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Upcoming Webinars
Mandela’s Leadership Legacy: Emotional and Existential Wisdom
Live Webinar, 23 June 2026, 5 PM EDT (24 June, 7AM AEST). What can Mandela teach us about leading through existential disruption? Go behind the scenes with the author to explore how emotional wisdom, relational presence, and the capacity to sit with uncertainty shaped one of history’s most remarkable leadership legacies.
The Energy Justice Challenge: Leadership Lessons From the Frontlines of the Caribbean Energy Transition
Live Webinar, Monday 29 June at 5:00 PM EDT (UTC-4). Leaders in Small Island Developing States navigate the energy trilemma—reliability, affordability, and sustainability—amid climate vulnerability and financing constraints. Drawing on Caribbean and Global South experiences, this session examines how leadership drives just energy transitions in small island economies. Speaker Charlin Bodley, former Associate Director of the Energy Innovation Portfolio at the Bezos Earth Fund, brings over 15 years of expertise in energy policy, project management, and sustainable development to this conversation.
Lead From Where You Are: Understand Leadership at Work
Live Webinar. Tuesday 21 July 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT. (UTC-4). Leadership isn’t reserved for the corner office. Authors Richard Bolden and Peter Stephenson make the case that leadership is a collective process that everyone contributes to, regardless of title or tenure. They’ll go behind the pages to share what inspired the book, how power structures shape leadership in practice, and what early-career professionals can do right now to lead with influence and intention.
Latest Leadership Learnings
Humans in the Loop
When does human judgment matter most in an AI-driven world? Scott Allen sits down with Dr. Dan Jenkins and Dr. Gaurav Khanna to explore what AI can and cannot replicate about human leadership, empathy, and connection.
Letters to Lilly — Lessons in Leadership and Loving Yourself
Live Webinar, Wednesday 17 June at 11 AM or 7 PM EDT (UTC-4). What would you write to your younger self? Go behind the scenes with the author of this moving global anthology of letters collected from around the world exploring the leadership lessons, resilience, and self-compassion we all share.
Riots in Belfast, Place Leadership Post Conflict (and Why Elon Musk Can Take a Hike)
When a knife attack in Belfast sparked riots inflamed by outside “influencers,” it exposed an emerging leadership challenge: who manages the bad actors profiting from division? Drawing on new place leadership research this post examines what leading a divided community actually demands.
Bridging Theory and Practice in Leadership Education
Leadership scholar Nicole Stedman made a bold move when she stepped out of the classroom and into the dean’s office—and she’ll tell you that was the whole point. In this candid Interface conversation, Dr. Stedman explores what authentic leadership looks like in academia, how graduate mentorship is evolving, and why the field must get serious about making leadership research accessible beyond the ivory tower.
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.