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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
Climate Change Leadership in Organizations
Live Webinar 29 May 2024, 6pm EDT (UTC-5). Doug MacKie, editor of Handbook of Climate Change Leadership in Organisations, discusses the failures of current leadership practice and how climate change leadership capabilities can be effectively developed in organizations.
Environmentally Sustainable Leadership: Past, Present, and Future
Live Webinar Monday 3 June, 5:00pm EDT (UTC-5). Benjamin Redekop will share a comprehensive overview of the rise and evolution of environmentally sustainable leadership, providing a foundation for understanding the challenges, dilemmas, and opportunities for environmentally sustainable leadership today. He’ll also share how to use his new book in the classroom.
Advancing Leadership Programs via University Design Initiatives
Live Webinar Monday 17 June 2024, 11am, EDT (UTC-5). Dr. Minu Ipe, Director of the University Design Institute at Arizona State University, shares her leadership journey in helping higher education systems in 23 countries to reimagine and redesign their leadership programs through purpose-driven innovation.
Latest Leadership Learnings
Meditation, Mindfulness, & Leadership
Former police chief Les Sylven discusses his research and work with Canadian police officers on the practice of meditation, mindfulness, and leadership.
Innovation Leadership: Emerging Findings on Effective Practice
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.
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 and CEO Cynthia Cherrey to Serve on Inaugural Warren Bennis Leadership Council
International Leadership Association President and CEO Cynthia Cherrey was recently honored to receive and accept an invitation to serve on the inaugural Warren Bennis Leadership Council. In April, she participated in the Warren Bennis Leadership Institute Summit and the annual Warren Bennis Leadership Experience.
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.