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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
Educating Tomorrow’s Sustainability Leaders Conference
Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C., USA
Upcoming Webinars
Genderwashing in Leadership: Power, Policies, and Politics
FREE Live Webinar, tentatively scheduled for 14 November 11:00 AM EST (UTC-5). Explore the phenomenon of genderwashing — where surface-level commitments to gender equality mask deeper, systemic inequalities – with the editors of the first book in ILA’s new Transformative Women Leaders series from Emerald Publishing.
Global Leadership Practices – Competencies for Navigating in a Complex World
Live Webinar 20 November, 12:00-1:30 PM EST (UTC-5). What global leadership competencies are required to thrive in our complex, interconnected world? Using cases as examples, presenters will share practical insights as well as conceptual knowledge gleaned from a variety of research perspectives.
Leadership as Stewardship: Honoring Our Past While Ensuring Our Future
Live Webinar, 4 December, Choose from 11 AM or 4PM EST (UTC-5). Exploring different understandings of stewardship across a range of research domains and cultures, this webinar will examine the tensions between competing perspectives and their implications for leadership.
Latest Leadership Learnings
Planning a Global Conference With Dr. Scott Allen
Take a behind-the-curtain tour of this year’s 2024 Global Conference. In this episode, Dan and Lauren are joined by Dr. Scott Allen, chair of this year’s conference. Scott shares his journey with the association, his evolving experiences as a conference attendee, and his fresh and innovative vision for this year’s event.
Down to Business
Teen entrepreneurs Fenley Scurlock and Jason Liaw discuss lessons learned from their book Down to Business: 51 Industry Leaders Share Practical Advice on How to Become a Young Entrepreneur and how to help kids in Gen Z and Gen Alpha build critical business, leadership, and life skills, as well as an entrepreneurial mindset.
Monsters, Metaphors and Masks: Leadership Insights From Halloween
Neil Sutherland, Rachel Wolfgramm, and ILA Fellow Richard Bolden consider what we can learn about leadership from the traditions of Halloween. They suggest that ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and zombies can be considered as archetypes, representing our deepest fears, yet also as potential metaphors to unmask the hidden and uncanny aspects of leadership.
Call for Chapter Proposals- Keeping the Fire: Narratives of Women Leaders Embracing Community
Call for chapter proposals for “Keeping the Fire: Narratives of Women Leaders Embracing Community.” Submit by 9 December 2024. The book, part of ILA’s Transformative Women Leaders series published by Emerald will be edited by Drs. Lazarina Topuzova (Robert Morris University), Kem Gambrell (Gonzaga University), and Sydney Richardson (North Carolina A & T State University).
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.