Podcasts

The ILA partners with ILA Member Maureen Metcalf on a series of global leadership episodes each year within the Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future podcast.

ILA’s official podcast is Phronesis: Practical Wisdom for Leaders, which offers a smart, fast-paced discussion on all things leadership. Host Scott Allen and his expert guests cover timely, relevant topics and incorporate practical tips designed to help you make a difference in how you lead and live. We also partner with ILA Members Lauren Bullock and Dan Jenkins to feature the work of ILA members on a series of episodes within the Leadership Educator Podcast.

Innovating Leadership Co-Creating Our Future

Mindfulness and Its Benefits in the Work Place

Supporting the long-term mental health of your team can mean the difference between an engaged, collaborative and productive organization…or one riddled with toxicity and turnover. Peter Weng and Rich Fernandez join Maureen to discuss mindfulness and employee well-being.

Empowering Women for the Prosperity of Nations

Gender inequality around the world has many facets. The Gender Equality and Governance Index (GEGI) taps into some of the world’s best datasets to analyze gender discrimination on a global scale, using five critical “pillars”: governance, education, work, entrepreneurship, and violence.

Disruption in America’s Favorite Pastime: MLB CEO Shares Insights

Mark Shapiro, President and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays, shares his approach to effective leadership and discuss how this approach positioned the Toronto Blue Jays to navigate the challenges they faced – and the solutions they implemented so that the game could go on amidst the COVID pandemic.

Innovative Leadership for the Health Care Industry

Medical schools do a great job preparing students for medical procedures, but a crucial element for great healthcare is missed: leadership training. Neil Grunberg shares his experiences and how the leadership framework he developed with Maureen can be used to build the leadership skills needed by medical staff to make our healthcare system stronger.

The Future-Ready Board Member

Competent Boards CEO Helle Bank Jorgensen joins Maureen to discuss the critical competencies boards needs to truly benefit organizations.

The New Era Of Stakeholder Value

What is the purpose of business in the 21st century? And what are the values and skills needed by business leaders in this new era of stakeholder value? Keith Tuffley joins Maureen to discuss these emerging topics and share his experience.

Uncharted: How To Map The Future Together

Margaret Heffernan joins us to discuss her new book, Uncharted, How to Navigate the Future, in which she drew on a wide array of people and places to look at long-term projects developed over generations that could never have planned for the way that they have been run.

Thriving During Crisis: A Successful Middle Eastern Businesswoman

Aline Kamakian shares how she encountered the difficult decisions that many faced in the hospitality industry due to the pandemic –then dealing with the destruction of one of her restaurants during the massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, in August of 2020.