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Upcoming Webinars
Marathon Leadership: 26.2 Essential Lessons for Modern Leaders
Live Webinar, 13 January 2026. Go behind the scenes with Dr. David Knapp, author of Marathon Leadership and veteran of 100+ marathons. Learn how endurance running principles become powerful leadership tools for managing teams, driving performance, and sustaining long-term success.
Leadership as Masterpiece Creation
Live Webinar 22 January, 11:00 AM EST (UTC-5) Join Charles Spinosa and Moderator, Leah Tomkins, for this lively conversation on the ways in which elite business leaders are “moral artists” shaping industries and cultures. They’ll share insights from their research on large-scale courageous risk-taking and the ongoing personal revision of one’s own leadership style.
Latest Leadership Learnings
Collective Leadership
Richard Bolden discusses leading together. Leadership isn’t always about formal roles, it’s about what gets mobilized, the importance of collective discussion before rushing to solutions, and viewing leadership as a lens that reveals hidden dynamics.
Advancing African Leadership via Business Education
Live Webinar, Monday 8 December at 11:00 AM EST (UTC-5). In this ILA Leadership Journeys webinar, Dr. Sizwe Nxasana will explore business education’s role in developing visionary African leaders. Discover culturally responsive leadership curricula and project-based learning insights for real-world transformation across institutional, community, and diaspora settings.
Beyond the Unethical Leader: Rethinking the Root Causes of Corporate Failure
With AI bubble speculation rising, it’s timely to examine corporate failure factors. Dr. Peter Stephenson and Professor Richard Bolden analyze Theranos to reveal interconnected causes of organizational failure, offering insights for policy, practice, and research beyond simple leadership blame.
Trible Library Receives Gift of Leadership Library
When ILA transitioned to a virtual office, we donated our physical library to longtime member Christopher Newport University, celebrating 25 years of partnership in advancing leadership. As Brent Cusher, the current department chair, notes, “CNU’s involvement with ILA has massively shaped our identity as an institution concerned with leadership”—and these books will continue that legacy.
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.