Member Communities
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Leadership Development
Leadership development improves both individual and collective leadership capabilities through activities such as training, workshops, experiential learning, resilience, self-care, mindfulness, coaching, and mentoring. The objective is to empower individuals and groups to guide themselves and others toward specific achievable goals that may change over time. The Leadership Development Member Community welcomes practitioners, scholars, teachers, students, coaches, trainers, and others who cultivate leadership knowledge and skills in themselves and others.
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Navigate ILA Intersections, an exclusive online member resource. Connect with like-minded leaders, access members-only resources, ILA’s online member directory, and much more.
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Member Community Leaders
ILA Member Community leaders serve as ILA’s trusted experts in the field of leadership
Lana Leslie
Managing Director
Gunnedah Hill Business Solutions
Deirdre Dixon
Chair-Elect
Associate Director, Center for Leadership, University of Tampa
Kerissa Kuis
Past-Chair
CEO, BRAVE Leadership School
Contact Community Leaders at leadershipdevelopment@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.
Otto C Henfling
Vice Chair, Research
Principal Consultant/Managing Director
Trusted Leadership
Renee Green
Executive Leadership Coach/Professor
University of Phoenix/Professor Miller-Monte (Ancora)
Passionate Coaching and Career Service LLC
Chrys Egan
ILA Global Conference Leadership Development Stream Leader
Associate Dean
Fulton School of Liberal Arts, Salisbury University
Robin Roberts
ILA Global Conference Leadership Development Stream Co-Leader
Assistant Professor, Technology and Management, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Brian Redmond
Vice Chair, Global Voices
Teaching Professor & Online Education Lead, Pennsylvania State University
Priorities and Projects
Host Interactive Programs
Hosting interactive programs throughout the year on global leadership development
ILA Newsletter Insights
Contributing articles to the ILA Interface Newsletter
Cross-Sector Collaborations
Organizing multi-sector and international collaborations for conference sessions and annual networking luncheon
Global Leadership Hub
Building a repository of interdisciplinary global leadership development resources for consultants, coaches, practitioners, businesses, and scholars that includes rigorous research, best practices, and trends.
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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 leadershipdevelopment@ilaglobalnetwork.org.
Resources
The ILA offers a wide variety of leadership resources to help you elevate your leadership research and practice.
Thought Leadership: Why, How, What, So What
Live Webinar 19 February, 11AM – 12PM or 4:00-5:00PM EST (UTC-5). Bestselling leadership book? Thought leader status? So what? Did it actually make a difference? Using the Kansas Leadership Center’s bestselling book, When Everyone Leads, as a case study, this webinar will weave together elements of strategic communications, marketing, leadership, education, and evaluation research to discuss the purpose, value, and limits of thought leadership as a strategy.
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.
Cultivating Cross-Cultural Leadership
Leading across cultures isn’t easy. Success means very different things depending on where you live. Bjørn Ekelund joins Maureen to look at cross-cultural leadership, including the differences in trust and followership between the U.S. and Norway.
