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The 2024 ILA Global Conference Call for Proposals Is Now Open!
We invite you to submit a proposal for this year’s Global Conference, “Architects of Change: Leaders, Followers, and Communities,” which will take place 7-10 November in Chicago, located on lands that are the traditional homelands of the Anishinaabe, or the Council of the Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations. Submit your proposal before the deadline of 31 March, 11:59 PM EDT.
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Upcoming Events
7th Women in Leadership Conference
Brescia University College
London, Ontario, CA
Upcoming Webinars
Innovation Leadership: Emerging Findings on Effective Practice
Live Webinar 14 March 2024 at 4:00pm EDT (UTC-4). How can leaders create greater impact for innovation in a rapidly changing world while also creating new and sustainable sources of value for their organizations and ecosystems? Sheffield, Jensen, and Kaudela-Baum discuss insights and findings from their new book, Innovation Leadership in Practice.
Latest Leadership Learnings
A Wider Framework
In this two part episode, Scott talks with former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, leadership guru Dr. Ron Heifetz, & ILA President Dr. Cynthia Cherrey as they come together at the intersection of leadership theory and practice to dispense some practical wisdom on today’s global challenges.
Why Inquiring Leadership Matters
Live Webinar 6 March 2024 at 12pm EST (UTC-5). In this practical, informative, and experiential webinar, Marilee Adams discusses Inquiring Leadership and the importance of mindsets for leaders. Choice Map, a practical model that illustrates how to embody an effective mindset is introduced.
Why We Should Now Call Trump a Fascist, and How Trumpism Can Be Stopped
As a global citizen and someone who researches the dark side of leadership, ILA Fellow Professor Dennis Tourish discusses the rise of Trumpism and the similarities between it and other fascist movements. If Trumpism is a fascist movement, how can leaders work to shore up democracy and stop it?
ILA President Gives Talk at Christopher Newport University
ILA President & CEO Cynthia Cherrey journeyed to Christopher Newport University in February of 2024 to speak before 1,000+ students and faculty on the importance of leadership.
ILA’s book series offer the best contemporary thinking about leadership from a diverse range of scholars, educators, and practitioners working around the globe. In keeping with the mission of the ILA, the book series build connections between how people research, enact, and experience leadership to advance leadership knowledge and practice for a just and thriving future.