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Upcoming Events
Upcoming Webinars
The 3 Secrets of Attentional Leadership: Optimize Your Performance, Influence and Leadership From the Inside-Out
Live Webinar 3 February 2026 at 11AM EST (UTC-5). Go behind the pages with Dr. Bruce H. Jackson and discuss his transformative roadmap for mastering attention — what he sees as the foundation of leadership and influence.
The Leadership We Need – A New Mindset for a Brighter Future
Live Webinar 10 Feb. 11AM or 6PM EST (UTC-5). The leadership that got us here won’t get us where we need to go. Author Maria Brinck takes us behind the pages of her new book as she shares her bold blueprint for collaborative, purpose-driven leadership that serves both people and planet.
Supercharging Transdisciplinarity: How AI Accelerates Leadership Across Boundaries
Live Webinar Thursday, 12 February at 11AM EST (UTC-5). Discover how AI can amplify transdisciplinary leadership by enhancing your ability to integrate diverse knowledge systems, connect scattered domains, and surface hidden leverage points in today’s complex challenges.
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.
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.
Gradually and Then Suddenly: 25 Steps for Wannabe Dictators
When democracy erodes “gradually and then suddenly,” how can we spot the warning signs? This analysis by ILA Fellows Keith Grint and David L. Collinson reveals the 25-step authoritarian playbook that transforms leaders into dictators and why recognizing these patterns now matters more than ever.
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.