Podcasts
ILA’s official podcast, Phronesis: Practical Wisdom for Leaders, 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.
The ILA also 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 Members Lauren Bullock and Dan Jenkins partner with ILA to feature the work of ILA members on a series of episodes within the Leadership Educator Podcast.

Leadership Quarterly – Back to Basics
According to LQ Editor in Chief John Antonakis, the key to moving forward is getting back to basics: “We need to do some clean experiments, use clean behavioral measures, and then we can build the scaffolding on firm concrete and not on Jell-O that we have right now.”
An Experience of a Lifetime: ILA’s Past, Present, and Future
In this episode, Dr. Cynthia Cherrey discusses the past, present, and future of the International Leadership Association. Her story of the founding is rich and descriptive – an experience of a lifetime.
Team Blue Hens – A Chat With the CLC Champs
What does it take to be a Collegiate Leadership Competition champion? Join the coaches and team members from The University of Delaware, 2021 CLC champions, for their observations on the experience and their thoughts on student leadership.
Let’s Talk: Make Effective Feedback Your Superpower
Dr. Therese Huston, a cognitive scientist at Seattle University, joins Scott to discuss her latest book, Let’s Talk: Make Effective Feedback Your Superpower.
Leaders Developing Leaders at Western University
How can the Collegiate Leadership Competition serve as a cornerstone for student leadership programming? Scott talks with Western University’s CLC leaders about their unique approach to using CLC as a tool for student leaders developing other student leaders.
The Influence of Action Learning, Coaching, and Intrapersonal Reflection on Individual Resilience
Dr. Kaitlin Wolfert is the Coordinator for The Center for Student Achievement at Penn State Abington. She joins Scott to discuss her research on the influence of The Collegiate Leadership Competition and its three programmatic elements of action learning, coaching, and intrapersonal reflection on individual resilience.
The Collegiate Leadership Competition
Bela Jevtovic & Dan Jenkins join Scott to discuss the Collegiate Leadership Competition (CLC). CLC, a nonprofit founded in 2015, creates a digital practice field where students can actively apply what they learn via CLC’s global virtual competition.
Coaching a Leadership Team (Online)
Meghan Pickett and Bruce DeRuntz join Scott to discuss coaching a leadership team for the Collegiate Leadership Competition.
This Is Day One
Drew Dudley is a leadership educator and speaker who focuses on creating value-driven cultures of leadership. His TED talk was recently named one of TIME Magazine’s “Seven Speeches That Will Make You a Better Leader.” Drew joins Scott to share his signature wisdom on everyday leadership.
An Integrative Approach
Barbara Crosby joins Scott to talk about an integrative approach to leadership. Crosby is associate professor emerita at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs and former academic co-director of the Center for Integrative Leadership at the University of Minnesota.
Dark Gifts of the Pandemic
Dr. Steve Mortenson is an award-winning teacher and researcher. Steve’s mission is to help people help themselves by sharing transformative tools for building personal skills and relational effectiveness. He received his Ph.D. in Communication from Purdue University.
The Creator Mindset
Dr. Axel Meierhoefer is a retired U. S. Air Force officer and the founder of Ideal Wealth Grower – an educational organization helping people get away from exchanging time for money and building an asset-based portfolio using residential real estate. Through teaching, online learning, mentoring, and coaching, Ideal Wealth Grower helps members help themselves find success.