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.
Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership
Jim Kouzes, named one of the ten best executive educators in the U.S. by the Wall Street Journal, joins Scott to talk about his latest book, Everyday People, Extraordinary Leadership.
Saying What’s True to Us
Scott talks with Beth Zemsky, an organizational development consultant specializing in doing intercultural development with organizations working towards racial justice, social change, and structural transformation.
The Conversation
Scott sits down with Dr. Robert Livingston to discuss his new book, The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth about Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations.
Leaders Who Lust
Scott chats with ILA Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Barbara Kellerman on her book Leaders Who Lust.
The Power of Resentment
ILA Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dr. Joanne Ciulla joins Scott for a conversation on the power of resentment as an effective means for leaders to cultivate loyal followers even if the leaders do not serve the followers’ interests.
Disruption by Design: Co-Creating Our Approach to Leadership Education
Christie Navarro, from the University of California, Davis joins Scott to discuss the 2021 NLS symposium and changes to leadership education spurred on by the pandemic and long-needed conversations around equity, racial justice, and social justice.
Invitation to the Conversation
Scott talks with Dr. Brent Cusher and Dr. Mark Menaldo about their new book Philosophy and Leadership: Three Classical Models and Cases.
Charisma of Purpose
Dr. Gill Hickman talks with Scott about creating one of the first leadership programs in the world, writing some of the first leadership text books, and growing up during the U.S. Civil Rights movement in the South.
Figure It Out
Scott talks with David Rae, President & Co-Founder of 503 Media & Events and the Curator of TEDxPortland, about creativity and figuring things out.
The Holy Grail of Leadership Development
Bruce Avolio, one of the most cited leadership scholars in the world, joins Scott to discuss the holy grail around leadership development – our perspective-taking capacity.
Dr. Denny Roberts – Translator/Integrator
Denny Roberts discusses his life of walking “the path of the middle ground,” and being a leadership practitioner and educator as well as a scholar.
Gardeners Not Mechanics
Gary Lloyd joins Scott to discuss his new book Gardeners Not Mechanics: How to Cultivate Change at Work. “The world of work is an ecosystem of interdependent organizations, groups, and individuals. So, if you want to make a sustainable change at work, you are more likely to succeed if you approach your change as a gardener, not a mechanic.”