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Upcoming Webinars
What’s Next for Leadership Learning: Applied Pedagogy and Corporate Consulting in China
Live Webinar Tuesday, 29 September 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM EDT (UTC-4), 9:00 PM – 10:15 PM CST (Beijing). How do we close the distance between leadership theory and the high-stakes problems? Dr. Kanglei Meng takes us inside a program where leadership students work as applied consultants on real challenges for Chinese tech giant Meituan.
Beyond Peace: African Leadership Lessons for a Fragmented World
Live Webinar Monday 12 October from 12-1 PM EDT (UTC-4). How do you lead when citizens have stopped believing in institutions? Ellen Pratt-Harris (Executive Director of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development in Liberia) and Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr (Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone) draw on Liberia and Sierra Leone’s post-conflict rebuilding to offer lessons for any fragmented society.
Latest Leadership Learnings
Leadership, Power, & the Psychology of Better Decisions
One of the world’s foremost experts on leadership psychology joins Maureen Metcalf to explain why good strategies fail. Manfred Kets de Vries on hubris, micromanagement, misaligned executive teams, and the quiet cost of being a leader nobody tells the truth to.
Integral Peace Leadership: Theory and Practice for Creating Peaceful Change
Live Webinar 17 September 2026 at 11 a.m. or 7 p.m. EDT (UTC-4). Amid rising global division, real change is possible. Go behind the pages with the editor of Integral Peace Leadership to discover how everyday leaders from around the globe are weaving inner growth, systems thinking, and community into lasting peace.
To Thine Own Self Be True: Dolly Parton and Authentic Leadership
Authentic leadership has been theorized, marketed, and critiqued for over two decades. Part of the trouble is that authenticity is so often performed, badly and inauthentically. Dolly Parton never had that problem. Her death offers a rare, unmistakable case study in the real thing.
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.