Sane Leadership on Behalf of the Human Spirit – A Conversation With Meg Wheatley
ILA Lifetime Achievement Awardee Meg Wheatley discusses her work of the past seven years training leaders and activists to be Warriors for the Human Spirit.
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Everyone Is Normal Until You Know Them Better – A Conversation With Manfred Kets de Vries
Touching on contemporary global issues and drawing on his recent books Leading Wisely and Leadership Unhinged, Manfred Kets de Vries shares his thinking on leadership in this conversation from ILA’s 2022 Global Conference. Kets de Vries is an ILA Lifetime Achievement award winner as is the session moderator Ron Riggio.
Appreciative Reflections on the Leadership of Jacinda Ardern
Professors Suze Wilson & Brad Jackson of New Zealand Aotearoa reflect on PM Jacinda Ardern’s leadership of their country and her recent resignation.
No Shared Notion of Reality
Dr. Suze Wilson discusses the intersections of disinformation, trust, and leadership. People are not prepared to tolerate any discomfort or sacrifices needed to address big challenges like climate change or pandemics. Instead they reject science and embrace conspiratorial ideas. One possible antidote is increasing the power and authority of trusted community leaders.
The Year Was 2020
In this Grassroots Leadership & the Arts for Social Change Corner, Rad Pereira and Jan Cohen-Cruz discuss socially engaged performance in the context of the pandemic, Black Lives Matter, and the attempted U.S. coup of January 2021. Corner editor Susan J. Erenrich provides an introduction to the piece.
The Study and Practice of Global Leadership
This book provides cutting-edge perspectives on the impact that globalization is having on the study and practice of Global Leadership.
International Leadership During Turbulent Times
ILA President & CEO Cynthia Cherrey discusses leading during a pandemic and future considerations for international leadership education.
Disruption in America’s Favorite Pastime: MLB CEO Shares Insights
Mark Shapiro, President and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays, shares his approach to effective leadership and discuss how this approach positioned the Toronto Blue Jays to navigate the challenges they faced – and the solutions they implemented so that the game could go on amidst the COVID pandemic.
Thriving During Crisis: A Successful Middle Eastern Businesswoman
Aline Kamakian shares how she encountered the difficult decisions that many faced in the hospitality industry due to the pandemic –then dealing with the destruction of one of her restaurants during the massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, in August of 2020.
An Eye Towards Innovation, Learning, & Transformation
Dr. Ralph Gigliotti is Director of Leadership Development and Research at the Center for Organizational Leadership at Rutgers. He serves as a lecturer in the Department of Communication and Ph.D. program in Higher Ed at Rutgers. His research and consulting explore the intersection of organizational communication, leadership, and crisis communication.
What Academic Leaders Can Do to Navigate Crisis
In this episode, Dr. Ralph Gigliotti explains the history of crisis in higher education, what has changed since the end of the 2019-2020 school year, and what colleges and universities can expect heading into the new academic year.
False Positives: A Pandemic of Prozac Leadership
Being positive can facilitate transformational leadership but taken to extremes it can become insincere and manipulative. Excessive positivity constitutes a significant barrier to reflection and learning. By silencing critical voices, Prozac leadership has hindered our leaders’ response to the pandemic.