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Chapter V ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION AND SYNTHESIS
The purpose of this research study was to explore how 12 participants in an artsbased leadership development program learned to enhance the creative capabilities required to solve complex modern-day problems in new and different ways. It was anticipated that, through a better understanding of how leaders perceive they learn in such programs, practitioners would be able to enhance their offerings and participants would be able to make more informed decisions regarding their own leadership development. To address the identified problem, and to carry out this study's purpose, the following research questions are addressed: 1. In what ways did participants' perceptions of arts-based learning as an approach to leadership development change as a result of attending the program? 2. What competencies did participants perceive they learned by attending an artsbased leadership development program? 3. How did the participants learn the relationship between "right brain" capabilities and leadership development? 4. What other factors influenced participants' learning? This study employed qualitative case study methodology to illustrate one example of an arts-based leadership development program. The research site was a leadership development institution that provides programs, lectures, and other educational events for