ILA Newsletter: INTERFACE
The name evokes those spaces and boundaries where our work reaches out and touches another’s — where theory and practice meet, shake hands, and learn from one another. It honors the fact that the ILA’s membership includes people located in many, and often multiple, independent systems who all Interface in the ILA around their commitment to advance leadership knowledge and practice for a better world. Interface shares articles highlighting association news and work being done by other ILA members.
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In addition to author interviews, reports from the field, and member spotlights, the newsletter regularly features the following columns, edited by members:
- Exploring Leadership (video blog);
- PAUSE for Pedagogy (article and video interview);
- Grassroots Leadership & the Arts for Social Change (article & radio show); and
- Global & Culturally Diverse Leadership in the 21st, Century (article).
View a Selection of Recent Articles
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Transformative Women Leaders – New ILA Book Series!
We’re excited to announce that the first two books in ILA’s new Transformative Women Leaders book series are now available to pre-order. Learn more about this inspired new collaboration between the ILA and Emerald Publishing that explores women leaders who are making a difference in their communities and organizations around the world.
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ILA President and CEO Cynthia Cherrey to Serve on Inaugural Warren Bennis Leadership Council
International Leadership Association President and CEO Cynthia Cherrey was recently honored to receive and accept an invitation to serve on the inaugural Warren Bennis Leadership Council. In April, she participated in the Warren Bennis Leadership Institute Summit and the annual Warren Bennis Leadership Experience.
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ILA President Gives Talk at Christopher Newport University
ILA President & CEO Cynthia Cherrey journeyed to Christopher Newport University in February of 2024 to speak before 1,000+ students and faculty on the importance of leadership.
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ILA’s Inaugural Dialogue Lab Delivers Thoughtful Inquiry
ILA’s inaugural Dialogue Lab (D-Lab) took place January 2024 and asked, “How might we exercise leadership that responds meaningfully to the issues of this moment?” Learn more about the activities at this experimental event.
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Reflective Insights, Ethics, & Critical Thinking: A ChatGPT Experiment in Leadership Education
Students are using ChatBots. How can we guide their use in thoughtful ways with self-awareness and engaged critical thinking? In this PAUSE for Pedagogy, Dan Jenkins shares his experience and the strategies and exercises he utilized teaching leadership Master’s students engaged in a semester-long project, “Navigating Artificial Intelligence in Leadership & Organizations.”
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ILA Partners With 2023 International Studying Leadership Conference on Plenary Symposium
How can leadership researchers impactfully engage the public and contribute to systems change? In this plenary, Scott Allen, host of ILA’s official podcast, Phronesis, conversed with ILA President Cynthia Cherrey and top leadership researchers to share how to translate their work and engage in lively public conversations.
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ILA President Visits Members in Japan
ILA President and CEO Cynthia Cherrey recently traveled to Japan to acknowledge the great work being done by ILA’s members and to further promote the development of leadership education in the region.
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ILA Organizational Member Spotlight: Morse Leadership Institute, Western Washington University
Karen Stout discusses how the Institute’s introductory course and peer leadership program embrace the principles of critical leadership studies by engaging students in community service projects while also focusing on wellbeing.
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2023 Call for Nominations: The Russell G. Mawby “People Helping People” Award
Submit your nomination by 28 July 2023 for the Russell G. Mawby “People Helping People” Award. A 2010 ILA Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, Mawby played a key role in the founding of the ILA. The 2023 award focuses on creating more secure health opportunities for children and families in the areas of public health, health equity, or community service.
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Navigating a Landscape of Practice
In this PAUSE for Pedagogy, Nathan Eva and Kerry Priest discuss leadership education as a landscape of practice and share an exercise on peer coaching that they utilize at ILA’s Leadership Education Academy.
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Call for Chapter Proposals
Submit your 500-word abstract by 15 June for Embodied Somatic Leadership for Peacebuilding and Protest: Women’s Counteroffensive to Violence and Injustice, the upcoming book in ILA’s new Transformative Women Leaders book series from Emerald Publishing.
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Why Diversity Is Good for Business
ILA Lifetime Achievement Award winner Juana Bordas discusses her journey from child immigrant to one of the world’s foremost thinkers on Latinx leadership. In the last half of the article, Juana shares the top five ways diversity helps a company’s bottom line.