Do any creative agencies do leadership training? Seems like everyone just expects people to figure out how to be leaders by watching others. Curious if anyone is doing more.

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This is the eternal problem with agency structure. And amazingly no one had thought to do it or been willing to pay for the training ever. And it shows. There is a foolish assumption in this business that because you can write good or draw good that you know magically how to manage 20 people. It’s idiotic

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Heat does, through Deloitte. We have access to the same training that any consultant would. Which spans some pretty amazing subjects, including various leadership training programs

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Most don’t. I’ve worked hard to seek out mentors to learn these types of skills and always push those I mentor to do the same. Sad that companies don’t properly invest in their own leadership

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Publicis has done some

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72andSunny does. Or did when I was there.

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We do some. And coaching.

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I got sent to a couple of days of external leadership training, but it was really terrible.

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We do!

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Some of the senior folks did. But based on how my manager behaved before and after, you’d rather get a bonus because it was still laughably bad, borderline abusive. Or take it a few steps up and send them to army camp instead.

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If your agency doesn’t embrace this then where are good places (agency or external) to learn?

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JWT does, but it always seems to go to account people, not creatives or strategists.

Agency I work for just launched a whole department focused on education and advancement. Everyone in management participates in a 3 day workshop.

We have a ton of leadership training for mid to CD level. Lots of topics.

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