Member Communities
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Business Leadership
Our purpose is to unite and empower a diverse global community of scholars, developmental practitioners, business leaders, and students, by fostering insightful collaboration and knowledge exchange. Our mission is to enrich and advance the practice of business leadership, transforming it into a powerful catalyst for positive change and sustainable impact in societies and economies worldwide. Through innovative events, training, and discussions, we commit to nurturing leadership that is ethical, forward-thinking, and dedicated to adding value across all sectors of society.
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Member Community Leaders
ILA Member Community leaders serve as ILA’s trusted experts in the field of leadership
Cheryl Harris
Co-Chair
Senior Vice President, Sourcing and Procurement Solutions, Allstate Insurance Company
Chair-Elect
Kathleen Curran, PhD ACC
Chair
Principal, Intercultural Systems Consulting
Contact Community Leaders at businessleadership@ilaglobalnetwork.org
Executive Leadership Team
Our activities and programs are organized by this dedicated team of member volunteers. If you would like to deepen your engagement, please use the email above to contact us about volunteer opportunities.
Deb Mynar-Kowalchuk
Communications Lead
PhD Candidate – Organizational Leadership, Eastern University
Angela Craig, PhD
Engagement Lead
Assistant Professor, Northwest University
Cheryl Harris
Community Advocate
Senior Vice President, Sourcing and Procurement Solutions, Allstate Insurance Company
Priorities and Projects
Serve Business Leaders
Implementing projects that serve the needs of business leaders
Advance Corporate Knowledge
Advancing leadership knowledge & practice for a better corporate world
Engage Leadership Community
Creating opportunities for members to become involved in the business leadership community
Expand ILA Network
Strengthening the ILA business leadership network by attracting and enrolling new corporate and individual members
Tailored Conference Programs
Organizing focused conference programs to specifically meet the needs of business leaders
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Presenter & Attendee Opportunities
ILA’s member communities make up the foundation of ILA’s Global Conference topic focused streams. Submit your session proposal and attend this premier conference.
Engage in Vibrant Discussions
Navigate ILA Intersections, an exclusive online member resource. Engage in vibrant discussions with like-minded leaders, access members-only resources and ILA’s online member directory.
Volunteer
Our activities and programs are organized by our dedicated team of member volunteers. If you would like to deepen your engagement, please email us about volunteer opportunities at businessleadership@ilaglobalnetwork.org.
Resources
The ILA offers a wide variety of leadership resources to help you elevate your leadership research and practice.
Task, People, and Change: An Introduction to Two Norwegian Concepts for Social Learning
Bjørn Z. Ekelund and Oyvind Lund Martinsen share how they created assessments and tools based on Yukl’s Task, People, and Change model of leadership. Over the past 25 years, both measures, which focus on communicative practice, have evolved inside of Norway and the presenters now wonder – are there cultural qualities that make it challenging to use these measures outside of Norway?
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.
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.
Inside the Classroom: Sparking Leadership through Creative Teaching
Dr. Tony Middlebrooks and Matthew Creasy share their experiences teaching LEAD 300, exploring the intersection of creativity and leadership through innovative classroom activities that foster an innovative mindset.
Downloadable Book Chapters and Reports
- Stress, Burnout, Derailment and Resilience in Leadership, from Theo Veldsman and Andrew Johnson’s book Leadership: Perspectives From the Front Line.
- An integrity model of leadership for our times from Sebastian Salicru’s book Leadership Results: How to Create Adaptive Leaders and High-Performing Organisations for an Uncertain World
- Power of Purpose Symposium Report: Does purpose impact stakeholder and shareholder value?
