative relationships

  • Guiding Question: How can we intentionally build relationships to individuals and teams can thrive? 

 

💪 Module 4: Facilitating Work

  • Goal: Create collaborative spaces that deepen connection, spark creativity, and honor every voice.

  • Guiding Question: How can leaders design collaborative experiences that bring out the best in people and move teams toward their goals?

 

🧑🏿‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Module 5 - Responding to Individual and Group Dynamics

  • Goal: Support ourselves, individuals, and teams through challenges with empathy, clarity, and care.

  • Guiding Question: How do I show up for people — and for myself — when challenges arise?

 

🏁 Module 6: Closing and Integration

  • Goal: Reflect on your leadership journey — past, present, and future — to identify your unique strengths and how you want to make your one-of-a-kind contribution.

  • Guiding Question: What is my leadership “zone of genius?”  How do I most want to serve as a leader? 

Let's do this!

This course is for you if . . .

  • You’re an arts educator or leader who finds yourself in a leadership role but without formal training.

  • You value reflective practice and welcome the opportunity to think deeply about yourself, your connection to others, and your leadership practices.

  • You want practical strategies and tools that help you lead annd support both people and projects with confidence.

  • You’re eager to lead with authenticity, clarity, and care — not just check boxes or complete tasks.

  • You value collaboration and want to build trust across your team and organization.

  • You’re willing to reflect on your leadership style and put learning into action.

  • You want a roadmap to sustain yourself as a leader without burning out.

  • You believe leadership in the arts can shape culture and community.

  • You are committed to being part of a safe, open, and affirming space — and to helping hold that space for others.

This course is not for you if . . .

  • You’re looking for a quick fix or a “one-size-fits-all” leadership formula.

  • You want someone to tell you who should be as a leader and how you should lead.

  • You are unwilling to reflect on your own practices, values, or impact.

  • You believe leadership is about hierarchy, control, or titles rather than collaboration.

  • You do not feel comfortable contributing to a respectful, affirming, and inclusive community.

  • You aren’t ready to invest time in applying the tools and strategies to your own context.

  • You want outcomes without doing the inner work and practice of leadership.

  • You believe there is one right/wrong way to be a leader.

Who are the facilitators?

Nyssa Brown

Dr. Nicole R.  Robinson

6 Modules

19 video lessons, intentionally designed as a sequential and spiral curriculum 

Course Playbook

60+ pages of reflection prompts, strategies, processes and protocols for direct application

Live Calls

Your choice of Q and A, collaboration, and 1:1 coaching calls (limited number available)

Facebook Group

Weekly prompts, connection, idea sharing, and a place to ask questions and share ideas

 

Leadership in the arts isn’t about titles. It’s about…

  • Authenticity — leading with self-awareness and alignment to your values
  • Trust — cultivating relationships that can weather challenges and achieve great things
  • Vision — listening deeply and drawing out the possibilities unique to your context
  • Collaboration — recognizing that what we create together is greater than what we could do alone

When you embody these, you don’t just facilitate teams — you shape culture and influence the future.

And that’s how the arts enable individuals and communities to truly thrive.

Here's what people are saying . . .

Aileen Miracle

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Supervisor of Curriculum and Innovation, Unified Arts, Olentangy Schools

Lewis Center, Ohio, USA

Skye Sanford

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Creative Arts Department Coordinator, International School of Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya

Dr. Michael Bindon

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Executive Director, ISTA (International Schools Theatre Association) 

The Hague, Netherlands

Christy Wannamaker

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International Music Educator and Arts Team Leader

USA

Alice Kim

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Art and Design Teacher, PK-12 Arts Coordinator, Shanghai American School

Shanghai, China

Betty Chang

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MS Music Teacher, Taipei American School,

Taipei, Taiwan

Mario Sosa

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Music Educator, International School Curaçao

Willemstad, Curaçao

Megan Highfill

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Executive Director, AMIS (Association for Music in International Schools),

London, United Kingdom

Here's how you can join us . . .

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The differences among the tiers are in bold font.

DIY

€147

Your Leadership Toolkit:

  • Full 6-module course (19 lessons)

  • Course Playbook with focused reflection and resources you’ll use for years.

  • 1 Live Q and A session with Nyssa

  • Access to the course through June 30, 2026.  (Course Playbook is yours to keep.)

Save My Spot

Collaboration

€187

Toolkit + Collaboration:

  • Full 6-module course (19 lessons)

  • Course Playbook with focused reflection and resources you’ll use for years.

  • 1 Live Q and A session with Nyssa

  • 2 Live Collaboration Calls with Nyssa

  • Access to the course through June 30, 2026.  (Course Playbook is yours to keep.)

I'm In

Personal Coaching

€397

Toolkit + Collaboration + 1:1 Support

  • Full 6-module course (19 lessons)

  • Course Playbook with focused reflection and resources you’ll use for years.

  • 1 Live Q and A session with Nyssa

  • 2 Live Collaboration Calls with Nyssa

  • 3 x 1:1 Coaching Calls with Nyssa (must be used before Dec 19, 2025.)

  • Access to the course through June 30, 2026.  (Course Playbook is yours to keep.)

  • Limited number of coaching calls available

I'm Ready to Lead

FAQs

Wait . . . I have a different question!

 

We only want you to sign up for the course if it is the right fit for you!

 

Please share your questions via:
1) Video Ask (to the right) - you can choose text, audio, or video
2) Email [email protected]

A little more about Nyssa . . .

 

I am so grateful to all of the mentors and leaders who have been my role models.  I have had the privilege of working with some of the best leaders on the planet.  Hands down.  They are the shoulders I stand on, and I couldn't be more grateful.

And they supported me in getting formal training too - 20+ years worth.

I hope this course distills some of the most helpful leadership approaches and fuels your success - without the 20+ years of study.  (Although please take ALL the trainings you can!)

To give you a sense of my approach, please see my selected leadership experience and training below.

Warmly,

Nyssa

 

Selected Leadership experience:

  • International Arts Education Consultant with schools and teachers on 6 continents
  • AMIS (Association for Music in International Schools) Consultant in Curriculum and Instruction
  • Consultant with the International Baccalaureate on DP Music Guide
  • PK-12 Performing Arts Team Lead (Curriculum Leadership)
  • Elementary Specialist Team Lead
  • Music Education Coordinator for the State of Minnesota, USA — Perpich Center for Arts Education
  • Adjunct Faculty in Music Education at University of St. Thomas and Augsburg College, MN, USA
  • Service to professional organizations at the local, state, regional, national, and international levels

Selected leadership trainings:

  • Certified Erickson and Lanning Concept-Based Curriculum and Instruction (CBCI) Trainer
  • NEASC Accreditation Training
  • Adaptive Schools Training
  • ECIS/ASL Middle Leaders Certificate
  • Cognitive Coaching (Levels I–II)
  • Responsive Classroom (Levels I–III + Leadership Workshop)
  • PLC Workshop (DeFour/Eaker)

Leadership Essentials to Start the Year Strong and Cultivate a Thriving Team

Let's Do This!