Practical Wisdom for Leaders (Phronesis) is produced in partnership with ILA Fellow and past ILA Board member Scott J. Allen and is ILA’s official podcast.
ILA Fellow Maureen Metcalf partners with ILA on a series of Global Leadership episodes within her podcast Innovating Leadership.
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.
ILA Members Lisa DeFrank-Cole and Sherylle J. Tan partner with ILA to produce the WE Lead: Women’s Empowered Leadership.
ILA’s Official Podcast offers a smart, fast-paced discussion on all things leadership. Podcast founder and Host Scott J. 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. Practical Wisdom for Leaders (Phronesis) is the official podcast of the International Leadership Association. Listen Notes ranks it in the top 5% of the more than two million podcasts they track. The podcast recently exceeded more than 100,000 downloads. Guests range from former Primer Ministers to C-Suite leaders to leadership scholars, educators, and development professionals.
One of the world’s foremost experts on leadership psychology joins Maureen Metcalf to explain why good strategies fail. Manfred Kets de Vries on hubris, micromanagement, misaligned executive teams, and the quiet cost of being a leader nobody tells the truth to.
Smart people, dumb decisions — why does it keep happening? Professor Mats Alvesson joins Maureen to unpack “functional stupidity”: how conformity, bureaucracy, and unchallenged assumptions quietly erode judgment in even the most talented organizations.
In times of disruption, new strategies are not enough. According to Otto Scharmer, what determines the success of an intervention is the leader’s interior condition.
The International Leadership Association is proud to partner with Innovating Leadership on a yearly series of episodes on global leadership with special ILA speakers, members, and guests.
The pace of change in the world is increasing exponentially. Leadership must evolve. And that gets to the heart of Innovating Leadership’s mission: To bring you the latest thoughts on leadership so you can innovate, learn, and evolve…growing your team, your business, and yourself! Host Maureen Metcalf interviews world leaders, global business and NPO executives, thought leaders, and researchers in a wide range of industries. It’s a breadth of perspectives unavailable anywhere else.
A landmark journal issue dedicated to ILA’s General Principles for Leadership Programs gets its moment in the spotlight. Drs. Kathy Guthrie and Gayle Spencer join Dan and Lauren to explore the scholarship and honor co-editor Rian Satterwhite’s enduring legacy.
ILA Member Dr. Jason Headrick of Texas Tech joins Dan and Lauren to explore community-engaged learning in leadership education, how educators move students from classroom theory into genuine civic engagement, and why that shift matters.
Explore how followership education enhances leadership development as Drs. Mark Rennaker and Mike Linville share insights from their undergraduate and graduate courses at Indiana Wesleyan University.
The ILA is proud to partner with the Leadership Educator podcast on a series of episodes each year that feature the work of ILA members.
Teaching leadership is hard. Join professors Dan Jenkins and Lauren Bullock, leadership educators with 25+ yrs experience in curricular and co-curricular leadership programs in higher education, as they capture in dialogue questions from their peers and share knowledge and expertise on facilitating leadership learning. Passionate about leadership education? Want to expand your resource toolbox with practical strategies for teaching, learning, and program design? This is the podcast for you!
WE Lead: Women’s Empowered Leadership is the podcast where women’s voices rise, leadership evolves, and empowerment becomes action. Based on academic research, this podcast covers issues related to women and leadership. Hosted by ILA members and scholars Dr. Lisa DeFrank-Cole and Dr. Sherylle J. Tan, it highlights contemporary topics especially relevant to women.
ILA members produce a wealth of leadership resources each year ranging from op-eds to journal articles and books to webinars and podcasts. If you’re an ILA member hosting a podcast, reach out to us at membership@ilaglobalnetwork.org and ask to be listed on this page!
The Future of Leadership, hosted by Israel Oyedare. Are you curious about knowing what the future of leadership might be? Then, this is the best show to listen to. In this show, Israel interviews notable leadership scholars and practitioners, asking them about their perception on youth leadership and how youth can be prepared for future leadership roles.
Leaders in the Loop, hosted by ILA member Dan Jenkins and by Gaurav Khanna. Helping leaders navigate AI effectively, Jenkins and Khanna highlight the human side of leadership in an AI-driven world, balancing technological capabilities with ethical, human-centered approaches. The show explores how Generative AI is transforming work, education, and leadership, providing practical insights for navigating this technological shift.
The Leadership Combine, hosted by Dr. Jason Headrick at Texas Tech University, dives into the dynamic intersections of agriculture, leadership, professional development, and innovative teaching and learning. Each episode often highlights our agricultural leadership students, showcasing their practical application of leadership skills gained from their coursework in both professional and student environments.
The Leadership, Disrupted podcast hosted by Dan Rust explores the art and science of high-impact leadership in a disrupted world where the future – of business, of capitalism, of our society, and yes, of leadership – is changing and evolving. None of us can be certain what the future holds, but we are sure it will be fundamentally different. All of this is discussed from the perspective of real leaders in the real world who are changing the way business works. Dan is the bestselling author of Workplace Poker: Are You Playing the Game or Just Getting Played?” published by HarperCollins.
The Life, Conflict & Chocolate, podcast is hosted by Crystina Wyler, the 2026 Chair-Elect for ILA’s Leadership for Peace Member Community, and Juana Silverio.
Life, Conflict & Chocolate is where communication and creativity spark collaboration! The two hosts are on a mission to share stories that are often overlooked or misunderstood – those personal nuggets about making change in the world, in the community, or in ourselves. Through weekly podcasts, they open eyes, sharpen minds, offer laughs, and foster a rich and diverse community.