International Leadership Association
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25 Years of Advancing Leadership
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
Upcoming Webinars
Leadership Transformation: Insights From Ukraine’s Wartime Experiences
Live Webinar, Tuesday 29 April, 11am-12pm or 7-8pm EDT (UTC-4). Explore how the ongoing war in Ukraine has shifted the civilian understanding and practice of leadership from power-based models to more service-oriented approaches emphasizing collective responsibility. Drawing from interviews with Ukrainian citizens, the webinar will highlight key leadership themes such as resilience, ethical action, spirituality, patriotism, and youth development.
Leadership at the Spiritual Edge: Emerging and Non-Western Perspectives
Live Webinar, Tuesday 6 June, 12-1PM EDT (UTC-4). Explore how spirituality enhances leadership beyond traditional strategies to improve decision-making and foster resilient organizations. Learn practical tools that balance wisdom, intuition, and action for purpose-driven leadership.
Latest Leadership Learnings
The Accidental Peacemaker: How Philanthropist Steve Killelea Pursues Peace
Steve Killelea’s pillars for positive peace not only predict the economic fortunes of nations and the quality of people’s lives, but hold leadership mindsets we can all adapt to our own organizations.
Building Bridges to Inclusive Leadership Through the Lens of Cultural Narratives
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this webinar has been cancelled. It may be rescheduled at a later date. Panelists will challenge Western-centric leadership models by exploring how diverse cultural backgrounds, social identities, and lived experiences shape leadership styles and effectiveness globally. In particular, they will share perspectives from non-Western, Indigenous, and female viewpoints that have been historically overlooked in mainstream leadership discourse.
Leading Together: An Invitation
In 2025 the world feels like a very divided place. The capacity to listen, empathize, and learn from alternative perspectives is eroded, as is the potential to build lasting and effective partnerships and collaboration to address the “wicked” problems we face, not just as individuals, but as members of interconnected and interdependent systems on which we all depend. It’s time we led together.
Commemorating International Women’s Day
ILA Board Chair Mike Hardy and President Cynthia Cherrey reflect on the history and ideals of International Women’s Day before spotlighting the work of ILA members who are advancing equity for women around the world through their diverse research and advocacy work.
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.
