Member Communities
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Public Leadership
The Public Leadership Member Community serves and involves those who practice, study, and teach leadership in the public domain. This includes civic, governmental, military, nonprofit/NGO, political, and social organizations and institutions typically characterized by a primary emphasis on serving the public good. Increasingly so, this also incorporates collaborative efforts between the aforementioned organizations and for-profit businesses.
The community facilitates sharing of ideas, expertise, and resources to address public leadership issues; encourages the development and application of concepts, theories, research, and practical experience in the field of public leadership; and highlights emerging issues, challenges, opportunities, and best practices.
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Member Community Leaders
ILA Member Community leaders serve as ILA’s trusted experts in the field of leadership
Public Leadership and Nonprofit Sector Consultant, Southeastern University
Timothy Mau
Associate Professor, University of Guelph
Chrys Egan
Chair-Elect
Associate Dean, Fulton School of Liberal Arts, Salisbury University
Patricia Clary
Past-Chair
Contact Community Leaders at publicleadership@ilaglobalnetwork.org
Priorities and Projects
- Advancing leadership knowledge & practice to: support effective and ethical public leadership, address common challenges, and explore solutions across domains
- Strengthening the ILA public leadership network by attracting, enrolling, and engaging new members in each domain
- Organizing focused conference programs to specifically meet the needs of public leaders including concurrent sessions and the annual public leadership networking dinner
- Encouraging submissions to the International Journal of Public Leadership
Priorities and Projects
Elevate Public Leadership
Advancing leadership knowledge & practice to: support effective and ethical public leadership, address common challenges, and explore solutions across domains
Expand ILA Network
Strengthening the ILA public leadership network by attracting, enrolling, and engaging new members in each domain
Conference Sessions
Organizing focused conference programs to specifically meet the needs of public leaders including concurrent sessions.
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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 publicleadership@ilaglobalnetwork.org.
Resources
The ILA offers a wide variety of leadership resources to help you elevate your leadership research and practice.
Franz Kafka and the Truths of Leadership
Live Webinar Wednesday 25 September, 4:00 pm EDT (UTC-4). Leah Tomkins and Joanne B. Ciulla discuss Kafka’s incredible and enduring relevance and how the ‘Kafkaesque’ can help us develop a different and constructive understanding of the dynamics of leadership.
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.
To Stop a Tyrant: How Five Types of Followers Make (or Brake) a Toxic Leader
Tyrants can only rise with our help. And they aren’t limited to heads of state. Any leadership role can have tyrannical qualities. Ira Chaleff discusses five categories of followers who play a role in a tyrant’s rise and how they can change that course.
Downloadable Book Chapters
- Ukraine, Another Greek Tragedy and the Refugee Crisis, from Matthew Qvortrup’s book, Angela Merkel: Europe’s Most Influential Leader
